The Solar System
This is a small series that displays the distances the planets are from the sun on a scale of one meter to a million kilometers.
So every meter you walk is a million kilometers.
Rutherglen's Bottle represents the sun on this scale. Except that it should be about 1.4 meters in diameter not 9 meters.
There is a traditional cache for each planet (even Pluto gets a guernsey!)
When you reach Pluto you have traveled 5.9 billion kilometers.
Enjoy the walk (bike ride, or most likely 4WD).
The Planet
Venus is similar in size to Earth. It is a hellish world with crushing pressures, scorching temperature and sulphuric acid rain.
The Russian Venera 13 spacecraft survived only 2 hours and 7 minutes after arrival. Venus shines brilliantly because of a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide.
The 'evening' or 'morning' star, as it is often called appears soon after sunset or not long before sunrise. Twice in every 120 years Venus passes or 'transits' between the Earth and the Sun, including in 1874, 1882, 2004 and 2012.