Darby Falls Observatory

The Darby Falls Observatory is located on Observatory Road, Darby Falls, Cowra.

At Darbys Falls Observatory visitors can explore the universe with one of the largest telescopes available to the public, a 500 millimetre Newtonian. Also available are the 400 millimetre, 300 millimetre and 200 millimetre F10 Schmidt-Cassegrain instruments, a six inch refractor and a flat screen planetarium.

The astronomers will show you around the night sky, pointing out the splendours of the heavens, including the Moon, planets, galaxies, star clusters, Saturn and its spectacular rings, Jupiter and its four moons and nebulae.

Getting there:

Follow signs from Cowra to Wyangala dam, 22km along the Darbys Falls Road and you will discover the observatory. At Darbys Falls you can explore the wide universe with one of the biggest telescopes available to the public.