Welcome to the Jewel Box Observatory in  Cairns, Australia

G'Day!  I am Tim Carruthers. I have a passion for the beauty of the Universe,  that I have for many years been trying to capture in my mind visually, but also photographically. It is fortunate that I love a challenge. Astrophotography is an amazingly difficult and challenging pursuit/addiction. I am so grateful to the  host of  astronomers and astrophotographers around our world who have helped me so much on this journey. The astronomy community  the world over is  very  generous,  globally aware,  and special.

"I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods." 
Claudius Ptolemaeus