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Photograph the stars: Beginners (smartphone)

Warrumbungle National Park

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  • Photo of star contellation over the Warrumbungles area. Credit and © Admir Trtovac

    Bok lecture with astrophysicist Krystal De Napoli

    Join astrophysicist and Gomeroi woman Krystal De Napoli for the Starfest Bok lecture. Explore the stars with us in Warrumbungle National Park, Australia's first Dark Sky Park.

  • The spectacular deep-blue night sky filled with stars and the Milky Way, over The Nut, Tasmania. Credit: Benjamin Alldridge © the photographer

    Photograph the stars: Advanced (DSLR)

    If you want to capture the beauty of the night sky, and have intermediate to advanced photography experience and a DSLR camera, this workshop is for you. Get ready to photograph the stars at Warrumbungle National Park.

 

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2 bushwalkers have a snack on Fans Horizon walking track in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Leah Pippos © OEH

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Fans Horizon walking track

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A hiker on Bluff Mountain's summit with mountainous landscape in the distance. Photo: Eveline Chan © Eveline Chan

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Bluff Mountain walking track

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View past rock ledge to volcanic spires and mountains stretching into the distance. Photo: May Fleming © May Fleming

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Grand High Tops lookout

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Warrumbungle Visitor Centre, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo © Robert Mulally

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Warrumbungle Visitor Centre

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The Breadknife and HighTops at sunset, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Copyright Simone Cottrell

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Breadknife and Grand High Tops walk

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A group enjoying a picnic beside their car at Canyon picnic area, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © shared OEH and photographer

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Canyon picnic area

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Baradine car touring route, Coonabarabran. Photo: Rob Cleary.

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Coonabarabran - Baradine - Warrumbungle drive

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Coonabarabran car touring route, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: OEH

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Coonabarabran - Warrumbungle - Tooraweenah drive

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Mountain views along Wambelong Nature track, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo © Rob Cleary

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Wambelong Nature walking track

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A man standing next to a tree looking at the Warrumbungle landscape at Whitegum lookout in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © OEH

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Whitegum lookout

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Tara Cave, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Matthew Piper. © DPE

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Tara Cave walking track

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A view of the starry night sky in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo © Rob Mulally

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Warrumbungles 4-day guided adventure

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Whitegum lookout walking track, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Blake McCarthy © DPE

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Whitegum lookout walking track

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Warrumbungle Environmental Education Centre, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo © Rob Cleary

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Warrumbungle Environmental Education Centre

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View past a rocky ledge to distant peaks, domes and plains at Bluff Mountain lookout in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: May Fleming © May Fleming

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Bluff Mountain lookout

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Sweeping view of volcanic peaks and spires from Fans Horizon lookout on Balgatan Mountain, in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Fans Horizon lookout

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View past flowering shrubs to volcanic ridges and peaks in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Febar Tor

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View of volcanic spires and domes emerging from dry forest in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © RGB

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Goulds Circuit walking track

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Panorama of rugged mountain peaks and domes in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: May Fleming © May Fleming

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Macha Tor

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View of grass trees, rocky summit and distant plains. Photo: May Fleming © May Fleming

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Mount Exmouth lookout

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View of volcanic landscape cloaked in woodland in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: May Fleming © DPIE

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Spirey View lookout

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Belougery Split Rock walking track, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo © Sue Brookhouse

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Belougery Split Rock walking track

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A family walking on stepping stones along Burbie Canyon walking track in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell © OEH and photographer

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Burbie Canyon walking track

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Mount Exmouth walking track, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo © Sue Brookhouse

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Mount Exmouth walking track

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Two visitors being advised by an NPWS worker at the Warrumbungle Visitor Centre. Photo: Leah Pippos © DPIE

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Volunteer at Warrumbungle Visitor Centre

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Nearby camping and accommodation

A camper at Balor Hut campground in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: OEH

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Balor Hut campground

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Burbie Camp, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: OEH

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Burbie Camp

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Tents at Camp Blackman in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Simone Cottrell/RBG

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Camp Blackman

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Signs at Pincham carpark, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Robert Cleary/DPIE

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Camp Pincham

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Camp Waalay, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary/DPIE

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Camp Walaay group campground

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Ogma campground, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo:Dina Bullivant/NSW Government

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Ogma Gap campground

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Camp Wambelong, Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary/DPIE

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Camp Wambelong

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Historic farming equipment at Gunneemooroo campground in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo: Rob Cleary/DPIE

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Gunneemooroo campground

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Camping area at Danu camp, set in rugged landscape of bushes, trees and rock formations. Photo: Blake McCarthy © DPIE

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Danu camp

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Camping area at Dows camp, set in rugged landscape of bushes and trees. Photo: Blake McCarthy © DPIE

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Dows camp

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Park sign for Hurleys camp along the paved Breadknife and Grand High Tops walk, in Warrumbungle National Park near Coonabarabran. Photo: Blake McCarthy © DPIE

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Hurleys camp

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Two women hike the Breadknife and Grand High Tops walk in Warrumbungle National Park. Photo © Robert Mulally

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Photograph the stars: Beginners (smartphone)

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