Reply to: hey cobber its all gone black

[aussielong]

Are you sure you're actually from Australia?

No I'm not. And I was pulling EOs leg.

F**k me, you people are IT robots. "DOES NOT COMPUTE, DOES NOT COMPUTE"

[Moscow Mule]

They don't sell Fosters in Australia. It's too weak for the domestic market.

Yes they do, its just not very popular.

The brewery (actually named Fosters) dont promote it much as they make more money from Crown, VB etc

Incidentally the Fosters in Australia is 4.9%, the same as Crown.

Are you sure you're actually from Australia?

[EternalOptimist]

They don't sell Fosters in Australia. It's too weak for the domestic market.

no sh!t Bruce.

well, to be honest, I didn't ask for a packet of crisps either

[aussielong]

No doubt Aussielong will figure his evening's cocktail of drugs and booze has finally kicked in and he's had another episode

I bet you've kissed a few cane toads.

[aussielong]

They are a superstitious lot, these aussies.
I was over there a few years ago, in Alice Springs and I was in a bar .

The barman refused to serve me, because I was a bit, er, 'unsteady'
'Sorry mate, we dont serve boguns'

but I knew there was an eclipse coming, so I pointed to the sky, and shouted
'O great sun God, listen to thine servant, head of the Liverpool Bumdingo tribe, and go dark'

when the sky went dark, the aussies started wailing and throwing dirt into their hair, then they got down on their hands and knees , grovelling to me,
'O great chief of the BumDingos, please make the sun shine again. dont leave us in perpetual darkness'
just then , the eclipse ended, so I said

'pint of fozzies and a packet of crisps please mate'

They don't sell Fosters in Australia. It's too weak for the domestic market.

[KentPhilip]

Youtube has a more reliable live feed.

Total Solar Eclipse Live - YouTube

Starts around 7:50pm UK time, with totality at 8:39pm.

[EternalOptimist]

what made it really funny though, was that it was 12 oclock at night

[EternalOptimist]

They are a superstitious lot, these aussies.
I was over there a few years ago, in Alice Springs and I was in a bar .

The barman refused to serve me, because I was a bit, er, 'unsteady'
'Sorry mate, we dont serve boguns'

but I knew there was an eclipse coming, so I pointed to the sky, and shouted
'O great sun God, listen to thine servant, head of the Liverpool Bumdingo tribe, and go dark'

when the sky went dark, the aussies started wailing and throwing dirt into their hair, then they got down on their hands and knees , grovelling to me,
'O great chief of the BumDingos, please make the sun shine again. dont leave us in perpetual darkness'
just then , the eclipse ended, so I said

'pint of fozzies and a packet of crisps please mate'

[NickFitz]

I thought 6.35, not long after day break. Should be weird, sun just appears on the horizon only to suddenly disappear. It's the build up too, to the wet season, so it could be cloudy.

5:35 in Cairns, according to timeanddate.com: The World Clock - Time Zone Converter - United Kingdom – England – London vs Australia – Queensland – Cairns

[Old Hack]

That was pretty much my train of thought...

Not too sure why, but I thought Queensland was 11 hours ahead.

I thought you were going that way in your original post, and thought it would be close, but now realise it's not close, it's at the same time...

I guess the sky will light up pre dawn, then suddenly get dark, then be brilliant sunshine. If it isn't cloudy...

[SupremeSpod]

Not at 5.35 I think, as in the tropics, you normally get 12 hours of sunlight.

Edit: Just checked and sunrise is at 5.35. Not really going to make much of a difference then....

That was pretty much my train of thought...

[Old Hack]

Ahhh, so it will be daylight before the eclipse. As you were, nothing to see here.

Not at 5.35 I think, as in the tropics, you normally get 12 hours of sunlight.

Edit: Just checked and sunrise is at 5.35. Not really going to make much of a difference then....

[SupremeSpod]

5:35 of a summer morning. Tomorrow morning, in fact.

Ahhh, so it will be daylight before the eclipse. As you were, nothing to see here.

[Pondlife]

I thought 6.35, not long after day break. Should be weird, sun just appears on the horizon only to suddenly disappear. It's the build up too, to the wet season, so it could be cloudy.

No doubt Aussielong will figure his evening's cocktail of drugs and booze has finally kicked in and he's had another episode

[Old Hack]

5:35 of a summer morning. Tomorrow morning, in fact.

I thought 6.35, not long after day break. Should be weird, sun just appears on the horizon only to suddenly disappear. It's the build up too, to the wet season, so it could be cloudy.