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postheadericon Star Gazing in Broome

Here's an unusual travel experience. Take a tour of the stars with Broome's Astro Experience. From April to October you can book a 2 hour trip to the stars guided by Greg Quicke. There's an Early and a Late show to choose from:

Early Show: Friday and Saturday 6pm to 8pm
5.30pm pickup by Broome Taxis.
It is dark enough at 6pm with the short tropical twilights, so it gets dark really fast with stars appearing one by one until the sky is filled with a million other worlds. Telescopes silhouetted against the colours of the sunset search out early planets while the Earth’s shadow sneaks into the sky.

Late Show: Monday and Wednesday 8pm to 10pm
7.30pm pickup by Broome Taxis.

We start the show in full darkness to view the late rising planets and constellations. Learn how to navigate with the Southern Cross, explore the Zodiac as the home of all the planets and simply relax into the magic of a Kimberley night sky.

Or take a boat cruise along the West Australian Coast by joining the True North 10 day West Coast Explorer

Join Greg Quicke aboard the True North for a ten day journey through time and space that you’ll be sure to remember for the rest of your life. Greg’s 2 hour astronomy shows are run regularly out of Broome with a full on blast of sensory overload designed to flood your unconscious mind. Let’s spread this 2 hours out over 10 days, expand on it, revisit it more than a few times and make it a real part of your own lives as we sail up the coast of Western Australia. Laser guided astronomy from the heli deck, astronomy around the galley table and astronomy with telescopes landed on the Abrolhos and Monte Bello Islands gives you a feast of astronomy in some of the best stargazing country in the world. This astronomy trip is as much about this little water covered planet called Earth as it is about the planets we’ll see in the skies. We dive coral reefs and historic shipwrecks, fish for our dinner and enjoy culinary delights on a journey of discovery with everything the magnificent True North offers.