Culture Club visit to Melbourne Solar System Trail

Join Culture Club Group Leaders Jane and Joanna on a Melbourne Solar System Trail, starting at The Sun, 29P Marine Pde, St Kilda and finishing at Saturn an approximately 3km round trip. The trail finishes at Pluto, The Boulevard, Port Melbourne a distance of 5.9kms, for those who wish to do the whole walk.

You are welcome to walk for as little or as long as you would like to. There are plenty of public toilets and places to dine along the way.

DATE: Saturday 24 October
TIME: 10:00am for coffee at The Beachcomber Cafe, 18 Jacka Boulevard, St Kilda OR
TIME: 10:30am at The Sun, 29P Marine Parade, St Kilda
RSVP: Monday 19 October

This is the distance between every small planet sculpture:

The Sun to Mercury – 60 metres
The Sun to Venus – 108 metres.
The Sun to Mars – 227 metres.
The Sun to Jupiter – 778 metres.
The Sun to Saturn – 1.4 kilometres
The Sun to Uranus – 2.9 kilometres
The Sun to Neptune – 4.5 kilometres
The Sun to Pluto – 5.9 kilometres

Every millimetre you walk is 1000 kilometres.
Every centimetre you walk is 10,000 kilometres.
Every metre you walk (one and a half steps) is 1,000,000 kilometres.

When you walk 5.9 kilometres from the Sun (Marina Reserve) to Pluto (Port Melbourne), you have travelled 5.9 billion kilometres.

To find out more please see the link below …
Solar System Trail (St Kilda – Port Melbourne) – Walking – Sport & Recreation – Melbourne Playgrounds