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Spaceship Kite
$24.95
Soar into the skies with this Spaceship Kite! This delta shaped kite is easy to assemble and even easier to fly! Its bright rocket design is sure to stand out in the skies and is perfect for anyone who loves flying a kite.
Speed Cube 2 x 2
$19.95
The Rubik’s cube is a multi-dimensional puzzle since 1980. It’s world’s best selling take anywhere puzzle. The aim of this puzzle is to twist and turn the cube to return each face to one colour.
Moyu Speed cubes features easy to turn pieces with each locked layers to prevent the frame from falling. This cube puzzle is for anyone who likes challenges and for those smart enough and quick enough to beat the world record. Try to solve the cube in the quickest time possible .
The Moyu Speed cube is perfect for keeping kids busy as well as for Adults to enjoy solving it. Can carry it anywhere you travel, on a car, plane or train.
Age : 6+ years
Speed Cube 3 x 3
$19.95
The Rubik’s cube is a multi-dimensional puzzle since 1980. It’s world’s best selling take anywhere puzzle. The aim of this puzzle is to twist and turn the cube to return each face to one colour.
Moyu Speed cubes features easy to turn pieces with each locked layers to prevent the frame from falling. This cube puzzle is for anyone who likes challenges and for those smart enough and quick enough to beat the world record. Try to solve the cube in the quickest time possible .
The Moyu Speed cube is perfect for keeping kids busy as well as for Adults to enjoy solving it. Can carry it anywhere you travel, on a car, plane or train.
Age : 6+ years
Speed Cube 4 x 4
$19.95
The Rubik’s cube is a multi-dimensional puzzle since 1980. It’s world’s best selling take anywhere puzzle. The aim of this puzzle is to twist and turn the cube to return each face to one colour.
Moyu Speed cubes features easy to turn pieces with each locked layers to prevent the frame from falling. This cube puzzle is for anyone who likes challenges and for those smart enough and quick enough to beat the world record. Try to solve the cube in the quickest time possible .
The Moyu Speed cube is perfect for keeping kids busy as well as for Adults to enjoy solving it. Can carry it anywhere you travel, on a car, plane or train.
Age : 6+ years
Speed Cube Pyramid
$19.95
The Rubik’s cube is a multi-dimensional puzzle since 1980. It’s world’s best selling take anywhere puzzle. The aim of this puzzle is to twist and turn the cube to return each face to one colour.
Moyu Speed cubes features easy to turn pieces with each locked layers to prevent the frame from falling. This cube puzzle is for anyone who likes challenges and for those smart enough and quick enough to beat the world record. Try to solve the cube in the quickest time possible .
The Moyu Speed cube is perfect for keeping kids busy as well as for Adults to enjoy solving it. Can carry it anywhere you travel, on a car, plane or train.
Age : 6+ years
Star Disc
$19.95
Double-sided Planisphere for the Southern Hemisphere. Now comes in clear PVC plastic. Printed in black. Features: · North and South sides give greater space and clarity. · Clear, uncluttered design. Artwork by Wil Tirion. · Major stars, galaxies, nebulae and clusters in colour. · Comes with a reference guide with lists of Stars and binocular objects and planet positions for the next 5 years. · Size: 27 x 24 cm, Suitable for latitudes 25° to 45° South. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina & Chile.)
Star projector and sound machine - Silver
$39.95
This small but powerful unit, transforms your living room or bedroom into constantly changing array of colourful stars and plays calming sounds [with 6 nature sounds] to help you relax, also works well as a baby soother or meditation device.
The Star Projector and Sound Machine includes a power-saving mode that gives you the option to automatically turn the machine off after half an hour, so you can set and forget – not worrying about disturbing the peace once your little one’s drifted off.
But that’s not all! This sensational star projector also doubles as a speaker for your computer, MP3 player or smart phone – and can give you up to 5 hours playing time with the 3.5mm included cable.
Static Electricity
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
What is "Static Electricity"? It seems that many people are aware of the concept but don't really know how to scientifically explain it. Kids experimenting with this "Crazy Scientist Lab" kit will know everything there is to know about static electricity and enjoy amazing tricks and experiments! In this science kit, kids will be exposed to the fascinating world of invisible atoms that are all around us, some with electrical particles that create static electricity in certain objects. Using this electrical current we will perform really cool experiments such as separating salt and pepper grains, sticking a balloon to the wall using electricity, building flying saucers and an electroscope, making Styrofoam balls dance and many more exciting experiments.
This science kit comes equipped with all the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the experiments steps as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
Stepping Into Science
$59.95
Begin a lifetime of scientific investigation and understanding with 29 fun experiments in five key areas: nature, physics, chemistry, air, and water.
Learn what plants need in order to grow, observe the clouds, see how water climbs, watch plants sweat, and investigate plant propagation. Discover how a magnifying glass enlarges, how colours mix, how static electricity attracts, how sundials tell time, and how a motion picture works. Investigate air pressure, air flow, hovercraft, paper airplanes, and suction. Write secret messages, float a paper clip, blow super bubbles, observe capillary action, and test displacement. Build a soap-driven boat, mix oil and water, experiment with evaporation, paint with sugar, and watch colours separate.
With a 48-page illustrated guidebook, Stepping into Science teaches science fundamentals with step-by-step, hands-on experiments, while also introducing children to the scientific method itself.
Sticker - #lovethedish
$4.95
Suitable for EXTERIOR or INTERIOR application. Ideal for car windows, car bumpers, Caravans, boats, bikes, helmets, sporting equipment, book, bags, etc. Ensure surface is clean, smooth and dry.
Sticker - the Dish
$4.95
This vinyl sticker is suitable for exterior or interior application. It's ideal for car windows, car bumpers, caravans, boats, bikes, helmets, sporting equipment, books, bags, etc. Commemorate your visit to the Dish with a souvenir sticker.
Sticker - Tune into the Dish
$4.95
This vinyl sticker is suitable for exterior or interior application. It's ideal for car windows, car bumpers, caravans, boats, bikes, helmets, sporting equipment, books, bags, etc. Commemorate your visit to the Dish with a souvenir sticker.
Sunglasses - the Dish
$9.95
Stand out in a crowd with your very own pair of 'The Dish' sunglasses. Choose from a range of funky colours.
Each pair says 'THE DISH PARKES NSW' on the side. Suitable for children or people with smaller heads.
Super Science, Revolting Science and Glow Science kits
$9.95
Does your child love doing experiments and making things? Then this kit is the perfect combo that will keep them entertained for hours!
There are 3 kits on offer. Please make a selection at the checkout.
Magic Sand & Slippery Slime: Experiment with magical sand that stays dry even when it's under water, and make your own slime.
Revolting Science: Gross stomach-churning germs! This kit finds and grows the disgusting lurking around your house!
Glow Science: Glow-in-the-dark powder can be added to all kinds of things around the home to make them luminescent, and add water to special white powder to make it expand into faux snow - it feels just like the real thing! Everything you need is included, just add water! Comes with illustrated instructions, perfect for beginners.
For Ages 8+
Talking About Life
$54.95
Conversations on Astrobiology
With over 450 planets now known to exist beyond the Solar System, spacecraft heading for Mars, and the ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence, this timely book explores current ideas about the search for life in the Universe.
That's Gross! Science Lab
$39.95
26 Outrageous Science Experiments
Includes:
- Motorized toilet bowl mixer
- 2 bubble beakers with slime stand
- Biohazard Container
- Bubble Wand
- Garbage Can SHaker
- Freaky Funnel
- Maggot Mold
- Barf MOld
- Centipede MOld
- Worm Spoon
- 24-page Illustrated Activity Book
The 3D Parkes Radio Telescope Paper Model
$9.95
The CSIRO Parkes radio telescope 3D paper model brings the dish to life in a scaled model containing considerable detail. The model is based on the original design plans of the Parkes radio telescope dated 1959.
The Brain (Ponderables)
$39.95
The brain's cells are wired together with 100 trillion connections. That makes each and every human brain a contender as the most complex system in the universe, a system that endows us with an intellect that far outstripsthat of any other creature. However, there is one difficult question remaining: Are we intelligent enough to understand our own brains?Follow the journey as history's greatest brains, such as Avicenna, Thomas Willis, Charles Darwin, and Paul Broca, try to figure it out by linking the structure of the brain to its functions. How does the brain control the body, how does it make sense of our surroundings, and allow us to understand, empathise with and love other people (and their brains)? And how does it create that most mysterious feature of the universe-consciousness.* Contains 100 chronological articles that tell the story of neuroscience from the dawn of history to the present day.* Authoritative text, exciting imagery, and helpful diagrams accompany each of the steps along the way.* Biographies of great neuroscientists and a functional map of the brain boosts the contents for all readers.*A simple guide to neuroscience draws together current understanding to set out the basics of the field.* 100 Ponderables also contains a 24-page removable foldout concertina neatly housed at the back of the book. This fold-out concertina includes a 12-page Timeline History of the brain and a 12-page Guide to the nervous system.
The Dish Beanie
$24.95
Keep your head warm this winter with our beanies!
One size fits all! Super comfy and so soft.
The Dish Bottle Opener
$9.95
With a handy magnet on the back, this bottle opener can stay on your fridge as a reminder of your visit to the Parkes Radio Telescope!
Approx. 13CM x 3.5CM
The Dish Foil Coasters
$14.95
With a slip resistant foam base your hot cup of coffee or cold glass of water is safe to rest on these coasters. This set of four bright, shiny coasters is perfect for any drink!
Approx. 9CM x 9CM
The Dish Movie
$29.95
It is a date that will be remembered for all time. July 20 1969 - the day man first set foot upon the moon. That one shining moment was witnessed by a television audience of six hundred million people across the globe. Remarkably, those immortal images came via a "dish" in outback Australia. It may have been one small step for man, but for a handful of Aussie scientists, it was a giant leap. And one that almost didn't happen...
Based on an amazing true story, the creators of the award winning hit comedy "The Castle" tell the funny and moving tale of Australia's part in the Apollo 11 moon mission. Critically acclaimed world-wide (including the Toronto, the London and the Sundance Film Festival), the biggest local box-office smash in years stars Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park"), Kevin Harrington ("TV's SeaChange"), Tom Long ("Two Hands") and Patrick Warburton ("TV's "Seinfeld", "Sream 3").
The Dish Playing Cards
$7.95
Continue the fun well after your visit to The Dish with these playing cards!
With the instructions to 5 Bonus Games, the fun will never run out!
The Dreaming Path
$34.95
The Dreaming Path has always been there, but in the modern-day world, it can be hard to find. There are so many demands on us - family, health, bills, a mortgage, a career - that it can be hard to remember what's important: you.
IT'S TIME TO RECONNECT WITH YOUR STORY.
Through conversations , exercises, Dreaming stories and key messages, in The Dreaming Path Paul Callaghan and Uncle Paul Gordon share knowledge that reveals the power if Aboriginal spirituality as a profound source of contentment and wellbeing for anyone willing to listen.
Themed chapters that bring together Aboriginal and non-aboriginal worldviews invite you to reflect on:
- Caring for our place and the importance of story
- Relationships, sharing and unity
- Love, gratitude and humility
- Learning and living your truth
- Inspiration and resilience
- Being present and healing from the past
- Contentment
- Leading
The Elegant Universe
$29.95
"develops one fresh new insight after another...In the great tradition of physicists writing for the masses, The Elegant Universe sets a standard that will be hard to beat." -- The New York Times Book Review
In a rare blend of scientific insight and writing as elegant as the theories it explains, Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of 11 dimensions where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter-from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas-is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy.
Green uses everything from an amusement park ride to ants on a garden hose to illustrate the beautiful yet bizarre realities that modern physics is unveiling. Dazzling in its brilliance, unprecedented in its ability to both illuminate and entertain, The Elegant Universe is a tour de force of science writing-a delightful, lucid voyage through modern physics that brings us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.
The Emu Who Ran Through the Sky
$24.95
The Bush Mob comes together for the second time in The Emu Who Ran Through the Sky. This time it is to help young Lofty the emu. Lofty desperately wants to win the big menu race but he is slow and clumsy - and his first race ends in disaster. Meet Eagle, Sugar Glider and Bat as they try to teach Lofty to fly... but it is Platypus, the inventor, who finally comes up with the solution.
The Emu Who Ran Through the Sky is the second book from the Tales from the Bush Mob series.
The Legend of the Seven Sisters
$19.95
As you look up into the sky at night you can see many stars.
The Wongutha people of the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia tell stories about the stars, explaining how the stars came to be where they are. Some stars are grouped together and have special names.
One of these groups of stars is called the Seven Sisters. The Sisters were beautiful women who used to visit the earth and wander the land. This is the story of why they appear in their position in the night sky.
The Seven Sisters
$19.95
One day a long, long time ago, the seven stars decided to visit earth. They asked the Milky Way to bring them down near a creek in the desert and they stepped off and turned into people.
The Solar System
$14.95
What is the surface of Mars like? Why does Venus glow in the dark?How do scientists explore faraway planets? In this book you'll find out the answers and lots more fascinating facts about the Solar System.
What is the surface of Mars like? Why does Venus glow in the dark?
How do scientists explore faraway planets?
In this book you'll find out the answers and lots more fascinating facts about the Solar System.
The Solar System
$24.95
A Thrilling Voyage Through Our Vast Solar System
Our place in space is occupiced by planets, dwarf planet, moons and many more fascinating objects all orbiting our sun. Featuring 30 beautifully illustrated cards, The Solar System is a guided tour of our cosmic neighbourhood, suitable for space enthusiasts of all ages.
Dr Vienna Tran is a medical doctor, writer, musician and space medicine researcher. She spent many nights during her childhood gazing up at the stars and planets. She is researching how humans can stay healthy in space as we explore the Solar System.
The Solar System Floor Puzzle
$24.95
- 48 Extra-thick cardboard pieces
- Easy to clean surface
- Helps develop problem-solving skills
- Fun for ages 3 and up
The Space Wonders of the Universe
$19.95
Discover the space wonders of the universe like you've never seen them before!
With beautiful and detailed illustrations by Jenny Wren, this book will both inform and amaze those longing to learn about the universe and all of its wonders.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Bookn' Puzzle Pack
$24.95
Take a look at this Bookn' Puzzle Pack. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Book in this pack, along with a 16 big piece puzzle.
Puzzle Size: 30 x 25cm
Piece Size: 75mm x 62mm
Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Bedtime
$44.95
Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Bedtime transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes
When astrophysicists Lisa Harvey-Smith isn't looking skyward, she is answering the smart questions of school kids. Her engaging storytelling in this colourfully illustrated book brings the night sky to life, giving amazing new perspectives to young explorers who are always asking, 'Why?'
Up, Up, and Away Shadow Book!
$24.95
I went to the beach to fly my new kite. I let out the string and held on so tight!
Let little ones wing their way to sleep as they follow the kites journey past a bird, a balloon, airplane, rocket and beyond! Use your flashlight to cast delightful shadow images on your wall or ceiling, befriending the dark as lyrical rhymes take you up, up, and away!
Use a flashlight to shine the images on your bedroom wall!
Ages 3-9
Virtuality Glasses
$34.95
Immerse yourself in new worlds with these amazing glasses. Download any compatible VR app, insert your smartphone and be transported. Turn any smartphone into your personal virtual reality device. Virtuality VR Glasses allow the user to adjust the lens focus and headband strap, for clear and comfortable viewing.
Volcano lamp
$34.95
You'll love watching this fun volcano lamp for hours on end.
Requires 3xAAA batteries (not included).
Water Filled Games
$12.95
Press the buttons to propel the planetary rings and catch them on the posts! Play at night the planetary rings and posts glow in the dark! To reset turn the game upside down to scatter the rings, around the cosmos, so you can start collecting them again!
Water Gel Science
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
The world around us is intriguing; we can gain much joy from experimenting with it and learning about it. This science kit provides children the opportunity to become real researches for a few hours and to experiment with their own private laboratory.
This kit focuses on water gels. Children will experiment with the special characteristics of polymer and how they interact with water and other substances. They'll perform fun science tricks such as the "vanishing beads" and "disappearing water" and they'll even get to create a unique bracelet made of water gel.
14 fun experiments inside!
This science kit comes equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the processes as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
Water Rocket
$34.95
Build your own rocket using just a bottle, water and a pump. watch the rocket soar as high as 30 metres into the air as you pump air into it!
We need to talk about Kelvin
$24.95
Look around you. The reflection of your face in a window tells you that the universe is orchestrated by chance. The iron in a spot of blood on your finger tells you that somewhere out in space there is furnace at a temperature of 4.5 billion degrees. Your TV tells you that the universe had a beginning. In fact, your very existence tells you that this may not be the only universe but merely one among an infinity of others, stacked like the pages of a never-ending book. Marcus Chown, author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You , takes familiar features of the world we know and shows how they can be used to explain profound truths about the ultimate nature of reality. His new book will change the way you see the world: with Chown as your guide, cutting-edge science is made clear and meaningful by a falling leaf, or a rose, or a starry night sky.
When Galaxies Collide
$29.95
Why is the Milky Way blue? Why isn't a black hole dark? How many stars can you see with your naked eye?
Humans are the only known astronomers in the universe. When we look up at the night sky, we are linked to our ancestors. Away from city lights, we can see what generations of people before us have wondered at and weaved stories around.
But all that will change. The Andromeda Galaxy is rushing towards us at 400,000 kilometres an hour.
When Galaxies Collide will guide you to look at the night sky afresh. It peers 5.86 billion years into the future to consider the fate of Earth and its inhabitants. Will the solution be to live in space without a planet to call home? Will one of the other 100 billion planets spawn life?
Learn how to watch this space.
Where's Wally? In Outer Space Activity Book
$14.95
Join Wally on an amazing adventure in outer space (and don't forget to pack a pen or pencil). Solve puzzles and play games that are out of this world! Can you find a super special star? Search for hundreds more things as you go and have fun with the crazy cosmic stickers too! Wow!
Have you found Wally yet?
Why is Uranus Upside down ?
$24.95
A highly entertaining and informative introduction to our planet and the universe we live in. Have you ever wondered what dark matter is or why galaxies collide? Or why the Moon is gradually drifting away from Earth? Space is really, really big, as Douglas Adams once pointed out, and there is no better guide to it than Fred Watson, astronomer to the stars. Fred Watson has taken the many, many questions that have been asked by listeners of his popular, long-running radio shows, and answered them in Why Is Uranus Upside Down? * How can you identify the constellations? * Does the Earth wobble? * Could you dump nuclear waste into the Sun? * What makes planets round? * Where's the nearest black hole? * Are there other universes? * Can we ever know everything? This highly entertaining and informative introduction to our planet and the Universe we live in is a must-read for enquiring minds of all ages.
Wood Worx
$24.95
Wood Worx projects are made from a high quality and sustainable wood source. Each individual project is easy to assemble and finish. Everything needed to produce an awesome result has been included in this kit, and best of all, you'll have made it yourself! With so many cool designs available, the hardest thing about Wood Worx is which one to choose!
What's Inside?
- 14 Wooden Pcs
- 5 Paint Pots
- Tube of glue
- Double ended paintbrush
- Sticker sheet
- Instructions
Wooden Pencil Case
$12.95
Inside it contains:
- Pencil sharpener
- 12 different coloured pencils
- 20cm/8 inch ruler
Young Detectives
$29.95
Science kit for young researchers
About this kit:
This kit focuses on fingerprints. Children will experiment with producing their own fingerprint and classifying it. They'll learn how to extract invisible fingerprints from various surfaces using iron powder, talcum powder, adhesive tape and brushes - just like real crime scene investigators. The final experiment will be creating their own 3D finger replica using Alginate powder and plaster powder!
7 fun experiments inside!
This science kit comes equipped with the necessary equipment excluding some common household items. It includes a clear guide accompanied with photos of the processes as well as fascinating scientific explanations and facts.
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