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Orroral Valley Tracking Station

An Earth station erected as part of NASA's Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network and its aim was to be able to quickly switch from supporting one satellite to another.

Address: Orroral Rd

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Orroral Homestead
An easy walk for those staying at Orroral Campground, this 1860s-built hut is the oldest hut in the park and one of the most conserved one. Inside there are several informative signs detaining the history of the pastoral times of the ACT.
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Namadgi National Park
The national park making up about 47% of the entire ACT and the most northerly of the Australian Alps national parks. Lots of walking tracks, including scenic views over the Brindabella Ranges, mountain bike trails and scenic drives (on unsealed roads), rock climbing at Booroomba Rocks. Inside the park are Honeysuckle Creek and Orroral Valley, the former sites of tracking sites for the Apollo Moon Landings. Enquire at the visitors centre on Naas Road or see the website for further details. In winter roads in the park may be closed because of snowfall. The park is a good place for those who'd like a bit of snow.
Free (charges apply for camping)
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Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
A NASA ground that operated between the years of 1967 and 1981, part of NASA'a Apollo program. The 26-metre satellite is believed to be the station that first televised the images of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon in 1969. Today, not much of the tracking station remains, but there is plenty of information of what used to be there.
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Brandy Flat Hut
A hut built in the 1900s that is now used as a popular short stopover by cyclists and bushwalkers going along the Brandy Flat Firetrail.