Gravity Discovery Centre and Observatory

Great experience. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable. The Leaning Tower and astronomy displays were highlights. A fun and educational visit for all ages. My hubby lifted Thor's hammer 🔨

Do you have money that's a waste of space and time? Do you want to visit a place that's simulates time moving slower than you thought possible? Then this is the place for you! We came for the "day visit" and noticed that many of the exhibits were inoperable or not working properly. In a place that's supposed to allow us to see the giant gas clouds in our universe, we couldn't even make a small smoke ring in one of the exhibits! If you thought an broken vortex generator was fantastic make sure to check out the TVs... where half the displays were blank screens, which I assume is an avant-garde demonstration of dark matter! Entering the Cosmology gallery dome makes you actually fear gravity when you note the creaking floors, torn fly screens and the general lack of maintenance... Which will truly be a demonstration of gravity when the whole thing eventually colapses. If the Cosmology gallery walk of fear doesn't bother you then maybe the tower will... where the only thing that aged really fast was my patience for the sense of value that this place has to offer. There was a distinct lack of information about the balloon experiment.. however it was good to take out some frustration by dropping something from a height. To be fair, the place does successfully demonstrate gravity because the entire atmosphere is heavy... Heavy with neglect... Heavy with unrealised potential... Heavy with the crushing weight of what could have been a stellar experience. For a venue dedicated to space, time and the fundamental forces of the universe, this place has discovered a way to bend time... by trapping the exhibits somewhere around the year 2003. The pricing however opperates on a different set of laws and seems to obey exponential expansion... much like the early universe, only there’s no exciting aftermath for your $23 entry fee. If you’re looking to explore the mysteries of the cosmos... you may instead want to try and discover the mysteries of where your admission fee goes. The tag line for this place should be "The gravity discovery centre: where the only thing you get to discover is how much of a waste of money this is" I truly hope their night tour has more to offer and that this place gets the love and care it needs to make it a worthwhile destination.

Super fun for anyone who loves science. We've now visited the Discovery Centre, which provides information about the formation of the Earth and where you can do all sorts of experiments. We'll be back when we're back in Australia for the night tour where you can see the stars.

Went on a night tour with my partner and it was a fantastic experience. The astronomers and astrophysicists were entertaining, clever and very informative. 10/10 experience!