2012 Australia Total Solar Eclipse
The 2012 Aussie Solar Eclipse
In November 2012, I was with TravelQuest on a tour of eastern Australia to see the Total Solar Eclipse. After touring Sydney, we flew to Cairnes to tour the Great Barrier Reef before heading inland to view the eclipse. Clouds interfered, but parted enough for 2m 2s of totality. Afterwards, Alson Wong and I headed to New Zealand.
The Sydney Harbor Bridge at sunset.
The Sydney Opera House was hosting a reception for Prince Charles.
A helicopter tour of the Great Barrier Reef.
Getting ready for snorkling.
Snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef.
Our observing site at Wetherby Station.
The eclipsed sun peaking out of the clouds.
A gap in the clouds occurred during the eclipse.
The Lord of the Rings filming location that stood in for the Fangorn Forrest near Queenstown, New Zeland.
Queenstown, New Zealand from the Skyview Queensland gondola.