Solar eclipse in Queensland
Lights Out
By Ashley Hay
The weather was all anyone talked about as we flew towards Cairns. Radar scans and long-range forecasts were keenly analysed. Among those containing their excitement, a higher than usual number were reading sci-fi books – Isaac Asimov was particularly popular. The reason for all this: we were flying in to see the sun eclipsed. “And isn’t it lovely that we want to come to see it, in thes
