Tidbinbilla is home to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, a marvelous place to take a 9 yr old (and his Dad).This is DSS 43, it was tracking Voyager 2 when we were there and we watched it slowly and gracefully set itself into position.
There were moon rocks to admire, a life size replica of the Mars Rover vehicle, the latest images from Mars, spacecraft models, and real, flown space hardware. We saw the foods that astronauts eat on the space shuttle and space station, (not very appetising) movies on the history and future of space exploration, and detailed models of the Solar System. 
The Moon Rock Café had gourmet pies and "the best coffee in the galaxy".
A few kilometes down the road is Tharwa, a pretty little village on the Murrumbidgee River, once accessible from Canberra via a timber bridge, now isolated by the bridge being closed for repairs.
The General Store and Post Office is still going strong. Inside it is an Aladdin's cave of of knick knacks, antiques, jewellery, buttons and books.
Room after room of neatly labelled treasures. We came away with a Button Person, several vintage knitting pamphlets and accessories and souvenir spoons.
I hope the little village can survie and thrive into the future.
2 comments:
Tharwa is a sweet village with a thriving arts community. The school closure and the bridge closure are two separate things, though. Lots of ACT local communities lost a school last year, and libraries and bus services.
Tharwa is now on the list to visit - one day. I don't know how I misssed it - my son used to live at Braidwood.
Hope you're over the 'flu.
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