From Orange I drove to Parkes- to visit a friend from South Africa that I last saw 16 years prior! I also went to do a mine visit.
On this day though I had to go and see the sight that Parkes is probably most famous for- “The Dish”.
The Dish is a CSIRO radio telescope that has assisted with communications to several space missions- including the tele signals for the moon landing.
When it is not used for this then it is used by scientists to study radio frequencies of far away starts and pulsars and other space related matters that I cannot hardly begin to understand.
There is a 3 in 1 ; 3D movie to explain some of the wonders of The Dish and also a museum that includes mind puzzles.
Parkes is well known for its annual Elvis festival- every January. There is therefore a lot of Elvis statues, murals and all sorts of other Elvis themed “things”.
