Roadside oddity
Siding Spring Observatory
Coonabarabran, New South Wales
Australia's largest optical observatory, on a mountaintop in the Warrumbungles.
- Cost
- Paid
- Time to allow
- 2 hours

Siding Spring has a visitor centre and discovery centre with telescopes and displays. The drive up gives views across the range.
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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