Tickets are available online from the iwannaticket booking agency up to 6pm.

Unsold tickets are sold at the door 15 mins before start time for the Night Sky & Telescope Session only.

Children under 4 years of age are not permitted.

Parent Vouchers can only be used by purchasing unsold tickets at the door.

For more info on session types & what objects are visible, click on the session type in the menu.

terms & Conditions

When you purchase a ticket online you agree to the following. & Understand the following.

If you decide to cancel, no refund is issued unless we can resell your ticket.

To request a refund, please email peter@dubboobservatory.com please dont email the ticketing agency as they may not see your message until the next business day . They will only forward the email to my email address.

Tickets cannot be moved to another session.

If it is raining at start time, we cancel the show and Full refund is issued. back to your card. The refund is issued that night but can take a few business days for the banks to complete the transfer.

For the Night Sky & Telescope Viewing Session , and the Late show, if we can't show you anything through a telescope, we do our alternate program of an extended astronomy presentation. A $10 per ticket cash refund is given at the end of the session. If you dont attend at all , no refund is issued.

A full refund is issued for the Premium, Private, and Astrophotography session if it is overcast.

You must arrive before the scheduled start time.
If you arrive after the start time you will not be permitted entry. No refund is issued.

The door will open at 15 minutes before start time.

Sometimes the show may start a little late if there has been some technical problems with the telescopes.

A session that starts after a subsequent session may start late if telescopes need to be recalibrated because of telescopes bumped out of alignment inadvertently by visitors in the session before.

Children under 4 years of age are not permitted to attend the observatory. If you bring a child that young you will not be permitted entry as it clearly states this when you book. No refund is issued unless we can resell your tickets for that session.

Pets are not permitted into the sessions. If you leave becasue you cannot bring your pet in, no refund is issued unless we can resell your ticket.

The shows are outdoors. You must wear clothing suitable to the weather conditions prevailing. It can be very cold from Autumn to Spring. Please wear lots of warm clothes. A scarf and beaie can make a big difference to keep the warmth in. We cant have heating outside as the heat in the air makes the viewing blurry through telescopes. In the summer months we can get mosquitoes on dusk. Please wear shoes, long pants, and a long sleeve shirt. If not please apply an insect repeelant before you come on exposed areas. If you decide to leave early because you did not realise no refund is issued.

We recommend you book on the day when weather conditions are more certain. Or purchase unsold tickets at the door. In school holidays it can sell out so best to buy tickets a day or twon in advance.

During school holidays & long weekends we recommend you book a day or two in advance as it normally sells out. Outside of school holidays it is rare to sell out but can happen.


Tickets are sold online from the iwannaticket booking agency. Note the booking fee is non-refundable.
Tickets are emailed to you.

Iwannaticket will appear on your card statement and not Dubbo Observatory.

Each session has a set number of tickets available. We dont go over that number.

Only the person who's name is on the ticket can attend. Ensure you enter the correct names of each person when booking.

Please enter a mobile number when booking. If you dont we cant advise you if the show is cancelled or a start time changed. Dont enter a landline number. If the show is cancelled there will be no one there to advise you when you turn up.

If you are purchasing a ticket for another person, please put their contact number when booking.

When you purchase tickets, it will say how many tickets are remaining.

If you enter the number of tickets you want and it says allocation exhausted, this means that the number of tickets you entered is not available.

You can cancel the reservation and start again and enter a lesser number. If you hit the undo button on your device the system will think you are still holding the tickets and will remain their for 15 minutes befor clearing. So please dont do that, just press cancel reservation otherwise you wont be able to purchase any tickets.

Times can vary on certain days. The time is shown when you purchase your ticket and is printed on your ticket.

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There is no smoking onsite including the carpark.

When you arrive and park, please turn off your headlights as they affect people observing through the telescopes.

Please keep children with you at all times during the show. Please make sure they dont handle the telescope, eyepieces or move step ladders. The telescope are delicate and easily moved and if they ae moved the telescope is out of action meaning everyone in the show sees a lot less objects.

Do not use any white lights or look at your mobile phone screen . This affects your viewing and othe rpeople as well. We have red lights around which dont affect your night vision.

Children are not permitted to use the binoculars in the premium session.

If you bring a canon or nikon DSLR camera we can take 1 photo through the telescope at the end of the show. We take a picture of a nebula unless the Moon is up, then we take a photo of the Moon. You must know the settings on your camera . Exposure time, ISO setting, live view, magnifying the live view. It can take a photo without the lens attached. If you dont know how to change these settings we may run out of time to take your photo as we have to start the next show on time.
For the premium session we take 4 photos for you of nebulae or star clusters.