Geminids trip

We planned our trip for mid-December, perfect timing to see the Geminids meteor shower. The aim was to take images of the Geminids, install a few of our kit cameras on roofs across the Murchison and service our North WA network .  The team is purely made up of the PhD students- this is going to be a fun ride! The team is Hadrien […]

What happened next to the meteorite

What happened next to this year’s most famous meteorite? Lots! Well first, it was the star attraction on campus and the celebrity for many #selfies. Then, in the week that followed it’s media debut, apparent controversy emerged as to who owns the meteorite? Well, it’s not controversial at all, as Dr Gretchen Benedix explains here. Next, we needed to know, what’s inside the meteorite? Our […]

Double rainbow over camp

Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 8

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 8 As we were loading up the trucks, it started to rain. If it rains out here […]

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Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 7

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 7 We had two cameras to service before our rendezvous with the second team, so there was […]

Meteorite Hunters

Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 6

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 6 We packed up and ploughed on to Wilgena Station. We thought someone would have rung ahead to […]

Luke at Barton DFN camera

Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 5

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 5 We woke up and almost didn’t believe the sun had risen it was so completely overcast. […]

Luke sends a text message

Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 4

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 4 We were up early again – already trying to acclimatise to the South Australian time zone – […]

Luke on Abbey Road / the Eyre Highway

Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 3

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 3 We woke up, we packed up and we were off. Soon we reached Eyre highway and for the […]

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Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 2

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke Crosses the Nullarbor, Day 2 Up with the sun at 5 am – ouch! The plan: to service the Kanandah and […]

Martin taking a photo inside the Northam camera

Luke crosses the Nullarbor, Day 1

Luke’s Wolfe Creek blog in August was so entertaining that we asked him to put pen to paper again on his next journey. Turns out, we didn’t have to wait long. Luke’s journal continues … (the story started with On the Road Again) Luke crosses the Nullarbor, Day 1 Dear Diary, The car is now so heavy with things that it nearly didn’t make it […]