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Instruments in the Weather Kit were purchased at the following suppliers and prices (as at June 2001).

Haines Learning Centre
301 Waverley Road,
MALVERN EAST VIC 3145
tel: (03) 9572 4744
fax: (03) 9572 4377
e-mail: Maria@haines.com.au
website: http://www.haines.com.au/
Prospectors Earth Sciences Pty Ltd
Unit 39/195 Prospect H'way,
SEVEN HILLS NSW 2147
tel: (02) 9838 7899
fax (02) 9838 7073
website: http://www.prospectors.com.au

Optix Tech Inc
1100 17th Street, N.W. Suite 1101,
Washington D.C. 20036, USA
tel: 1 (202) 737 6641
e-mail: info@safesun.com
website: http://www.safesun.com
Sky Chart (sample)
Mark Bedson, Cloudworld
PO Box 619
CEDUNA SA 5690
tel: (08) 8625 2195, mob: 0428 252 195
e-mail: clouds@tpg.com.au

Cloud Charts
Publications Unit
Bureau of Meteorology
tel: (03) 9669 4312
fax: (03) 9669 4699
email: publications@bom.gov.au

Cloud Chart also available from:
Boat Books St Kilda,
214 St Kilda Road,
ST KILDA VIC 3182
tel: (03) 9525 3444
fax (03) 9525 3555
website: http://www.boatbooks-aust.com.au/
Wika Instruments Pty Ltd
17 Summer Lane (PO Box 337),
RINGWOOD VIC 3134
tel: (03) 9870 0666
fax: (03) 9879 5055
website: http://www.wika.com.au

Instrument Cost Supplier
Cup anemometer $210 Prospectors Earth Sciences Pty Ltd
Venturi meter $59 Haines Learning Centre
Thermometer $6 Haines Learning Centre
Psychrometer $100 Prospectors Earth Sciences Pty Ltd
Compass $6 Haines Learning Centre
Aneroid barometer (plastic) $40 Haines Learning Centre
Aneroid barometer (brass) $70 Prospectors Earth Sciences Pty Ltd
Rain gauge $15 Prospectors Earth Sciences Pty Ltd
Hygrometer $18 Haines Learning Centre
Sky chart $10 each ($100 pack of 25) Mark Bedson, Cloudworld
UV meter $US109 Optix Tech Inc.

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