Complimentary ‘Sanctuary’ Book with your booking this summer
Five years ago the International Dark Sky Association gave Aotea Great Barrier Island the designation of Dark Sky Sanctuary. The first island sanctuary in the world. So it's time to celebrate our island's fifth anniversary as an official Dark Sky Sanctuary! Good Heavens would like to celebrate this by gifting you the book ‘Sanctuary’ when you book a Good Heavens stargazing experience this season.
How to get your complimentary 'Sanctuary' book
Go to our booking site (see the link below), book the required stargazing experience and choose the 'Sanctuary' book as an extra, see the below image. Then use the code FREEBOOK on check out. There is a limit of one complimentary book per booking. Additional books are available for $20 each.
Your booking needs to be made before 26 January 2023 and your stargazing experience needs to take place before 23 April 2023.
Go to our booking page to obtain your free copy now!
More about the book
'Sanctuary' is a stunning coffee table book that tells the story of how Aotea Great Barrier Island was 'discovered' by Auckland Astronomers and became an International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
This coffee table book commemorates the accreditation of Aotea/Great Barrier Island as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary by IDA. It describes the island, including its history, flora and fauna, geography and geology and the unique off-the-grid life on an offshore island. It also contains a captivating description of the scientific measurement of its darkness. The subsequent implications of the accreditation, such as the need for lighting controls and the potential for astro tourism are also discussed.
Beautiful images
The book is brought to life by numerous photographs, including some stunning (astro)photographs by Mark Russell and Shaun Lee. It comes complete with a map of the measured dark sky locations, and is a perfect companion for astrotourists to the island and anyone interested in this island of New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf. Also nice as a gift or souvenir for those that stayed at home.
This book is brought to you in a cooperation with Destination Great Barrier Island, a not for profit trust that promotes a sustainable visitor industry on the island. Proceeds of its sale will go to this cause.
Authors: Gendie and Richard Somerville-Ryan, Nalayini and Gareth Davies
Published: August 2017
Format: Hardcover, 86 pages
Go to our booking page to obtain your free book now!
Don't forget to tick the book as an extra and to use the code FREEBOOK in the check out process. See below.
Book your stargazing experience, or stargazing vouchers.
Then click the book as an extra (up the quantity to 1):
Then on the next page, click on Add promo code/Voucher and use the 'FREEBOOK' promo code.
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