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05/09/2026

What a wonderful evening planned!

🔬✨ WOMEN WHO LEAD IS BACK! ✨🔬

Following the fantastic response to our first Women Who Lead event, we're heading to Burnie this October for a very special celebration of International Day of the Girl.

YOU CAN’T BE WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE: WOMEN IN STEM

📅 Tuesday 13 October 2026
📍 UTAS Makers Space, Burnie
🕠 5.45pm arrival for a 6pm start

Join us for an inspiring panel conversation with three incredible women whose careers show just how many possibilities STEM can offer:

⭐ Sallie Moore-Wood – technology, digital transformation and organisational leadership
⭐ Kylie Lunson – engineering, infrastructure and local government leadership
⭐ Brittany Trubody – astrophysicist, historian, palaeontologist and STEM communicator

Together, we'll talk about career journeys, breaking down barriers, representation and why it matters for girls and young women to see women succeeding in the spaces they might one day want to enter themselves.

Your FREE ticket includes:
Panel discussion + audience Q&A
Free pizza and refreshments
Informal networking

This event isn't just for women already working in STEM. We especially encourage girls and young women, students, parents, educators and anyone curious about where a career in STEM could lead to come along.

Come and be inspired. See the possibilities. Meet some brilliant women from our region.

🎟️ Book your free tickets here:
https://events.humanitix.com/women-who-lead-women-in-stem

Please help us spread the word by sharing this event with your friends, families, schools and networks. 💜

25/08/2026

Each year there is a shortage of Primary and Secondary Teachers applying and we know that there are some Super Star Science Teachers in the North West. Please tag, forward, or let all Science Teachers know that $5000 can give you a wonderful holiday to help inspire you further. Details attached.

Find information and support for the Tasmanian stem excellence awards sector, including programs, resources and Tasmanian Government services.

05/08/2026

Teachers!!

Teachers - take your students behind the scenes of a real Australian space mission. 🚀🌱

Join Dr Sara Webb from Swinburne University of Technology for a special National Science Week event celebrating Seeds of Science!

Perfect for primary and secondary classrooms, discover the incredible journey of Australian seeds that travelled to the International Space Station and back as part of Mission Sprouts. Learn how astronauts conduct science in space, what life is like aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and why researchers are exploring how plants grow in microgravity to help shape the future of space exploration.

Supported by the Australian Space Agency, this interactive livestream features special pre-recorded messages from some of Australia's leading space experts, including astronaut and 2026 Australian of the Year Katherine Bennell-Pegg.

Wednesday 19th August @ 2pm AEST
For the interactive livestream go to http://spklr.io/6181Eutkh

Interested in getting Mission Sprouts Kits for your school? Find out more and register your interest at http://spklr.io/6184EutZ8

25/07/2026

How is your Tuesday 28 July looking? Still some spaces left if you get hold of Andrew Boyd asap 😃🔭
Astronomy Society of Tasmania membership is only $40 per year or $20 if you are a student.

13/07/2026

One of the best movies ever was “The Dish”
Vale Sam Neill 😢

The New Zealand actor, who was born in Northern Ireland, died in Sydney. "The loss was sudden and unexpected," his family say.

13/07/2026

13/07/2026

So much happening!! Join the astronomical society for only $40 for the year and come along to the Wynyard events!
😃 🔭 🌙 🪐 ☄️

18/06/2026

Amazing work Andrew! 😃

04/05/2026

Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower peak early morning Thurs 7 May, 2:00am-dawn
(About 1 per minute)

25/04/2026

Using satellite imagery to spell out your name 🌏

With this online interactive, users can type in their name then view and export the graphic of that name spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images.