Liz, as I said in one of my earlier posts, many places are booked out already. Mt Carbine has only one cabin left for the eclipse. The first place I wanted is totally booked by a tour group from Japan.
Re Oak Beach - that is why initially I hoped the boathouse place would be OK, it is right on the centre line. But, bear in mind that high tide will be about an hour after the eclipse, at 2.8m on Oak Beach, so it will be up pretty high for the eclipse. The water comes right up and covers the beach, apparently.
Joe Cali did a site survey (link
here and in my original post) and says the road is narrow, there are not many pull off spots and it will be high tide. This has been confirmed on the SEML (Solar eclipse mailing list on yahoo) email list I am on.
I wanted to get a group together so we could pool knowledge. Can anyone who definitely want to be notified of arrangements (which I am doing by email) PM or email me (email is enabled) and I will add you to the list. Obviously nothing much will happen until closer to the date but I will update in February once I manage to contact the van park just north of the centre line.
I'm really excited, this will be my 3rd and longest yet total eclipse, really keen to get some good photos.