However, just when the proposal seemed doomed by local objections, Dunedoo's most famous son, Emmanuel Snodgrass came to the town's rescue once again.
Emmanuel's compromise position was to erect a three storey roll-off roof, or more correctly, a roll-off skylight) observatory to house his Telrad quartet, but still resembling the classical outback country dunny. In this way, tourists can be attracted by the exterior aesthetic appearance and cultural antecedents, while locals who formerly objected to the scheme are attracted by the prospect of the town secretly containing a world-class scientific facility, and unique in the astronomical world - a Quad-Telrad Comet Seeker, the only one residing inside a giant replica of an Australian icon.
Downstairs rooms would function as living quarters for Emmanuel and visiting astronomers who may well make a pilgrimage to Dunedoo, and would also house his star-charts, maps and observing records.
A competition will be held to select a design for this structure, and this is expected to attract a strong field from amongst the world's most famous architects.
In the course of his recent tour of Australia's leading observing sites, Emmanuel recently visited Wiruna on his turbo ride-on lawnmower, and was hugely excited by the Quadruple-neutrino detector located in the Eastern (or lower) observing field. He took several rolls of film of the facility to assist in his preparation of the list of conditions governing the contest.
Once these have been published, entries should be sent to Emmanuel Snodgrass, c/- The Beer Garden, Commercial Hotel, Dunedoo. First prize will be one year's supply of unused three-ply toilet paper.