Queensland is probably your best bet of the 2012
solar eclipse land-based viewing oppurtunities. Cairns
is highly accessible internationally and in the line of
totality. Other (near)coastal options include Port Douglas,
Mossman, Clifton Beach, Ayton and Bloomfield Mission. Driving
inland, Maitland Downs, Palmerville, Frome Outstation and
Sefton are all as near as damn it on the centre line. Hugging
the Pacific Coast line will give you longer period of totality
- however I need to look at the climate further.
Probably one of the best ways of including the eclipse in
an Ozzie tour, is to include Brisbane / Cairns and the Great
Barrier Reef possibly going as far as the Cape York Peninsula.
The maps above provide information on typical climate
conditions at various points along the centre line of the
2012 Solar Eclipse. Images are reproduced courtesy of Jay
Anderson.
The centre line of the eclipse moves from west to east north of Cairns. I will be offshore, close to the central line on the morning
of the 14th of November. First contact is at 0544 at 1° of
altitude. Totality commences at 0638 at 14° and lasts for
2 minutes. Final contact is at 0740.
I will be travelling with Journeys
Worldwide - a Brisbane based firm I've used for previous
eclipses in Libya and China.
For the cruise, I will be aboard the P&O
Princess Dawn.
2012 solar eclipse path - Queensland map
Queensland is probably your best bet of the 2012 solar eclipse land-based viewing oppurtunities. Cairns is highly accessible internationally and in the line of totality. Other (near)coastal options include Port Douglas, Mossman, Clifton Beach, Ayton and Bloomfield Mission. Driving inland, Maitland Downs, Palmerville, Frome Outstation and Sefton are all as near as damn it on the centre line. Hugging the Pacific Coast line will give you longer period of totality - however I need to look at the climate further.
Probably one of the best ways of including the eclipse in an Ozzie tour, is to include Brisbane / Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef possibly going as far as the Cape York Peninsula.
The maps above provide information on typical climate conditions at various points along the centre line of the 2012 Solar Eclipse. Images are reproduced courtesy of Jay Anderson.
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