Analog6
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I know it is a LONG way off, but trust me, accommodation will be hard to find. Some places I have looked at are booked out already.
Are other forum members interested in coming to this event? Totality is 2mins+ at sunrise (0544 local time), plenty of time for photos, and of course the full eclipse (including partial phases) is a few hours. Link to details http://rses.anu.edu.au/~jcali/eclipses/PLANNING/TSE2012p/path.html
An eclipse is a not to be missed event. The annular in Western Australia in 1999 was really thrilling (over 10,000 overseas visitors to the area I was in), and in 2002 we drove from Canberra to South Australia in 28 hours for 30 secs of totality. And it was worth it. With this one in such a beautiful setting, and I've never been up there, it should be a real stunner.
I have made an enquiry on several accommodation places. Please poke your lens up soon if you are interested. 50,000+ overseas visitors are expected to descend like locusts on the eclipse sites, believe me, it is a real free for all.
The place I think might be the best for accommodation is http://www.kurandarainforestpark.com.au/. Here is the copy of their email to me, a very reasonable one night's booking fee is asked.
"We have various types of accommodation ranging from Single Budget rooms which are $30 per night or $160 per week. Double budget rooms for two to four people, which are $55 per night for two people,$67 for three people, or $79 for four people.You also receive a discount if you book for a week.With the Budget rooms, you share the kitchen and bathroom facilities.
We have cabins and poolside units which are $90 per night for two people, any extra adults that the accommodation can have are $12 each per night.You also receive one night free if you book for the week.All our cabins and units are fully self contained with air conditioning.
To secure any accommodation, we require one nights non refundable deposit per accommodation booked."
This place sounds really good and the rates are, I think, very affordable. Kuranda is in the path but slightly south of the centre line (interactive Google map here http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012Nov13Tgoogle.html), so we won't see a perfectly even corona or as many of the northern edge Bailey's Beads. If you want to find it on teh Google map, it is the corner of Greenhills Rd & Savannah Wat (Kennedy Hwy). Of course, we can always drive to a spot right on the centre line but the roads do not, apparently, have pull off spots. Note that in local time the eclipse is on the 14th November, NOT the 13th, that is the UT used on all astronomical sites.
Would anyone who wants to definitely book please let me know ASAP, either via this thread or by PM or email. My email contact is allowed under my Profile.
Of course, you can just do your own thing if you want, but I thought it would be good to get a group together. I am trying to get an eclipse 'expert' from my solar eclipse mailing list (on yahoo) and we could have a talk on it beforehand. I will bring my DVD of 'Chasing the Shadow' to whet our appetites.
Please let me know ASAP. I'd love to meet some of the folk I've 'spoken' with on this forum.
Are other forum members interested in coming to this event? Totality is 2mins+ at sunrise (0544 local time), plenty of time for photos, and of course the full eclipse (including partial phases) is a few hours. Link to details http://rses.anu.edu.au/~jcali/eclipses/PLANNING/TSE2012p/path.html
An eclipse is a not to be missed event. The annular in Western Australia in 1999 was really thrilling (over 10,000 overseas visitors to the area I was in), and in 2002 we drove from Canberra to South Australia in 28 hours for 30 secs of totality. And it was worth it. With this one in such a beautiful setting, and I've never been up there, it should be a real stunner.
I have made an enquiry on several accommodation places. Please poke your lens up soon if you are interested. 50,000+ overseas visitors are expected to descend like locusts on the eclipse sites, believe me, it is a real free for all.
The place I think might be the best for accommodation is http://www.kurandarainforestpark.com.au/. Here is the copy of their email to me, a very reasonable one night's booking fee is asked.
"We have various types of accommodation ranging from Single Budget rooms which are $30 per night or $160 per week. Double budget rooms for two to four people, which are $55 per night for two people,$67 for three people, or $79 for four people.You also receive a discount if you book for a week.With the Budget rooms, you share the kitchen and bathroom facilities.
We have cabins and poolside units which are $90 per night for two people, any extra adults that the accommodation can have are $12 each per night.You also receive one night free if you book for the week.All our cabins and units are fully self contained with air conditioning.
To secure any accommodation, we require one nights non refundable deposit per accommodation booked."
This place sounds really good and the rates are, I think, very affordable. Kuranda is in the path but slightly south of the centre line (interactive Google map here http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012Nov13Tgoogle.html), so we won't see a perfectly even corona or as many of the northern edge Bailey's Beads. If you want to find it on teh Google map, it is the corner of Greenhills Rd & Savannah Wat (Kennedy Hwy). Of course, we can always drive to a spot right on the centre line but the roads do not, apparently, have pull off spots. Note that in local time the eclipse is on the 14th November, NOT the 13th, that is the UT used on all astronomical sites.
Would anyone who wants to definitely book please let me know ASAP, either via this thread or by PM or email. My email contact is allowed under my Profile.
Of course, you can just do your own thing if you want, but I thought it would be good to get a group together. I am trying to get an eclipse 'expert' from my solar eclipse mailing list (on yahoo) and we could have a talk on it beforehand. I will bring my DVD of 'Chasing the Shadow' to whet our appetites.
Please let me know ASAP. I'd love to meet some of the folk I've 'spoken' with on this forum.
