Sojourn in Hobart Part 2

At the end of the third day of the conference, all the participants were herded into double decker buses and transported 20 over kilometres away to Mount Pleasant, where the radio telescope and the Grote Reber Museum is situated.

It was really interesting to learn about the life of this amazing man - Grote Reber - whom many refer to as the father of radio astronomy. He single-handedly built many of his own instruments, his own 'green' house, and a 'green' car. He was an eccentric character, but brilliant - always hands on. A ceremony was held to present an award in memory of Grote Reber to Alan Rodgers, another outstanding radio astronomer of our time.

After the ceremony, we were all shuttled to a nice seafood restaurant for the conference dinner.

Oysters! Yummy!

Kevin was glad he left before things started getting out of hand as the night wore off. Paper planes were flying around, soon to be followed by people. Having a roomful of PhDs and soon-to-be PhDs really didn't make any difference when it came to the effects of alcohol!

As Kevin's flight was late in the afternoon, he decided to have one last walk around the city for some snapshots...

The Tasmanian Tiger, officially declared extinct, but reports of sightings in the Tasmanian wilderness still persist to this day.