Gallery – Winter Solstice at the Australian Standing Stones 2025
Annette Bain1 Min Read
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
Annette has spent over 30 years as a pro bono lawyer and educator, building and leading community access to justice programs in Australia and Asia. She moved to Glen Innes in 2024 and loves her new gig writing for Glen Innes News.
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