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Phillip,
Sydney is not just clouded out (as always when there is something worth seeing) but also having the wettest November in 7 years. You'll need a brolly and galoshes - not cameras and binoculars.
The chances of seeing ISON from Sydney or the 'Gong before perihelion are pretty much nil.
My bet is that it will be a non-event. The photos elsewhere on IIS from Brisbane and Melbourne show that cameras do not show the tail in single-shot exposures - they were stacking 16 or 25 frames - which implies the tail is barely visible in binoculars - if at all. It also implies it won't be much post-perihelion, either.
In other words, it has been over-hyped, once again.
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