It was a spectacle with followers no different to sport or rock-star crowd pull. It’s simply about passion for something. That’s just how humans are. There’s nothing wrong with that in my book.

I posted on SydneyNorg a citizen journalism website (love that concept) about the opening in a bit more detail. I met up Bronwen Clune the creator of PerthNorg and SydneyNorg at drinks with Ross Dawson of Future Exploration Network last night.