[leroy]

With regards to this sighting, we were on the northside of Brisbane (Albion), watching the same object. It appeared large in the sky to the west, as bright as the visible Moon, with a tail of constant length as it moved towards the horizon. We drove to the top of the hill, aprox 200m, and the object was still visible to the west, before dropping below mountains on the horizon. Springwood to Albion is a 20 minute drive, so I doubt a plastic bag and a candle would do the trick. Aircraft contrails tend to hang a lot longer, this stayed constant length with the object as it moved. I have seen a meteor pass overhead at close range back in the 80's which was moving very fast and was low enough that it would have landed close by. This appeared to be much higher in the sky, and moving slowly towards the horizon.