Festival of the Stars 2008

The weather reports for the last week or so have been something along these lines;
Fine and sunny.
Fine and sunny,
Fine and sunny,
Fine and sunny,
Fine and sunny,
Fine and sunny,
RAIN, RAIN, RAIN,
RAIN, cloudy then clear, and
Fine and sunny.

Can you guess which two nights the Festival of the Stars fell on?

Sadly, Friday night was 90% cloudy after heavy rain falls all day but when it did clear the view of Jupiter was nothing less than spectacular for the 300 visitors that came along.

Saturday was much better. Although cloudy for most of the day it did clear for a beautiful night from about 5pm onwards. 900 people came along and had a most wonderful evening.

Here are some pictures.

…and finally I must thank Gretchen Klees from Augustana College in the United States who worked as our intern in January this year who did much of the groundwork for this event. Thankyou Gretchen and thanks to the RTA, Sydney Opera House and the major buildings in the CBD and North Sydney that cooperated by turning unneeded exterior lights off for our Festival of the Stars 2008.