June 21 is the Winter Solstice – the shortest day of the year with the longest noon shadow of the year. Locals and visitors gathered on an ideally sunny day at the Australian Standing Stones to observe the solar noon shadow which is the ‘longest shortest noon shadow of the year’.
Howard Eastwood, one of the Guardians of the Stones
John Rhys Jones - Australian Standing Stones Management Board Treasurer
Howard Eastwood and John Rhys Jones
Steve Toms explains the plaques which track the solar noon shadow
Judi Toms, Chair of the Australian Standing Stones Management Board
John Rhys Jones is indicating the point of the solar noon shadow on a plaque
