Martian meteorites and $2500 whisky: Stargazing in style in Tasmania
by Clare Colley · Australian Financial ReviewClare ColleyHead of editorial operations
Jul 9, 2026 – 5.00am
When you think of the essential ingredients for an evening of stargazing, it’s obvious you need a dark night, clear sky and ideally a shooting star right on cue. But the staff at Saffire Freycinet think of all the extra things you didn’t know you needed.
In the lodge’s sunken amphitheatre, we also have hot-water bottles and blankets, resident astronomer and black hole expert Ryan Urquhart as our guide and $120,000 worth of high-powered telescopes. Also included: an 8.4-kilogram rock the size of a bowling ball.
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Clare ColleyHead of editorial operationsClare Colley is head of editorial operations at The Australian Financial Review. She was previously the AFR’s newsletter editor and head of audience engagement. Connect with Clare on Twitter. Email Clare at clare.colley@afr.com
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