Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station

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June 2008 Four Tidbinbilla Station Directors – Mike Dinn 1988-94, Tom Reid 1970-88, Don Gray 1967-70, Peter Churchill 1994-2007. (It’s also a photo of 2 HSK StaDirs and 1 Deputy.) From Mike Dinn, taken May 2008 at the funeral service for Monica Flint. (The Flint family owns the land around CDSCC.)	July 2008 Australian Prime Minister John Gorton visits Honeysuckle Creek just before the Moon Walk – Monday 21 July 1969. L-R: Lloyd Bott (Dep. Secretary, Dept of Supply), PM John Gorton, Allan Cooley (Sec. Dept of Supply) Station Director Tom Reid. Photo: Thanks to Michael Bott via Ken Sheridan. Gorton’s visit.


September 2008 The old Honeysuckle antenna, now DSS-46 at Tidbinbilla, May 2008. The antenna, now 41 years old, is still in daily use. Other recent photos here.	October 2008 Bryan Sullivan and Ron Hicks in the Computer section during Apollo 7. Read more on Apollo 7 here.

February 2009

From the water tank

Photos taken from the water tank show the development of Honeysuckle.

May 2009

The Comms area
Dick Stubbs, Tony Gerada and Fred Hill during Apollo days.

June 2009

Ed von Renouard
at the Honeysuckle Scan Converter during the Apollo 11 Moonwalk.

July 2009

Walter Cronkite at Goldstone
It’s not Honeysuckle, but this seemed appropriate.

October 2009

Enjoying a Swan Lager over lunch
Bryan Sullivan, Geoff Seymour and Mike Evenett are among those enjoying a Swan after Apollo 16. Story

November 2009

Bryan Sullivan and Frank Hain
in the computer section during Apollo 12, November 1969.

December 2009

On March 17th 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt opened Honeysuckle Creek. On December 17th 1967, he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach in Victoria.

December 2009 #2

In March 2006, Stan Lebar (1925–2009), Manager of the Westinghouse Lunar TV Camera Program, thanked the Australian trackers for their help in bringing the Apollo 11 TV to the world.

January 2010

On January 19 2010, the first step in the shut down of the old Honeysuckle Creek antenna, DSS46, commenced.
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April 2010

Apollo 13 – 40th anniversary

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