SRAA - Scenic Rim Astronomy Association

Our meetings & social viewing nights are organised to coincide with the new moon every month to allow us to focus on observing the heavens. Our Meeting and Viewing night always goes ahead even if the weather prevents viewing.
Our Social Viewing nights are weather dependant.

They are held at 77 Christmas Creek Road, Laravale, Queensland.
A premier dark site just under one hour south of Brisbane!
Most members arrive around one hour before sunset to allow time to set up our equipment. Often dedicated Solar Telescopes are available to view the Sun!

Most meetings will have a BBQ available for use as well as Tea and Coffee making facilities.

We aim to maximise our time under the stars observing what is on show! So expect to be outside and you will need to bring warm clothing, don’t forget a ‘beanie’!

Members have a range of telescopes that are available for you to look through, you just have to ask! These currently range in size up to 22 inches of aperture (0.6 metres) as well as several computer controlled scopes. Most are used for visual observing although there are also several members who focus on astrophotography.

Quite often we will have a ‘guest speaker’ who will give a short educational talk before the twilight ends.

We also arrange events to observe special astronomical events such as eclipses.

We also have club ‘Star Party’ camps on long week-ends, moon phase and weather permitting.

We ask that you avoid the use of white lights (RED LIGHTS are O.K..) and NO SMOKING on the observing field please :)

We use this Facebook page to share information about upcoming club events, astronomical events and other space related news. We also encourage members to share their astronomical photographs on this Facebook page.

We look forward to meeting you :)