Hi all, here's another post I like by Ian Musgrave (who also writes Southern Sky Watch linked in the second post of this thread).
http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/200...-december.html
Be sure to click through to NASA's "fluxtimator" - it's quite an intuitive tool to give you a rough idea of how many meteors to expect (don't forget to set it to 2009).
Right now in Brisbane, the weather is more oppressing/humid than (Far/) North Queensland with the forecast threatening to clash with tonight. Either it will rain, or I'll probably still give it a go with cloud (just like I did for
the Leonids last month, which wasn't bad in the end given the circumstances).
*Note to self: One can never carry enough mozzie repellent!*