3D space movies every day during the school holidays
Weekdays 27 September - 12 October 2008
11am, 12noon, 2:30pm & 3:30pm
Enjoy a viewing of a virtual reality movie in our 3-D theatre, and then view the skies through our telescope (weather permitting).
Cost: $7 adult, $5 child/concession, $20 family
Members: free
No bookings required

3-D space movie marathon
Weekends 27 September - 12 October 2008
11:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, or 3:30pm
Come along anytime and sit back to enjoy a space movie marathon. Watch one 3-D program or all 6 of them. You choose how long you stay. Then go up to the telescopes at
Cost: $7 adult, $5 child/concession, $20 family
Members: free
No bookings required

LEGO Mars mission
Daily 27 September to 12 October
10am - 5pm
The LEGO Mars Mission mining specialists have landed on the red planet in search of a new form of energy. While working in Mars' hostile and dangerous environment, the mining crew realise they are not alone in their quest. Join your child in the Russell Room (children must be supervised by an adult) to build and explore with LEGO Mars Mission.
Free! and no bookings required

Birthday parties
Saturdays or Sundays morning and evening sessions during the school holidays.
A one-hour tour for your birthday group making use of the 3-D theatre and telescopes. Bring your own cake and enjoy it in our beautiful grounds. More ...

Vacation daycare
27 September to 12 October 2008
1pm - 2pm
Daycare groups can book 1-hour sessions for up to 40 people at 1pm on select days. Sessions consist of screenings in the 3D theatre and discovering the universe through our telescopes.
Cost: $5 per child
(2 free adults per 20 children; additional adults $7 each)
Bookings & prepayments essential on 9921 3485; conditions apply.

Mid autumn Moon festival
Sunday 14 September 2008
6pm - 8pm
Come and listen to the intriguing story of the woman in the Moon, Chang'er which is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the 8th Lunar month in the Chinese calendar. A wonderful night of traditional Moon cakes, Chinese music from the Gu Zheng and telescope viewing. If you’re very lucky you may even see the Rabbit's reflection in a small pool of water.
Bookings and prepayment essential on 9921 3485
Cost: $25 adults, $18 concession and child, $68 family
Member discounts $22 adults, $16 child/$60 family

Make an alien
Tuesday 30 September, Thursday 2, Wednesday 8 and Friday 10 October
10am - 5pm
What might an alien from another world look like? Would it have one eye or ten? A tail? Three heads? Drop in to the Discovery Room to build an alien of your own design out of recycled materials. Bring a camera to take a picture of your creature in front of our spacey backdrops. Includes a 3-D theatre & telescope tour ticket.
Cost: $8 per child, accompanying adult $5
Members: $3 per child, accompanying adult free
No need to book; just come along.

Pizza nights
Thursday 2, Sunday 5 and Tuesday 7 October
6pm - 8pm
Join us at the start of daylight saving time for an intimate evening of pizza, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, & liquid nitrogen. Enjoy a slice or two of pizza, before experiencing what happens when nitrogen is cooled to -196°C — you may even get to taste our own space ice cream for dessert.
Cost: $25 adult, $22 concession, $20 child, $70 family
Members: $22 adult, $20 conc., $18 child, $65 family
Bookings & prepayments essential on 9921 3485
Book early as seating is limited.

Australian zodiac
Saturday 4 October
11am, 11:45am, & 12:30pm
The Zodiac or 'path of the animals is the line followed by the Sun, Moon, and planets against the background sky. Not one uniquely Australian animal has had a spot in the Zodiac — until now! Come face to face with real animals thanks to Taronga Zoo's Zoomobile. Meet and learn about these animals, then make your own Aussie animal star maps to take home. Storytelling in our planetarium, and more. Celebrate the animals, stories, and stars above the oldest land on the planet!
Cost: $10 per child, accompanying adults $5
Members: $8 per child, accompanying adults $4
No need to book; just come along

Hot & cold science
Saturday 4 October
2pm and 3pm
Explore the vast differences in temperature in our solar system by experiencing what happens when the most abundant gas in our atmosphere, Nitrogen, is cooled to -196°C. Watch as a bunch of inflated balloons seem to disappear into a bottomless pit the size of a cup. See a squash ball bounce one minute and then break like glass after being exposed to this freezing liquid. You will even get to taste our own space ice cream. Then see the scorching surface of the Sun through our special telescopes and use sunlight to read time with your own sundial to take home and make.
Cost: $5 per child, adults free
No need to book; just come along

Special combination ticket
Saturday 4 October
Get an all-day pass for everything on this special day — Australian zodiac, Hot & cold science, telescope viewing (weather permitting), and even the 3-D theatre.
Cost: $15 per child, accompanying adults $8
Members: $8 per child, accompanying adults free

Focus on physics — Einstein for years 11 & 12
Wednesday 22 October or Wednesday 19 November
6pm - 8pm
Instructor: Dr Paul Payne
It's been over 100 years since Einstein released his special Theory of Relativity. Although a century old, this theory is our best description of the way space and time work together. Dr Paul Payne will demonstrate the concepts through entertaining multimedia animations and demonstrations suitable for all those interested, especially years 11/12 Physics. The evening ends with a viewing of stars and Jupiter (if weather permits) and light refreshment.
Cost: $15 adult/student
Members: $12 adult/student
school teachers are free when accompanying a minimum of 2 students
Bookings & prepayments essential on 9921 3485