Here’s a 26 minute video of the speeches at the 60th anniversary gathering. On Vimeo.

And also see the messages received for the event.

Kevin Ferguson, current Director of CDSCC (left) and John Reynolds, former Officer-in-Charge of Parkes (right) chat with Mike Dinn, former CDSCC Director (centre).

Photo: John Sarkissian.

Mike Dinn shares some of the history of CDSCC.

Photo: John Sarkissian.

Kevin Coggins, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator and Program Manager, Space Communications and Navigation Program (SCaN), addresses the crowd.

Photo: John Sarkissian.

A panorama of the crowd as Kevin Coggins (far left) speaks.

Photo: John Sarkissian.

A panorama of the crowd as Kevin Ferguson speaks and DSS43 towers behind.

Photo: John Sarkissian.

Radio astronomer David Jauncey waves.

Photo: John Sarkissian.

At the end of the celebrations, DSS43 towers above, as seen from near the Operations and Engineering Building.

Photo: Colin Mackellar.

DSS43 as seen from the road to the main gate.

Photo: Colin Mackellar.