One year since Marilyn

One year ago today we were graced with the presence of the beautiful eight-metre tall Forever Marilyn statue. The 15-tonne statue was the attraction of the town for almost six months before being dismantled on July 16 last year.

Tue 17

Admission is free on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursday through the month of February. Admission to Hamill Family Play Zoo is also free.

Thu 12

Admission is free on Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursday through the month of February. Admission to Hamill Family Play Zoo is also free.

Last Week on Channel 9: December 19th-December 24th, 2016

Even though the Channel 9 Studios are closed for the Holidays, our content authors, producers and all around awesome show hosts continued to roll out the posts, giving us all something to watch while off from worka If Star Wars: A New Hope is a parable of incident management, as Kellman Meghu demonstrated, then Star Wars: Rogue One is a lesson in a security breach. Here’s what the Empire missed.

NASA plans to search for ‘Star Wars’ planets

Some of the planets discovered around stars in our own galaxy may be very similar to the ‘Star Wars’ exoplanets like arid Tatooine, watery Scarif and even frozen Hoth, according to NASA scientists. Sifting through data on the more than 3,400 confirmed alien worlds, scientists applied sophisticated computer modelling techniques to tease out the colours, light, sunrise and sunsets we might encounter if we could pay them a visit.