The Observatory is linked to the University of Tasmania's Hobart campus with a 25 km fibre optic cable, installed in 2007.

[1][4] The 26 m Radio dish came from the Orroral Valley Tracking Station in the Australian Capital Territory, where it was used as a satellite tracker within the Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network and then for support to NASA manned missions.

[1] The University of Tasmania also operates three other radio astronomy antennas: the 30 m Ceduna Radio Observatory (South Australia) and two additional AuScope 12 m antennas at Katherine (Northern Territory) and Yaragadee (Western Australia).

The University also owns and operates the Bisdee Tier Optical Astronomy Observatory.

An on-site museum is dedicated to the life and works of Grote Reber; it contains some of his ashes and a 3D theatre.