Total Solar Eclipse Port Douglas, In Photos

So what’s this all about Mum and can I go back to bed? 5:50am

We’ve just got back from Four Mile Beach Port Douglas, the total solar eclipse was stunning! Dragging the kids out of bed at 4am didn’t go down too well, but an ice cream and some celestial spectacularness soon perked them up.

A few thousand people on the beach. The stinger net is in the foreground, a few people have asked what a stinger net is. It’s a rectangular netted enclosure, it’s attached by ropes to fixings on the beach and anchored out at sea somehow, they can wind it in and out with the tide.

The anticipation was incredible as it got darker and cooler.

Port Douglas FM playing us some moon themed tunes from the lifeguard station

WOW MUM!!!

Almost there

Huge telescopes and a projection screen. These guys take it pretty seriously!

Totality and the clouds were on our side. ( best I could do with a pocket camera, sorry!)

The sun came back, today’s astronomy lesson done.   D always does cartwheels to celebrate.

Part of Photo Friday on Delicious Baby.

Today I am incredibly grateful to live in such a beautiful tropical location, to see the solar eclipse from Four Mile Beach was pretty special.. I love Port Douglas today!