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100 Paper Spaceships to fold and fly
$19.95
Children can put their flying skills to the test with this chunky pad of brightly patterned spaceships. Each tear-out, patterned paper sheet can be folded, origami-style, into a flying spacecraft by following the step-by-step instructions included.
100 things to see in the night sky
$19.95
A pack of 50, double-sided, pocket-sized cards to help identify constellations, planets, meteors and other starry sights. Each card shows a feature of the night sky, one to a side, including a detailed picture and description, interesting facts, statistics and position in the night sky. An easy, convenient and informative companion for stargazing in the outdoors or through a telescope. With internet links to star maps and websites to find out more.
1001 Cool Science Experiments
$14.95
Why not grow your very own stalactite, make baked ice-cream or even an underwater volcano? Have you ever wanted to create invisible ink? 101 Cool Science Experiments will show you how.
101 Cool science experiments will show you how to do things from everyday materials to astound and surprise your friends.
There are one hundred and one of the coolest experiments here for any budding genius.
Ages 7 - 14 up
2019 Astronomy Calendar
$19.95
This year the Astronomy Calendar again features the winners of the CWAS David Malin Awards.
The calendar provides a nightly guide to what’s visible in the sky, including moon phases, planetary positions, eclipses, lunar occultations, conjunctions and meteor showers.
It includes a summary of the year indicating the best times to view the planets.
Calendar features nightly moon phases and Monthly Star maps and is 23 x 33cm in size, opening to 46 x33cm.
Maps have been designed for 25° to 45° south latitude.
Other Features:
- Additional Star Maps show the planets in the pre-dawn and post-sunset sky, especially showing interesting conjunctions of the planets with the Moon.
- Details about the Lunar occultations for the year.
- Daily reminders of eclipses, conjunctions, and meteor showers.
- "Red letter days" remind of the most notable events of the year.
2019 Astronomy Guide
$29.95
This annual gem (produced each year since 1991) continues to take the Australian stargazer on a wondrous journey of the night sky. This critically acclaimed work, produced by three well known experts in the field, takes a unique approach to explaining and identifying the Sun, Moon, planets and constellations; it is simply the best publication of its type in the world.
2019 Elvis at the Dish - BUS - ADULT - Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks to event
$10.00
One adult or child (10-18) bus transport to The Dish and return to Parkes
Departs 5:30pm, Cooke Park, Welcome Street Parkes
Show ticket and meals not included
For DINNER MENU - please view menu at - www.dishcafe.com.au
TO BOOK - email Craig at the Dish Café - dishcafe@live.com
Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks
Bookings essential
2019 Elvis at the Dish - BUS - CHILD Under 10 FREE - Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks to event
Free
One child under 10 bus ticket to the Dish and return to Parkes.
Departs 5:30pm, Cooke Park, Welcome Street Parkes
Show ticket and meal not included
For DINNER MENU - please view menu at - www.dishcafe.com.au
TO BOOK - email Craig at the Dish Café - dishcafe@live.com
Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks
Bookings essential
2019 Elvis at the Dish - BUS - CHILD Years 10 - 18 / under 10 FREE - Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks to event
$5.00
One child under 10 bus ticket to the Dish and return to Parkes.
Departs 5:30pm, Cooke Park, Welcome Street Parkes
Show ticket and meal not included
For DINNER MENU - please view at - www.dishcafe.com.au
TO BOOK - email Craig at the Dish Café - dishcafe@live.com
Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks
Bookings essential
2019 Elvis at the Dish - SHOW - ADULT - Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks to event
$25.00
One adult admission to "Elvis at the Dish - The Brightest Stars in Heaven"
Transport and meals not included.
Enjoy a fantastic evening of entertainment and food as we celebrate the start of the 2019 Parkes Elvis Festival at The Dish.
Parkes Shire's two great icons are brought together again as Wayne Cooper as Sincerely Elvis perform the King's greatest hits in front of the world famous CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope.
For DINNER MENU - please view menu at - www.dishcafe.com.au
TO BOOK - email Craig at the Dish Café - dishcafe@live.com
Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks
Bookings essential
2019 Elvis at the Dish - SHOW - CHILD (ages 10-18) - Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks to event
$10.00
One Child Admission (ages 10-18) to "Elvis at the Dish - The Brightest Stars in Heaven"
Transport and meals not included.
Enjoy a fantastic evening of entertainment and food as we celebrate the start of the 2019 Parkes Elvis Festival at THE DISH.
Parkes Shire's two great icons are brought together again as Wayne Cooper as Sincerely Elvis perform the King's greatest hits in front of the world famous CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope.
For DINNER MENU - please view menu at - www.dishcafe.com.au
TO BOOK - email Craig at the Dish Café - dishcafe@live.com
Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks
Bookings essential
2019 Elvis at the Dish - SHOW - CHILD under 10 - Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks to event
Free
One child under 10 admission to "Elvis at the Dish - The Brightest Stars in Heaven"
Transport and meals not included.
Enjoy a fantastic evening of entertainment and food as we celebrate the start of the 2019 Parkes Elvis Festival at The Dish.
Parkes Shire's two great icons are brought together again as Wayne Cooper as Sincerely Elvis perform the King's greatest hits in front of the world famous CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope.
For DINNER MENU - please view menu at - www.dishcafe.com.au
TO BOOK - email Craig at the Dish Café - dishcafe@live.com
Strictly NO BYO Food or Drinks
Bookings essential
3D Puzzle Sphere: Map of the World
$24.95
Assemble this puzzle to create an awesome and spell-binding spherical puzzle! It is completely self supporting and no glue required! This interlocking puzzle is constructed of the highest quality puzzle board and created using precision die cutting.
Pieces: 212
48CM Hanging Galileo Thermometer
$59.95
This thermometer allows you to see the temperature by watching the balls sink and float in a beautiful sealed glass cylinder, as their densities are such that they rise or fall as the temperature changes. You can hang this one up as a beautiful display piece.
Measures between 16°C and 32°C
57CM Hanging Galileo Thermometer
$69.95
This thermometer allows you to see the temperature by watching the balls sink and float in a beautiful sealed glass cylinder, as their densities are such that they rise or fall as the temperature changes. You can hang this one up as a beautiful display piece.
Measures between 16°C and 38°C
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
$29.95
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. It's not so much about what we know, as about how we know what we know. How do we know what is in the centre of the Earth, or what a black hole is, or where the continents were 600 million years ago? How did anyone ever figure these things out? On his travels through time and space, he encounters a splendid collection of astonishingly eccentric, competitive, obsessive and foolish scientists, like the painfully shy Henry Cavendish who worked out many conundrums like how much the Earth weighed, but never bothered to tell anybody about many of his findings. In the company of such extraordinary people, Bill Bryson takes us with him on the ultimate eye-opening journey, and reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
A walk through the Southern Sky
$39.95
A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. By following the simplified and easy-to-use starmaps, readers will be able to identify constellations with no equipment but normal sight and a clear night sky. This book provides clear instructions on how to determine star sizes and the distances between stars, allowing readers to move easily between constellations. The budding astronomer is introduced to the mystery and wonder of the southern sky as the myths and legends of its stars and constellations are wondrously retold. The third edition of this magical book features a new moon map, an updated list of planet positions, additional illustrations and more realistic star maps. It is an invaluable and beautiful guide for beginner stargazers, both young and old.
Adults Intelligent Life t - shirt
$24.95
Available is sizes - Small, Medium, Large, XLarge. 100% Cotton.
Adults Starry t - shirt
$24.95
Available in sizes Small, Medium, Large and XXLarge
Antique Map 1100pc Puzzle
$29.95
Learn about the world as our ancestors did with this 1100 piece plastic Antique World Map. You can piece together Hondius' world map, first published in 1630. 38cm x 59cm in size.
Apollo 11 restored video (DVD)
$19.95
In July 1969, six hundred million people, one-sixth of mankind at the time, witnessed the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk live on TV.
This DVD contains the complete 2009 restoration of the historic TV broadcast, produced by NASA for the Apollo 11 40th anniversary. It includes newly discovered footage not seen by the public since 1969.
"This restored video is a valuable contribution to space exploration and space communication history" - Neil Armstrong.
Running time: 185 minutes. Region: 0 (all regions)
Astronomy
$14.95
How do astronomers study planets, stars and galaxies? What are rovers and where have they landed? How do different telescopes work? What is a nebula? Beginner readers can find out the answers in this book, along with lots more fascinating facts. Amazing photographs and illustrations are combined with simple, easy-to-read text and a glossary explaining all the specialist terms used. Find out more about astronomy and stargazing online via Usborne Quicklinks, where you can find out what to see and when, as well as see the latest images captured by telescopes and rovers.
Astrorox - Astronaut Ice Cream Drops
$11.95
Freeze-dried Neapolitan ice cream drops, ready to eat!
Contains: milk
Bacteria Farm
$29.95
The Bacteria Farm is a great first biology kit for any budding scientist. Cultivate & observe bacteria from different samples with a variety of experiments.
Recommended ages 8+
Bad Astronomy - Philip Plait
$29.95
"Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from." --Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editor of The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia. "Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait, who is the world's leading consumer advocate for quality science in space and on Earth. This important contribution to science will rest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy access the next time an astrologer calls." --Dr. Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, and author of The Borderlands of Science.
Breaking The Chains Of Gravity
$29.95
NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. In the 1930s, rockets were all the rage in Germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the German armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. One of the key figures in this period was Wernher von Braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating V-2. As the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von Braun escaped from the ruins of Nazi Germany, and was taken to America where he began developing missiles for the US Army. Meanwhile, the US Air Force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like Neil Armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmosphere. Breaking the Chains of Gravity tells the story of America's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the US military. At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, otherwise known as NASA.
Bubble Science Kit
$19.95
Discover the secrets of soap bubbles with the Magnoidz ‘Science of Bubbles’ Science Kit! This fun and educational science kit is packed with experiments and interesting facts about the science of bubbles.
Learn the secrets of soap bubbles and how to create an array of different bubbles using the items included inside the box. Investigate the properties of water and how attracting forces hold the surface of water together, and more fun facts such as the secrets to the soap bubble’s rainbow of colours.
The fun doesn’t stop there, the educational resource book is full of interesting facts and experiments such as these!
Classic Wooden Puzzles
$9.95
Take apart and reassemble these difficult wooden puzzles. Test yourself and your friends and family. Each different puzzles has a different difficulty rating!
Comets! Visitors From Deep Space
$39.95
Join David J. Eicher in this fast-paced and entertaining journey through the history, present, and future of these important yet mysterious cosmic bodies. The author carefully explores the ideas relating comets and life on Earth - and the danger posed by impacts. He finishes with practical, how-to techniques, tips, and tricks on how to successfully observe comets and even to capture your own images of them.
Cosmic Rocket
$19.95
A hands on rocket launching science kit for the whole family. This makes a rocket that flies up to 50 feet. A Unique experimental kit that inspires young scientists.
Countdown to Space: Math Activity Kit
$9.95
Prepare to blast off on an exciting math journey. Countdown to Space makes learning an out-of-this-world adventure - anywhere and any time.
This on-the-go kit includes:
- A quirky colouring book full of easy-to-understand counting and numbering activities
- A fold-out mat featuring a space scene to colour and decorate
- Playful stickers to add to the mat
- Four crayons for endless drawing fun
Crookes Radiometer 18cm
$34.95
Learn all about thermodynamics with the Crookes Radiometer.When exposed to light or heat, the vanes will spin. Comes in 18cm and 22cm high models and makes for an educational decoration.
Crookes Radiometer 22cm
$44.95
Learn all about thermodynamics with the Crookes Radiometer.When exposed to light or heat, the vanes will spin. Comes in 18cm and 22cm high models and makes for an educational decoration.
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Drink Cooler - Cricketer's Perspective
$9.95
A Cricketer's perspective of the Universe drink cooler Black with orbiting red (cricket ball) planets
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Drink Cooler - Dish Photo
$9.95
Drink Cooler - The Dish photograph
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Glow In The Dark Adult Cap - Black
$14.95
A black cap displaying southern hemisphere constellations. This cap also Glows in the Dark.
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Glow In The Dark Adult Cap - Navy
$14.95
A Navy cap displaying southern hemisphere constellations. This cap also Glows in the Dark.
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Kids Cap - Pink
$14.95
A must have cap for all kids. Very bright and colourful.
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Kids Cap - Blue
$14.95
A must have cap for all kids. Very bright and colourful.
CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Kids Cap - Red
$14.95
A must have cap for all kids. Very bright and colourful.
Desktop Globe
$19.95
This 10cm diameter globe shows the political world map. Both functional and decorative. It makes a perfect paperweight.
Die Cast Space Shuttle With Light and Sound
$29.95
This is a detailed die-cast pull back model of a NASA space shuttle. This 8 inch die cast metal and plastic pullback is sure to please both young and old alike! It features opening roof and pull back action.- Opening roof
- Pull back action
- Light up wings
- Sound of take off
- Die Cast metal with small plastic parts
- Suitable for ages 3+ years
Discover Space
$39.95
Wonders of Learning Discover Space.
An educational learning box set that includes a reference book, a wall chart, glow in the dark shapes and much more!
Discover Stars and Planets
$14.95
We see hundreds of stars in the night sky, but there are hundreds of billions of stars in our own Galaxy. There is so much to learn about this amazing universe.
Discover Stars and Planets explains what we know about space, from the planets and moons of our solar system to galaxies vast distances away. Learn about our nearest neighbour the moon, discover the structure of the Sun and other stars, and find out what comets are made of.
Discover The Weather
$39.95
Discover the Weather Eductaional Weather Kit with Livinia Nixon.
Kit includes a reference book, sticker activity book, poster and much more!
Dish Cafe Blackberry Jam
$8.50
A beautiful blackberry jam made at the dish from local and imported ingredients.
Dish Cafe Fig Jam
$8.50
A beautiful jam made at the dish from local ingredients.
Dish Cafe Salad Dressing
$7.95
A beautiful dressing for any salad. Balsamic vinegar base with lemon, poppy and mustard seeds.
Dish Cafe Strawberry jam
$8.50
A beautiful strawberry jam made at the dish from local ingredients.Information
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