Thanks guys!
Good to hear from you all and hope that collectively you are enjoying
your weekends.
Great to hear it brought back some memories for you all too.
It was only by chance I stumbled across it whilst Googling as I had never
seen in before.
What is perhaps a bizarre insight into the waste of neurons that goes on inside
the human brain, when I watched the video I could even remember those
pants Andrew had on at the time.
That night, like many others, we camped alongside the railroad track.
We observed through Andrew's 20" Dob, Hector and what a night! The skies
were fantastic!
Quote:
Originally Posted by RB
I remember we had bad bushfires in the area and I raced down to the back of my property, climbed one of my grain silos so I could clear the burning tree line and take a photo with my little Sony PS while holding onto dear life with my other hand.  |
Andrew C. -
That was close!
The morning after the eclipse, we decided we would drive to Cooper Pedy and spend a couple
of days there. We were refueling the vehicles at a petrol station just north
of Wirraminna when ABC National Radio came on with the morning news.
The very lead story was that "Bushfires have broken out in the Sydney area"
and in the same breath the commentator said, "Residents of Mount Kuring-Gai
should prepare their homes immediately".
With a two day drive back to Mount Kuring-Gai, the concern was that we would
not be back in time to prepare for the fire. However, we made a quick call to a
close friend, who we originally met at ASNSW, and he came and prepared the
property for us, took time off work and away from his family and baby-sited the
place for us. As we drove back he was able to re-assure us that the property was
not under direct threat. What a fantastic mate he is!
