Due to his unusual white beard, Greg Quicke, a resident of Broome, which is about 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) north of Perth, was also referred to as “Space Gandalf”.
He played the role of the practical astronomer to Professor Cox’s theoretical particle physicist in the 2017 Stargazing Live Australia series.
In the series, Mr. Quicke reported on the reasons Australia’s night sky differs from the UK’s.
A Stargazers Guide to the Cosmos, a 10-part television series on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and books like Is the Moon Upside Down? were among his other media credits. and Earth’s Consciousness Turning.
Along with being a well-known tour guide, Mr. Quicke led “astro tours” out of his house.
Approximately 100,000 people had participated over the course of 28 years, he said, “including a producer… who plucked me from the bush and onto the world stage.”.
Prof. Cox expressed his “great sadness” at hearing of the passing of his old colleague.
He commented on the news: “I love what he wrote on seeing the solar eclipse in 2023: ‘My body spent, my heart full, I crash into a deep eclipse fuelled communion with the other worlds’.”I hope he’s currently there.”
In 2023, Mr. Quicke received a cancer diagnosis.
