Saturday, February 12, 2011

On our way to Tamworth, we had noticed a sign about the world's biggest model solar system and had seen some bill boards with hemi-sphere planets on them. On the way back we stopped at Coonabarabran Tourist Centre and read all about it. Starting from Siding Spring Observatory (the sun) and radiating out along 5 roads from there, are scale models, these hemi-spheres that we had seen on the way, of the planets. The size and distance between each model is to a scale 1: 38 million, making it "The World's Largest Virtual Solar System". We decided it was appropriate to photograph "Wallace" at the four last planets between Coonabarabran and Dubbo.


Wallacetown is an abandonded roadhouse/pub and a rest area north of Wagga Wagga.

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