Woomera Missile Park
Woomera Missile Park
4.2
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Jonique Life
Australia1,858 contributions
May 2021 • Couples
What a great place to visit with so many interesting rockets and more. The museum was closed but you can read the plaques around to see what the items are.
It was really awesome to see the satellite that crashed in the Simpson Desert, you learn so much when you stop over at these places.
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It was really awesome to see the satellite that crashed in the Simpson Desert, you learn so much when you stop over at these places.
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Written 23 May 2021
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221jodi
Outtrim, Australia403 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
Lots of old displays that are very well kept. Each has a brief explanation on them. Free to look around but dont expect to spend a lot of time here, We only took about 20 minutes look around and we walked slowly!
Written 4 June 2023
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Xanerin
Alice Springs, Australia1,464 contributions
Dec 2020 • Couples
What a beautiful park adorned with planes, rockets and drones. Have never seen anything like it and just loved the experience. Very informative. You will even see the rocket that launched our first satellite into space - how cool is that!
Written 28 December 2020
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gregoryjarosch50
Vilnius, Lithuania203 contributions
Nov 2019
Well the township of Woomera and surrounding area are definitely places to see for "city slickers" or those who say they don't understand isolation, or what a "hardship posting" might look like or why a swimming pool and free cinema would be such vital assets to have in such a location.
The background to Woomera starts after WWII in the late 1940's when an army Surveyor, Len Beadell, literally only individually and with a very small team surveyed, mapped the location of Woomera, and surrounding area for atomic, rocket, weapons testing, as the Cold War ramped up. At peak operation Woomera saw thousands of Australian, U.K., U.S. European service personnel, scientists, engineers, technicians and others (a number of families) descend on Woomera to do their research, testing and development stuff for decades after WWII.
Len Beadell liked the environment so much he even had his wishes of being buried there in the Woomera local cemetery. A quick browse through the cemetery with show a remarkably large number of those buried there either passing away soon after birth or in middle age i.e. in their 50's or 60's, says something about past conditions.
When one looks around the landscape one begins to understand how U.S. personnel saw Woomera as a "hardship posting", why it would be the most suitable area to test all manner of things that fly, explode, explore and why till the early 1980's Woomera was a restricted area.
Woomera has the aspect of a country town, with few people on the streets and roads. If your planning a visit, that doesn't contain your usual going to a location that contains "hustle and bustle" hype, type location, but your a movie director, script writer, or simply have a rich imagination looking for aspects of Area 51, or a place where aliens could land without much notice, or seeking locations for making movies like "High Noon", or "Invaders", or "Mad Max", or other with such sci-fi themes, then you have arrived and this is it.
Before you decide to go and give Woomera and surroundings a look at, contact the Woomera Heritage Centre, Ph 08 8673 7042, Monday - Friday 0630 - 1500 Saturday & Sunday 0700 - 1500 and make sure you ask about opening hours for the Woomera History Museum, pool, cinema, whether all the press button audio visual aids in the heritage centre museum are working etc. If coming in summer, between December - February, make sure you like hot, hot weather.
Take a camp chair, drive outside the township, find a safe, suitable location within view of the road and just sit and contemplate, "where do the local animals get their water from in the worlds largest weapons testing area".
There is an area within the heritage centre where one can see the various space exploration and research rockets launched from Woomera over the decades, there is the rocket/missle park outside the Woomera history museum, free to wander around.
You could probably do all the sights in and around Woomera, in a long early start day, tight schedule, all going according to plan, with no time for contemplation or reflection.
It's an interesting counter environment to being in a city or large town.
The background to Woomera starts after WWII in the late 1940's when an army Surveyor, Len Beadell, literally only individually and with a very small team surveyed, mapped the location of Woomera, and surrounding area for atomic, rocket, weapons testing, as the Cold War ramped up. At peak operation Woomera saw thousands of Australian, U.K., U.S. European service personnel, scientists, engineers, technicians and others (a number of families) descend on Woomera to do their research, testing and development stuff for decades after WWII.
Len Beadell liked the environment so much he even had his wishes of being buried there in the Woomera local cemetery. A quick browse through the cemetery with show a remarkably large number of those buried there either passing away soon after birth or in middle age i.e. in their 50's or 60's, says something about past conditions.
When one looks around the landscape one begins to understand how U.S. personnel saw Woomera as a "hardship posting", why it would be the most suitable area to test all manner of things that fly, explode, explore and why till the early 1980's Woomera was a restricted area.
Woomera has the aspect of a country town, with few people on the streets and roads. If your planning a visit, that doesn't contain your usual going to a location that contains "hustle and bustle" hype, type location, but your a movie director, script writer, or simply have a rich imagination looking for aspects of Area 51, or a place where aliens could land without much notice, or seeking locations for making movies like "High Noon", or "Invaders", or "Mad Max", or other with such sci-fi themes, then you have arrived and this is it.
Before you decide to go and give Woomera and surroundings a look at, contact the Woomera Heritage Centre, Ph 08 8673 7042, Monday - Friday 0630 - 1500 Saturday & Sunday 0700 - 1500 and make sure you ask about opening hours for the Woomera History Museum, pool, cinema, whether all the press button audio visual aids in the heritage centre museum are working etc. If coming in summer, between December - February, make sure you like hot, hot weather.
Take a camp chair, drive outside the township, find a safe, suitable location within view of the road and just sit and contemplate, "where do the local animals get their water from in the worlds largest weapons testing area".
There is an area within the heritage centre where one can see the various space exploration and research rockets launched from Woomera over the decades, there is the rocket/missle park outside the Woomera history museum, free to wander around.
You could probably do all the sights in and around Woomera, in a long early start day, tight schedule, all going according to plan, with no time for contemplation or reflection.
It's an interesting counter environment to being in a city or large town.
Written 16 November 2019
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Barbara S
Logan City, Australia478 contributions
July 2019 • Couples
We drove past this park and had to stop and check it out. There are multiple rockets to see. Woomera is a RAAF base for space, so it is understandable they have these for the public to see.
Written 6 July 2019
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Skeney57
Sydney, Australia25,132 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
I think that's Buzz Lightyears Quote ? Either way you go to Woomera and you expect something like Missile Park ! I was fascinated & even the missus enjoyed it ! Lots of Australia's space & rocket testing/firing history is on display here. From our first satellite launch, Redstone in 1967, Jindivyk unmanned craft, booster engines, missile, rockets & aeroplanes like a Canberra Bomber are on static display in the Park. Lots of info if you take the time to look and read ! There is not much else to Woomera nowadays I'm afraid and I hope they maintain these exhibits ?
Written 7 December 2018
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Mjs181
Hunter Valley, Australia231 contributions
June 2017 • Solo
It's the main attraction in Woomera and worth spending 20 minutes strolling around and reading all the information. Hard to believe we had all these missiles being tested on our own soil. I found it quite interesting and was a little disappointed that the museum was closed the day i was there and it would have been great to read more of the history.
Written 7 July 2017
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djl1_aus
Melbourne, Australia12 contributions
Apr 2017 • Family
Remnants of rocket tests stand like statues. There is so many, and they're so close together. This makes this place more like an outdoor museum than a park with occasional decorations. Kids were surprisingly energised and remained engaged for quite a while.
Written 31 May 2017
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peeneff
Faversham, UK161 contributions
Nov 2016 • Couples
A privilege to visit and wander among the exhibits. Incredible history and in an iconic location. This is a must visit place. However not if you are expecting luxury accommodations. It is adequate and appropriate for location.
Written 24 November 2016
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JGDynamo
Canada2,073 contributions
Oct 2016 • Friends
The Missile Park in Woomera is an interesting bit of history. It doesn’t take a long time to see all there is and learn about what has been launched from this area. Worth a stop if you want to stretch your legs but mostly just neat for the decommissioned missiles that you can see.
Written 14 November 2016
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