Didya, didya, didya see the comet?

Mate, that would be special without lights but need a blind for the moon.

Wondering mate, how the new towing machine is going? Now I am towing I have to slow up a bit with the 4.2. Moses is one of the family though.

New machine going bood-ee-full mate. Pesty used his vast engineering skills (gained from sooooo much fixing of 'yotas) on the weekend to address an issue I had with the box on the back not sitting level (The @rse sagged by 40mm and it looked d!cky).
Now I've just gotta get the transfer case, gearbox and air locker changed over from my old bus and get the paint job sorted.......then I'll get some new photos up on this site.
This weekend will be the first towing test.....off to Narrung on the Coorong.
Cheers mate
Roachie

Heather has been searcing the net too but last night we stood out in the back garden and watched. We had a delivery truck at the time at the dairy that did interfere with the viewing but it was brilliant as you say. Fantastic.

Hope you are well there Vivvie and we can catch up with you guys soon.

We're well, Ray is busy on the tractor since we had a wonderful 140pts over the week end.
Dad is improving and each week brings an achievement towards independence.
We're down in Melbourne over this coming long week end so that he can have some home cooking!!
Look forward to seeing you all again and thanks for the encouragement.

Best wishes

Viv

Pleased he is a lot better Viv. I am sure the support you give him helps lots.

Ray will be working long hours with that little bit of rain. We had a nice drop here and have put in some crop seed for stock feed. Hope we can get some follow up.

Hi jeff,
A friend of ours suggested we look at this website for some fantastic shots too,
msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1new.htm
Great stuff isnt it?
Annette

Jeff, yeh it's gpod alright and I guess the photographer got well paid for it. It's on the site of Melbourne's The Age newspaper that I pasted the link to.

I agree Garth, but I have to give credit to the photographer. It appears courtesy of The Age site I pasted the link to.

I will have a look at the site in a minute. Been talking to another couple of proud owners. Can you email me please and I will forward some info.

We have some really nice star formations over this side of the country too Bilbo. I reckon they nearly resemble ones I have seen your side.

One guy reached for his camera and Murphy had not chaged the battery for him. The view tonight isn't quite as good here. Fantastic to see it though...........

Yes, down on the farm it was very dark, no city skyline to dull the tail and the hill made it even more spectacular. Seeing things like that make me realise how much I still miss the farm.

Can you imagine how clear it would look from somewhere like William Creek on the Oodnadatta Track. (If you could get there at the moment of course)

I'll bet Willem is getting a pretty fair view from Warraweena, providing of course he is still up after dark when the Bogey man is about.

Astronomical type bloke we were standing next to last night said it'll be around for another month or so , so you won't have any dramas seeing it provided the sky is clear of course.
Over here in SA (country town), we can see it from our backyard, but have been out to the coast a few times to get an even better view.
I would imagine you would get a good look from anywhere that you can find that doesn't have too much background light (right away from Syd-en-ey of course).....
Good luck...... (if you don't mind driving, why not head out to Broken Hill!!!!! hahaha)

think i might head out that way somewhere.... Although I have heard on here it has been a little wet out there at the moment??????
is it in the southern sky

Just been out for look tonight and she's beaming bright with a long tail over the southern side of Jervis Bay.

Pleased you had a look mate, could gladden the heart of a visually challenged man/woman to see it even more....... I just thought it a fantastic view after so many brummy comets.

.... yea thanks :p;

Bruce, you will have to "stop it or you will go blind......."

if only I lasted that long

They look a lot better than the ones I took.

too much cloud tonight :( only got a couple in.. but still too much glare from surrounding lights of suburbia.

PS. click on em to make bigger .. but not full sized.

Only 100%. When I saw Halleys it was just a fuzzy ball and I didn't wear glasses then.

Keep thinking I need to email Stony but am away.