Cant sleep so excited Venus transit!!!!

[icytailmark (Mark)]

OMG im so excited the skies are clearing in sydney!!!! Lets hope the wind dies down a bit

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Fingers crossed hey Mark.

I have tomorrow off, so the kids we be dropped off at school at 7:30am, even though their schools dont start until 8:45am....lol....just kidding.

I am hoping for some clearing here too, I cant really go anywhere so it looks like I will have to wait until the sun clears the double storey house next door, by that stage I am hoping cleewwwwwdssssss disaaaappppeeeeaaarrrrr.....

Everything is crossed, even my eyes.

Cheers

Chris

[gary]

Here in Mt Kuring-Gai it is completely overcast, with wind gusts around 90 km/h
and we are currently experiencing a blackout.

[icytailmark (Mark)]

im going to my local public observatory to view it. But it doesnt open till 9am. Im gunna watch the start of the transit on ninemsn website. Im down south near cronulla very windy but the skies are mostly clear.

[gary]

Originally Posted by icytailmark

im going to my local public observatory to view it. But it doesnt open till 9am. Im gunna watch the start of the transit on ninemsn website. Im down south near cronulla very windy but the skies are mostly clear.

Excellent. The wind is gusting so hard here that your clear skies
at Cronulla can't be too far away for us.

Hard to believe it is so different from just one side of the city to the other
at the moment. It is still raining here.

[Poita (Peter)]

Starting to clear in Mudgee too.

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

My 1 week old must be excited because I'm here trying to rock her to sleep. Been doing it for the last 40mins

[Liz]

Originally Posted by swannies1983

My 1 week old must be excited because I'm here trying to rock her to sleep. Been doing it for the last 40mins

Haha, wondered why you were up Dan, poor little tyke, hope she settles soon.

I am just WIDE awake .... body reckons its had enough sleep. Sunrise a coupleof hours away ... just under 4 hours until first contact.

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

Hehe, after a 40 min nap she's up again. Two hours sleep so far tonight for me. Charlotte's brother will be up in another two hours. I might struggle to stay awake during the transit.

[pixelsaurus (Mike)]

Just rained here. Weather rolling in from the Tasman and it is not looking good.

[boomstix (Pat)]

Was hard to sleep for me too I kept dreaming about it lol. Perfect skies in Brisbane just wish the hurricane would go away :p

[omegacrux (David)]

I knew I didn't need to set the alarm clock
I was wide awake at 4am
It's worth it though !
Probly have a nanna nap later

David

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

Couldn't sleep either. At the school setting up now.

Beautiful clear day with a slight breeze.

I hope everyone else is getting clear skies as well.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

Newcastle this morning showers and cloud ,is it clearing from the south
this is killing me watching it
AL

[icytailmark (Mark)]

its raining in southern sydney will just have to watch the streaming video

[el_draco (Rom)]

Just set up a pair of 7X50's and used eyepiece projection. Venus is plain to see. Even more amazing! Sunlight in Tassie!!

[boomstix (Pat)]

For any that arent able to view it, here are a few pics I have taken so far this morning. Perfect skies here in Brisbane

[Poita (Peter)]

Yeah, I finally fell asleep at 3:30am with a loungroom full of gear and a completely overcast sky with light drizzle.

Woke at 6:30am with the full moon on one horizon and the full sun on the other!

The clouds did roll in but we got to see first and second contact.

[Varangian (John)]

The skies cleared over Melbourne at 7.55am but have now clouded over (at about 10am) but still 1 hour 45mins is better than nothing. Managed to get three perspectives. Had the 8 inch set up with solar filter at the park across the road for first contact for an hour then went home and chucked on the solar glasses and just for fun projected the image onto some card using 7x50 binos.

[icytailmark (Mark)]

Bye bye venus *wipes a tear away*