Start Date: Saturday 17th of March 2012 - 10:00 am
End Date: Saturday 17th of March 2012 - 05:00 pm
Venue: Colac Kana Festival
Address: Memorial Square, Colac
The power of the sun can be harnessed to cook food, burst balloons, generate electricity and even power a car! The Free Range Science tent at the Colac Kana Festival offered hands-on solar science activities.
In cooperation with Aurora Solar Car Team

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View the media release – Solar science rolls into Colac Kana Festival
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View pictures from the event:

Solar car cock-pit

Solar car parts on display

The carbon fibre and nomex honeycomb shell of the solar car

The nomex honeycomb car shell is light but strong

People played with lots of solar gadgets

Solar car controls

Aurora and Free Range Science

Ben explains how the solar oven works

It's a tight squeeze in the Aurora Car

Martin from the Aurora Team shows how to get into the cockpit

People admiring the Aurora Solar Car

Hands on fun for the whole family

People looking at the displays

Local flavour at the Colac Kana Festival

Popping baloons using the power of the sun
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