Robert.Hollow_at_csiro.au wrote: > we > southerners have the best night skies all the time! Down here the Milky > Way is high overhead in the winter, not some hazy object low on the > horizon. We also have the Magellanic Clouds this time of year and the > best globular clusters. We also have far less atmospheric haze and it is > easier to get away from light-polluted regions. Yet another reason to > come down here for a paddle! I knew there was something I forgot to gripe about :-) The furthest south I've been was the March '88 eclipse trip to Mindanao island in the Philippines. I set up my telescope one night and stood in awe of these southern wonders. I've been wanting to get to NZ and Oz for a long time but distance and cost make it out of the question for a while. Eventually I'll find a way and paddle those legendary waters. A recent episode of Planet Earth (BBC/CBC co-production narrated by David Attenborough) showed some interesting areas that looked like a paddling adventure - the Kimberly area (IIRC) in northern Australia. Apparently it's quite out of the way - anyone paddled there? Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 25 2007 - 09:59:27 PST
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