On the road

In Dubbo tonight and planning to go to the Western Plains Zoo tomorrow. We will then make our way to Coonabarabran, following the Virtual Solar System Drive. We found Pluto today - on a billboard outside the Dubbo Tourist Information Centre. They seem not to have taken to heart that Pluto was stripped of it's Planet status some time ago. Even so I was stunned at how small the scale-model of Pluto was (pic to follow when normal nternet service is resumed ... Tell me again why I didn't get an iPhone with Optus or Telstra?) It was overcast tonight so we put off a planned visit to the observatory but as we came out from dinner we noticed that part of the sky had cleared and the Southern Cross hung large in the sky. It was a bit bright to be able to see it clearly - certainly not the clear skies and clarity from Ben and Meredith's vineyard outside of Orange - for the first time I saw the milk of the Milky Way and it truly was an experience to leave one feeling insignificant and in awe of the Universe.
Update: Added pic of Pluto - the small bump mid-way down the billboard and aboiut a qyarter way in from the left.