According to Astronomy 2012 Australia, it's saying it's on the 17th (I too was confused with the Au & US dates).
The book said that it is one of the better meteor showers to observe but the amount of them can vary year to year, with some years producing many. It also said to check how active it is closer to the peak, so I guess I'll go off to google land to find that information.
Baz did a terrific article on it on his website. You can read it
here.
The best time to observe with would be between about 3am to 4.00 Brisbane time I'd say (before dawn creeps in at 4.30am).
I'm no expert with meteor shower times,
but I did read somewhere a couple of days ago that these are best observed closest to dawn 
. I wonder if starting at 2am would be okay? Could someone please comment?
I ask that because astronomical twillight here in Brisbane is around 3.30am, and civil 4.30am. I'm guessing civil will be okay sky for meteors though?