A record number of enthusiastic visitors – more than 3500 people of all ages – flocked to the Australian Synchrotron on Sunday 13 October for our Open Day 2013, despite the weather!

Visitors told us it was “inspiring” and “wonderful to get a real insight into where Australian science is heading”. They loved the careers advice, felt that “funding science like this is important” and said “thank you to all the informative and patient scientists, they provided excellent explanations”.

What really happened on the day ...