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Like I said things have not chhanged here since living here. Cloud building on the range will not allow viewing west for a long way down the center line. The roads out west are not great, any rain in that region could mean closure. There will be thousands of people out there travelling those roads in the 24 hours prior.
I have viewed two eclipses through cloud and I can say if it is broken and thinning then you will most likely see something from Cairns. If your only reason for travelling to this eclipse is to take award winning images then forget coming up. There will be cloud on the day, the high pressure ridge will mean nothing other than clearer skies. From what I understand many of you have never seen an eclipse with your own eyes and yet are bringing mountains of equipment. Just come with tripod and camera is my opinion. Cloud will kill any settings you might have in a program; you have to shoot with the conditions and the conditions with cloud will mean mainly over blown images with cloud.
All this speculation on what the conditions will be like is just going to build anxiety. It will be cloudy, you might not see it. Many people in China just kilometers from us did not see the corona. You have to have some luck with you and you are coming to the tropics (which is very different from further south) in the wet season. Plan for just sitting in the darkness and you might just be surprised.
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