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Originally Posted by philiphart
There is a little discussion of this further up the thread, but in short yes, I have considered the position of the sun at eclipse time when making the assessments.
Since it is mostly low loud up to heights of around 2km, you only need to be around 8km west of the cloud for the sun to be above it. I would agree that just a little west of the ranges is not the ideal place to be, but 60km inland (which is the position I have been describing) has generally been clear of any effect of cloud over the ranges, but there are some days when it does extend inland far enough that it would be a problem.
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Thank you for your reply.
Then a good inland position may be hard to find. The Mulligan Hwy provides by the far the best driving conditions, but after several kilometers head north and the east is "hidden" above mountains.
Just before it heads north, you seemed to find it a nice place. Link is below, I've added the relief in google maps to highlight what I mean. Mount Carbine is straight in the line of sight, and it's a bit scaring in my opinion... irrationnal maybe ?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=cairns...97.08,,0,-6.67
I don't know what to think from all that. And the day before, driving make it impossible to have internet and latest weather forecasts of course, the 13th in the morning is the last chance before taking the car and preceding the crowd... I think I will ultimately roll a dice for this eclipse.