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Old 08-11-2006, 01:25 PM
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how far would you travel just to see something?
I ask that question as I contemplate my navel and the event of the mercury transist. how hard nut am I, do I have a problem?? do I just give up and watch the web cam over the net? What would the wife think, how long to travel for? DANG!! is it too late to rebook that plane
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Old 08-11-2006, 01:33 PM
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gee... not far i guess.a few hours drive at the most.
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Old 08-11-2006, 01:40 PM
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Go for it Houghy, it all comes down to what makes you happy, nothing else matters as long as you can justify something to yourself.
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Old 08-11-2006, 01:43 PM
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you could wait another 30 years to see if the weather is ok for the next one houghy
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Old 08-11-2006, 01:47 PM
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Go for it Houghy, it all comes down to what makes you happy, nothing else matters as long as you can justify something to yourself.
Mate I could justify flying to melbourne if it was clear but the wife will kill me

I suppose more than 4 hours driving in one way is a bit much, but looking to be clear short of that I hope, that gets me home around the same time the wife gets home
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Old 08-11-2006, 01:58 PM
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Plenty of places to hide out here in Melb lol.

Have a look at the sat pics, doesn't look too bad at all for your area.http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
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Old 08-11-2006, 02:01 PM
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Hi Houghy,
I could justify a few days travel by car for a once in 20 years event and I could even justify a weeks travel by car to the other side of the country for a once in a lifetime event. My wife wouldn't mind just so long as I brought her back some presents or we made a holiday out of it and went together.

I have to go by car as I am not a plane person.


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Plenty of places to hide out here in Melb lol.

Have a look at the sat pics, doesn't look too bad at all for your area.http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
well whats the grey stuff over my head?????
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Longest I have driven so far was approx. 80km for the Venus transit of June 2004. That was mainly a dry run for the 2012 event.

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well whats the grey stuff over my head?????
Um, blue rinse
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I'm travelling to the US to view the Northern Hemisphere objects...hows that grab ya!? lol.
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I'm travelling to the US to view the Northern Hemisphere objects...hows that grab ya!? lol.


but you have to have a passport for that no I probably mean on the same day you can have off
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In that case, I was actually thinking of driving north to better seeing soon...about 300km's but I'd need more than one day to do this.
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You could fly down here to Albury.

I'm with Trevor on it Dave, it's what ever makes you happy.
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I went to NZ to see Robby and gbeal. Mind you I came home with a GM8
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every time i view the night sky and its attractions thru my scopes - I travel a VERY loooong way
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I ask that question as I contemplate my navel and the event of the mercury transist. how hard nut am I, do I have a problem?? do I just give up and watch the web cam over the net? What would the wife think, how long to travel for? DANG!! is it too late to rebook that plane
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Hard question...right up there with my other hard questions...

How deep is a hole?
How long is a piece of rope?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Seriously I reckon it is worth a bit of effort for something that you enjoy and get satisfaction from...4 hours or so is not really that much in the big scheme of things...

Heck, in spite of likley poor weather I'm still going to get the boys up early and drag them down to the Sydney Observatory...even if we can't see the transit there will at least be coffee and donuts (or muffins)...

and an interesting story for them to tell about what a nut their good' ol Dad is!
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you'd spend longer wishing you did go
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Old 08-11-2006, 05:45 PM
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Mate I make the effort to travel all the way to Kulnura every new moon, no matter what !!!

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