A Tribute to the men and women of
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, Canberra, Australia

the wider Australian involvement
in manned and unmanned space exploration, and more.


Updated 25 June 2017. | News 25 May 2017.

Featured June 2017

50th Anniversaries

Honeysuckle photo of the month
 Honeysuckle photo of the month

Expo '67 from Montreal
7th June 1967,
broadcast from the Australian pavilion, received at Cooby Creek.

Our World, the first global television broadcast, 26th June 1967 – relayed into and out of Australia via Cooby Creek.

Our World – 26 June 1967

Founder of the ABC’s Science Unit, Dr. Peter Pockley (1935 - 2013) spoke about the Australian contribution to Our World in this excerpt from an interview recorded for honeysucklecreek.net in 2010.

Direct link to Vimeo.

To put the above segment into context,
listen to the previous segment (audio only, at this stage).

Watch the first few minutes of Our World, as it was seen in Australia.

The presenter is the ABC’s James Dibble. Video courtesy WA TV History.

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Also see some related (and some unrelated!) video at vimeo.com/honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle in 1971

Neil Armstrong on the footpad – as seen at Honeysuckle Creek

A beautiful setting

Website by Colin Mackellar – photo taken 09 October 1971.
40th anniversary of Apollo 11
Honeysuckle DVDs

Apollo 11 40th

The Apollo 11 40th anniversary celebrations in July 2009.

The Honeysuckle Creek DVDs

Including Ed von Renouard’s Apollo 11 Super 8 movie – and the full Restored Apollo 11 EVA.

Prime Minister Gorton’s statement
 Prime Minister Gorton’s statement

Australian Prime Minister John Gorton visits Honeysuckle Creek on the day of the Moon Landing, Monday 21 July 1969. Silent film (14MB MPEG4 file).

The Prime Minister after his tour inside Honeysuckle’s Operations building. Unedited news film runs for 5'14". A 21MB MPEG4 file.
Both clips courtesy of the ABC. See more of the Prime Minister’s visit here.

One Small Step: The Australian Story

Watch “One Small Step: The Australian Story”, produced by Freehand TV in Sydney for the BBC, for the 40th anniversary in 2009.
This is a unique account of Australia’s role, and features key players from Honeysuckle Creek, Tidbinbilla and Parkes. Recommended. On YouTube.

(If you’ve seen the Australian comedy “The Dish”,
watch this to discover what actually happened.)

The Honeysuckle antenna today

Honeysuckle featured photoThe old Honeysuckle antenna was used for its last official track in January 2010.

DSS46 photos.

And here’s a tribute page of photos on the occasion of the shutdown.


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