The camping area at this service station has good horizons and they stop the generator at night so it is dark.
There was cloud to the north when I was there.
http://palmerriverroadhouse.com/inde...id=3&Itemid=10
A Google image is attached. The latitude is 16.1 degrees south and the altitude is 420m. It is 210 km NW of Cairns.
The 4WDs going to and from Cape York stop here.
The 14 Nov 2012 solar eclipse can be seen from here.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogl...13Tgoogle.html