Astrotourism Towns
Our local communities are creating welcoming dark sky places across country and outback Western Australia where the stargazing is spectacular. These towns are helping to protect dark night skies so you can experience starry night skies at their very best.
Carnamah
Carnamah became an Astrotourism Town in July 2018. During the first visit on 19 July 2018, we met an incredible group of people from the Shire of Carnamah, North Midlands Project and some wonderful local community members dedicated to making Carnamah a terrific place...
Cervantes
Cervantes became an Astrotourism Town in August 2018. The first visit on 21 August 2018, included meeting staff at the Shire of Dandaragan. Cervantes is a coastal town and it’s great to be able to add a couple of great locations for you to visit for observing and...
Coorow
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...
Darkan
Darkan, in the Shire of West Arthur, joined the Astrotourism Town network in July 2019. Shire staff have a wealth of information to share about a variety of special locations for stargazing and astrophotography. What’s particularly special about the Shire of West...
Mingenew
Mingenew is a great town to explore at all times of the year, in or out of the wildflower season. It became part of the Astrotourism Town network in September 2018. We met Shire of Mingenew staff to decide which locations would be ideal for using telescopes and for...
Moora
The Shire of Moora is a founding supporter of Astrotourism WA. Moora became an Astrotourism Town in December 2018. On 12 December 2018, a presentation was given to the Moora Shire Council. Staff and Councillors generated a lot of discussion and ideas on potential...
Morawa
Morawa became an Astrotourism Town in July 2018. On the first visit we met with Shire staff to talk about places we could invite visitors for casual observing and astrophotography. We’re working with the community to reduce artificial light pollution in order to...
Mullewa
Mullewa became an Astrotourism Town in September 2018. The town is within the boundaries of the City of Greater Geraldton and the first meeting with staff was terrific. Together, we visited some great attractions in and around Mullewa and decided on a couple of...
Northam
Northam became an Astrotourism Town in July 2019. We met with Shire staff at the Bilya Koort Boodja Centre for Nyoongar Culture and Environmental Knowledge on 8th July 2019 to discuss locations for visitors to enjoy stargazing and astrophotography. When you’re in...