It's hard to think of something more mundane than a boarding pass, but I found this while going through old stuff: I took a holiday to Australia in April 1986 to see Halley's Comet. The Aussies seemed to actually like us Americans.



My tourgroup flew into Sydney, went through customs and then we flew to Cains on a 707. That plane was more comfortable than the Qantas 747 into Sydney. Bigger seats.


My web page of other pix I took in Australia.on this trip

Uhhm errr... Mt Ebenezer is the name of the station/pastoral lease/roadhouse.

The mountain in your photo is Mt Connor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ebenezer

https://www.traveller.com.au/mount-conner-northern-territory-the-rock-tourists-think-is-uluru-1309ko

I was out that way in1979.

I'm glad you saw Halleys Comet after you long journey. Where I was working at the time in northern NSW the nights were cloudy all through the naked eye viewing period so I saw nothing of it.

I tried to see the comet at the time but it's kinda hard in the city.

TAA doesn't exist any more.

Your page mentioned the Milky Way - here at my latitude is the perfect place to observe it, as it is almost directly overhead all night.

Hi there Wa2ise...... Firstly, as someone else stated, the Mountain in your photos is 'Mt Connor'. (Flat top). It is on the road out to, and 100-200 kms before the famous "Ayers Rock", (now under the Aboriginal name of 'Uluru'). Back in the days, you could climb Ayers Rock, (as I have!!), but now that has been stopped!! Not too far from 'Ayers Rock' is your photo of 'Kata Tjuta', (Those rounded lumps), which translates to "Many Heads". (The old name was "The Olgas". )

Re: Halley's Comet...... I remember the time well, when living in Adelaide. Unfortunately, due to our position Earthwize at the time, and the weather, the viewing was very poor!!! And I won't make the next 76 years or so to see it again!!! Oh well.

I'm glad you ventured here, and will someday come back again!! There is so much to see & do.

P.S. Re: TAA (Trans Australia Airlines). In 1992, they merged with 'QANTAS'. Still current today, and stood for "Queensland And Northern Territory Air Service". (Now global). Unlike most of the World, QANTAS has never had an accident resulting in a loss of life!!!

It is amazing at times what you see in a rural area albeit light from the over population is stuffing up things, like to odd Aroura. It would be good if they did reduce some of the energy wasting street lights, as they did in the seventies & before, where they shut them off.

I did get to see Halley's Comet & did have a telescope trained on it for the neighbours at one point There have been a couple since. One filled most of the Western sky here. Best get was back in the eighties. I worked late & as I was putting the car in the shed. I saw a green ball with a shock wave: Weirdly it persisted so was not the usual space junk coming in. Binoculars said it was different so I contacted the Professor Doctor that we knew personally & was in charge of Stromlo observatory.

Turned out to be a Nova. Sometimes you can get lucky. Shearing Shed has an entry & exit of a trajectory where the item had to come from the sky.

Marc

QUOTE: Turned out to be a Nova.

That was likely Supernova 1987A. One that we saw explode on February 23, 1987 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Not visible in the USA

QUOTE: Firstly, as someone else stated, the Mountain in your photos is 'Mt Connor'.
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your photo of 'Kata Tjuta', (Those rounded lumps), which translates to "Many Heads". (The old name was "The Olgas". )(Flat top).

Thanks, I updated my web page with your info.

Also I added a caption to my photo of the Henbury craters. Heard that a meteor hit this spot about five thousand years ago, and that it unnerved the local Aboriginal people when it happened. I'd probably be unnerved too, if I didn't know what it was caused by.

To Wa2ise... Re: . . . .

Also I added a caption to my photo of the Henbury craters. Heard that a meteor hit this spot about five thousand years ago, and that it unnerved the local Aboriginal people when it happened. I'd probably be unnerved too, if I didn't know what it was caused by.

I have visited that 'site' in the Northern Territory many years ago! It is 'way' off the track to the general public. There are a series of 'holes' in the ground, each only about 20-40 feet in diameter... and relatively close together. Formed by the remaining fragments of a meteorite. There are scattered remnants of it under & around the 'crators' for quite a distance!!