[Liz]

Some info from http://www.nas.org.au/2012_total_solar_eclipse.htm
Will be a nice early start for us

The path of the total eclipse begins close to Tor Rock in Arnhem Land, where the total eclipse will already last for 1 minute 40 seconds, and be visible over a path 126 km wide. The eclipse then moves off southeast, crossing Arnhem Land and entering the Gulf of Carpentaria; the centreline hits the coast at about Cape Grey. It hits land again close to Wallaby Island, and moves on towards Cairns, with the centreline hitting the coast between Cairns and Port Douglas at 20:39 UT. At this point the eclipse duration is about 2 minutes and 4 seconds on the centreline, and the path of totality is 143 km wide. The eclipse - which will last two minutes - will occur just after sunrise at 6.39am after which it will move out across unpopulated areas of the South Pacific.
The projected sunrise for Cairns on 13 November 2012 is a little before 5 am
Below are links showing the path...
Path of totality
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2012_GoogleMapFull.html
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012Nov13Tgoogle.html
http://www.shindles.co.uk/eclipse2012t/index.htm
site showing weather for the area ...
http://eclipser.ca/