Dione David, Forty years on, this truck full of curiosity is a national icon, Region, 14 November 2025
Not long after Professor Mike Gore set up the first humble iteration of Questacon at Ainslie Public School, Goulburn called, hoping the inventive science exhibits could come their way.
It was decided that if Questacon was to complete its mission of bringing scientific principles to the masses in engaging ways, it had to include remote, regional and rural audiences. In 1985, the team rented a removalist truck, and 25 interaction exhibitions and 10 volunteer explainers went to Goulburn.