Martin Geasley’s photos of the Opening

Martin Geasley’s photos of the opening
of Honeysuckle Creek - 17th March 1967

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With thanks to Martin Geasley.

Ginette Geasley and Liz Lee chat while waiting for the proceedings to start. (Betty Saxon is facing the camera.)	Waiting for the ceremony to start.
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt arrives in his Bentley. The PM’s Press Secretary, Tony Eggleton, is in the front seat.	Dr. Robert Seamans, Associate Administrator of NASA, waits to welcome the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Harold Holt and his wife, Dame Zara, walk up the hill towards the antenna.	Introductions. Senator Denham Henty (Minister for Supply) stands behind the Prime Minister, facing the camera.
Station Director Bryan Lowe (back to camera) and Dr. Robert Seamans	The Duntroon Military Band plays
The band plays as the invited guests wait for proceedings to start.	Prime Minister Harold Holt speaks.
Dr Seamans presents the Prime Minister with a model of the Apollo spacecraft. (Hamish Lindsay is standing at right.)	The crowd is dwarfed by the 85 foot antenna.
Christopher Kraft Jr, Assistant Director for Flight Operations – and later Apollo Flight Director (facing camera) and Willson Hunter, NASA Senior Scientific Representative to Australia (back to camera) on the cherrypicker.	John Saxon films the ride in the cherrypicker with his Super 8 movie camera. Ginette Geasley is in the middle and Betty Saxon at left.
Up they go!	There they are, in the cherrypicker at full extension.
The Marquees erected for the luncheon.	Ginette Geasley.
The Lees (left) chat with the Westbrooks. Gemini X is in the background.	John and Betty Saxon.
The Gemini X capsule on display	The Honeysuckle Antenna at stow.