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Probably my most unual bit of observing would be in the winter of 1982 or 83, can't quite remember now, on a search for some missing skiers in the Snowy Mountains, it was about 0200 and we were up near the area of the abandoned ski lift above Thredbo, we had stopped the Skidoo's and were listening with the engines off when the 3 of us heard a strange rustling sound and you could literaly feel the hairs stand up on your arms and the back of your neck, there was not a cloud in the sky and the clarity was amazing. To our south the whole sky had lit up with the most amazing aurora, curtains of red and green moving across the sky, all we could do was stand there and watch.
Oh yeah, we found the missing skiers about 2 hours later, they too had stood and watched this incrediable spectacle.
Cheers
JohnG
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