Coonabarabran is the bet place in Australia to view the stars. On our first day we went to the ANU’s Siding Spring Observatory and learned about the building, history, planets and gravity on different planets. We also went into one of the Observatories. It was large and cold inside but impressive with all the different parts shining at us through the glass window. After a salad sandwich picnic lunch Dad and I went on a short walk along a creek and up a huge boulder. Along the way we met two large male kangaroos less than a metre away and a young goat with its mother on the other side of the creek  just before we started to climb the large boulder. When we were climbing the boulder we also met a lizard sun baking on a rock in front of us – a short walk but full of different animals.

Our last stop for the day was after dinner at the Warrambungle Observatory where we viewed the major planets, stars and star gatherings.  In our solar system, Saturn and Neptune were awesome!  We also saw the Milky Way, the Butterfly, the 1000 stars and so many more.  My favourite was probably the star Antares which was a bright orange dot in the dark night sky. An awesome day to end our stay at Coonabarabran.