Under moonlight and starlight, it feels like you’re in an alien world! The Pinnacles Desert in the Nambung National Park is an iconic destination for daytime and now night time visitors. The Parks and Wildlife Service and the local Shire of Dandaragan welcome visitors...
This is a delightful place to be out stargazing. It’s only 2kms from the centre of Cervantes and has excellent concrete pathways which are wide enough to set up telescopes. The car parking area is right next to the pathways making it easy to unload telescopes. It’s...
What a stunning location for astrophotography! Touche Road is a local gravel road where you can access a variety of outlooks across salt lakes. If you travel 8kms from town along Touche Road, you’ll come across the lake system. From this point, there are various...
The local Coorow Golf Club is on the outskirts of town. It’s a perfect spot to bring your telescope, binoculars or a favourite picnic rug to lie back for some stargazing. There’s a big gravel car park and plenty of space to set up for a night under the stars. In...
The Shire of Coorow became an Astrotourism Town in July 2019. After a meeting with Shire and Community Resource Centre staff on 9th July 2019, we conducted an extensive search for a suitable observing site and astrophotography hot spot. There were many surprises in...
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