Mt Carbine Qld

[Danack (Dan Ackroyd)]

Originally Posted by Liz

At this stage Dan, quite a few of us are going to be set around the rec hall area - quite open.

Oops - should have checked there first - went to the pub instead and couldn't find the rec hall when I got back.


Apologies to everyone there for the 3am car alarm - I didn't know my hire car even had an alarm.

Anyway, here are my pics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danack/...in/photostream
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/danack/...in/photostream
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Didn't get as many of totality as I had hoped - mostly because I was standing there with jaw hanging loose trying to comprehend wtf I was seeing - THERE'S A RING OF FIRE IN THE SKY!!!!??

[Liz]

Originally Posted by Danack

Oops - should have checked there first - went to the pub instead and couldn't find the rec hall when I got back.


Apologies to everyone there for the 3am car alarm - I didn't know my hire car even had an alarm.

Anyway, here are my pics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danack/...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danack/...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danack/...in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danack/...in/photostream


Didn't get as many of totality as I had hoped - mostly because I was standing there with jaw hanging loose trying to comprehend wtf I was seeing - THERE'S A RING OF FIRE IN THE SKY!!!!??

lol re the car alarm!!! Very funny when I heard it, nah, wasnt cranky

Glad you caught it Dan , something that will always be with us.

Great piccies too!!! I muffed mine a bit.

[erick (Eric)]

Yes - the car alarm! Nice shots Dan

[von Tom (Tom)]

Great shots Dan - very nice

I'm sorry I missed meeting you guys at the Caravan Park. I woke up at about 1am that morning to the sound of what I thought was rain, but it was the wind in the trees . I couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to go and set up in the location I had picked the day before, about 10km further west (not before accidentally turning on the air compressor, instead of the light, on my 5-in-1 power station). Got about an hours' sleep in the car there and was ready for the eclipse.

I left immediately after the eclipse (having changed one flat tyre and utilising the aforementioned air compressor!) to drive back to Brisbane and got back yesterday around 3pm. Got a sleep and now on night shift! The 4000km round trip was definitely worth it!

I'll post up my shots and videos when I get the chance.

[TheoP (Theo)]

Everything was perfect on the day. We were worried about nothing ;-)

Thank you to all the great people I met on a dirt patch, sharing this great experience.

This was my third eclipse and I am sure that I will not stop chasing them. I might see some of you again on a lonely road somewhere in the path of the moon's shadow.

I have a few more images on my blog. See link below.

[Liz]

Great images Theo.

I should have headed west but still saw the eclipse from the Caravan park, with some cloud interruption.

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Hi Guys,
Arrived home again last night from Mt Cabine (2,500 km in 4 days).
Good to be home again!

Thanks to Liz and Eric and GlenC for your company.
It was good to share the experience with you guys.

Special thanks to Eric for driving us to (and back from) the post eclipse party.
Nice to catch up with previous acquaintances, and meet so many others.
Thanks JJJ and Jen for organising.

Disappointed that Mt Carbine did not produce an "Eclipse T Shirt".
But I managed to pick up a Mt Molloy T Shirt (and singlet) on the way home.
(close enough ! )
The inland route was definitely the better choice, fewer roadworks and negligible traffic. (plus a few hundred kilometres shorter). Although a chipped windscreen courtesy of a road train may prove expensive for the campervan)

Hope the non-IIS people I met take my advice and join the gang. It was great to spend so much time with you Phil Ron Dianna and Catherine.
Also ran into Phil on the way home, and shared some Chartered Towers dark skies with my 10"DOB. Andromeda galaxies looked fantastic. (can't see them like that back home!)

Now Roll on 2028, when we can play host to the IIS Sydney Eclipse gathering. And at mid day, we wont have them pesky mountains and trees to work around!

[Liz]

Glad you made it home safe and sound Allan.

Well done on the Tshirt - I had a look in at Port douglas but none that I could see- might try and order one online.

yep, roll on 2028 - I will help push the wheelie walker for you.

[von Tom (Tom)]

Here's a video I made of the event (also posted in Solar System images):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_d47knEdq0


Tom

[doppler (Rick)]

Good clip we were a bit further up the road. great memories

[glenc (Glen)]

If you want to see another eclipse here are the next three.

20 Mar 2015 Svalbard, http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogl...20Tgoogle.html

9 Mar 2016 Indonesia, http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogl...09Tgoogle.html
climate http://weatherspark.com/averages/340...atan-Indonesia

21 Aug 2017 USA, http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogl...21Tgoogle.html

and some more http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Welcome.html

Umbraphillia http://nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000/UMBRAPHILLIA.html

[trek1701 (Mark)]

After seeing my first eclipse as a boy in 1976 I’ve always had a passion for total solar eclipses.
After Phil’s Harts detailed reports leading up to the event, and after listening to Joe Cali’s recommendation on the Monday afternoon, we decided on the Tuesday to head up past approx. 65kM N.W of Mount Carbine near Adams Dam.
Plus I had vivid memories of the 2002 eclipse in Ceduna and of clouds persisting around the coastline.
After getting quite a few hours sleep in our hired campervan we found we had been joined by others of a similar mind, and the wee hours of the morning saw 40-50 eclipse chasers, including Joe, gathered at this site.
So here’s my effort taken with a Canon 60D with the 250mm zoom kit lens.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/85879856@N07/




Plus I have this video taken on a Canon Powershot nearby on a smaller tripod

https://vimeo.com/53767509



I’m already looking forward to hopefully seeing my sixth total in the USA.

Cheers Mark