Parkes Radio Telescope May 2010

 After leaving the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers we continued north towards the warmer weather , although that took longer than we thought as even we reached the tropics the weather was cool and raining.

 On our way we stopped near  Parkes to visit  " the dish" which is a large telescopic dish for sending signals to outerspce. Inside there is lots of space type information and there are lovely gardens outside which include  whispering dishes so people on either side of the gardens can talk to each other. It is a similar setup to the Whispering Wall in South Australia. 

 Our first view of the dish

 one of the whispering dishes

 the other dish in use