there are yanks working at a tracking station in alice
springs. does anyone in alice springs know them?
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There is an American called Bob who sits out in the desert
near Alice Springs with a telescope and a mobile phone.
Apparently he works for the US govt. I've met him and he is
a nice guy once you get to know him
thank you alice for answering my message. i have a sister
named alice. the next time you see bob sitting out in the
desert please ask him for his email address and pass it on
to me or give him my email adress. i want to ask him what
company has the contract for the tracking station so i can
see if there are any openings. i am an american working at
an earth terminal on the geographically remote ascension
island in the south atlantic. i want to get to australia at
some point. my mother's father was born and raised in
australia but left when he was fifteen and never returned.
his name was daniel crean. i have met some of my australian
relatives visiting the united states over the years
including my mothers cousin (their fathers were brothers)
frank crean who was the treasurer of australia in the early
seventies. thank you again for taking the trouble to answer
my question.
The place you are after is called Pine Gap. I suggest that you either
contact the Federal Government
or
Northern Territiry Govt.
or
just write them a letter....
As it is a fairly secret operation( our own Prime Minister doesn't know all about it) anything is worth a try. Of course you could just try ringing them up, I once knew someone
who was cooking out there but she's long gone I think.
Sorry I can't help further, oh, if you go there, mind you don't trip over Bob (loved it) and if Ascension Island is as cold as I think it is, if you get to Alice you can throw out most , but not all, your winter underwear. Cheers.