2012 Solar Eclipse in Cairns / Port Douglas, Australia
The next total
solar eclipse will be on the 14th November 2012. (N.B.
Greatest eclipse is at 22:11:48 Tuesday November 13, 2012
GMT which is converts to 08:11:48 Wednesday November 14,
2012 Queensland time - this eclipse crosses the international
date line and, consequently, covers two days) The point
of greatest eclipse will be in an area of the South
Pacific in which there is no discernable land mass close
to the centre line. Our eclipse plan and schedule is briefly
outlined below.
Current eclipse plans
Essentially, the eclipse trip will be made up of two parts:
one based in Brisbane and an eclipse cruise. Roughly our
schedule will be as follows:
From Brisbane When based in Brisbane, I'll be
visiting the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and a visit to
the Planetarium. Lunch will be at Mt Cootha and get orientated
with the city of Brisbane itself. The trip will also
take us to the Gold Coast - stopping en-route at Movie
World. Most likely, we'll also visit Surfers
Paradise.
The Cruise: During the 7-day cruise we will visit
the Whitsunday Islands, Airlie Beach, Yorkeys Knob (a
well known promontroy at the end of a white beech) Of
course, the cruise will include the total solar eclipse itself.
After the eclipse, we will have a full day cruising back
to Brisbane - which will include passing the Willis Islands.
2012 Solar Eclipse in Cairns / Port Douglas, Australia
The next total solar eclipse will be on the 14th November 2012. (N.B. Greatest eclipse is at 22:11:48 Tuesday November 13, 2012 GMT which is converts to 08:11:48 Wednesday November 14, 2012 Queensland time - this eclipse crosses the international date line and, consequently, covers two days) The point of greatest eclipse will be in an area of the South Pacific in which there is no discernable land mass close to the centre line. Our eclipse plan and schedule is briefly outlined below.
Current eclipse plans
Essentially, the eclipse trip will be made up of two parts: one based in Brisbane and an eclipse cruise. Roughly our schedule will be as follows:
From Brisbane When based in Brisbane, I'll be visiting the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and a visit to the Planetarium. Lunch will be at Mt Cootha and get orientated with the city of Brisbane itself. The trip will also take us to the Gold Coast - stopping en-route at Movie World. Most likely, we'll also visit Surfers Paradise.
The Cruise: During the 7-day cruise we will visit the Whitsunday Islands, Airlie Beach, Yorkeys Knob (a well known promontroy at the end of a white beech) Of course, the cruise will include the total solar eclipse itself. After the eclipse, we will have a full day cruising back to Brisbane - which will include passing the Willis Islands.
Eclipse path
NASA has provided an interactive Google Map showing the 2012 eclipse path. I've also reproduced eclipse path maps
Related websites
Eclipse Safaris - Rick Brown is an eclipse chaser who will be viewing the eclipse from Cairns.
Astronomical Association Queensland Factsheet
Excellent factsheet on and about the 2012 solar eclipse in Queensland
2012 solar eclipse
Site with some excellent links to other Queensland regional information from Cairns Tourism.
Eclipse2012.com
Eclipse2012.com is a website dedicated to providing information exclusivly about the 2012 total solar eclipse.
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