We decided to travel north from Alice Springs to find a really clear spot to observe the transit. Just north of Alice the Stuart Highway crosses the tropic of Capricorn. This is the marker, with the Moon in the background. The tropic is 23.5° south and is the furtherest south the Sun is ever overhead.
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I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: Democracy v Bureaucracy: It's not left versus right which I am complaining about: it is bureaucracy versus democracy! (posted 2025-11-06 at 21:25:07). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2025-11-06 Democracy v Bureaucracy: It's not left versus right which I am complaining about: it is bureaucracy versus democracy!.
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