While I did get to see it - it wasn't how I planned it. I had my scope all primed and my night planned out on my front lawn in Brisbane. Then Tuesday morning I got a call that a client needed me onsite the next morning overseeing some drilling, casing and cementing of a bore. So I organised all that had to be done, raced off home to pack and then off to the airport - unfortunately one of the flights I had to take was the 7:15 from Sydney to Tamworth. I did manage to wangle myself onto the right hand side of the plane - unfortunately it was a Dash 8 which has a high wing and a large engine under that wing which blocks a lot of the sky. I did catch the early stages of the eclipse as I climbed up the steps of the plane. The next I saw of it was just before mid eclipse when I was walking across the tarmac at Tamworth. I did get some pics in the later part of the eclipse with my 70-200mm lens in the motel carpark using the car as a mount - but it would have been much better through my scope at home watching it from start to finish. At least it wasn't cloudy and I can enjoy the images from the members here, but I was looking forward to the event for the weeks leading up.
