Thanks for the welcome guys!!
I must say that comet McNaught really challenged my patience. I knew it was there but everything was going against me. If it wasn't the cloudy skies then it was the bushfire smoke!
Finally, one night (I think it was a Tuesday) I dragged my husband out of the house and we headed off to Mt Cooper (a location in the northern suburb of Melbourne). There were so many observers there waiting to see this spectacular. As we were all sitting there patiently scanning the sky, one of the observers got a phone call from a friend saying that the comet was visible, within a few seconds we all spotted the comet and then came the cheers and clapping from everyone...it was quite funny how excited everyone was!
I think they were all relieved (as I was) that they finally got to see it...even my husband was excited (only because he spotted it in the sky before I did!!)
