Souvenirs of the Opening Day


PDF of DOS Booklet

This booklet was distributed to guests at the Opening Ceremony.

Click on the image to download a 1.7MB PDF.
Scanned by Bruce Withey.

Walkabout magazing August 1967

The opening of Honeysuckle made the cover of Walkabout magazine, August 1967.

Preserved by Hamish Lindsay, scan by Colin Mackellar.

Prime Minister Harold Holt (left) and Robert Seamans (Deputy NASA Administrator) examine a model of the Apollo spacecraft which had been presented to the Prime Minister.

(Walkabout magazine was published from 1934 to 1974.)

Click here to read the article.

Opening Day

The Canberra Times had Honeysuckle’s opening on the front page the next day. Preserved by Hamish Lindsay.



HSK Plaque

The plaque was moved to Tidbinbilla after Honeysuckle closed.

It can now be seen adjacent to the entrance walkway at CDSCC Visitors Centre.