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Yesterday's ADAP mentioned the 13.7m diameter antennas
which were relocated from the Fleurs site about 15 years ago,
and today's image is of one (or both, if you look closely)
of those antennas.
Fleurs is situated about 40 km west-south-west of central Sydney
near Badgery's Creek and from 1954 to 1963 was the leading field
station of CSIRO's Division of Radiophysics. It was home to three
innovative cross-type radio telescopes, the Mills Cross, Shain Cross
and the Chris Cross, all of which played important roles in
the development of radio astronomy.
A short history of Fleurs is given
in this article in the ATNF News by Wayne Orchiston and Bruce Slee.
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