Fingers crossed indeed.
Finding clear skies is going to be the biggest issue for this one. For the predicted 4am tomorrow morning arrival (+/- 10 hours) the best spot (according to Skippy) seems to be Adelaide through to the central Vic. The exact arrival time is hard to predict though. The one in March that Colin and I (and others) were able to get arrived about 8 hours late. I'm kind of hoping that this is also the case for this one as Sunday evening/night looks easier to find clearer skies. Even if it does arrive on time, if the last display is anything to go by, then there should still be plenty of energy left in it for a better than average chance of it continuing into Sunday night.
Marc: About the limit of the similar strength display in March was Grahams shots from Lake Ballard in WA, but it was very faint from there. Based on what I saw from Mt Buffalo in Vic, as long as you had dark skies, an elevated and unobstructed view and no major sources of light pollution on the horizon to the south, I would think that you could easily photograph it from anywhere below a line between say Perth and Sydney (maybe even much higher).
Edit: Skippy has updated since I posted. Looks even worse now.
Last edited by CapturingTheNight; 13-04-2013 at 12:06 PM.
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