Have a look at the night sky

Just got an alert of extreme activity from aurora australia right now, and hopefully through tonight. So It may actually be visible from Venus Bay, low in the southern sky.
For more up to date forecast see the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute and then Select the antartic map in the "select a map" box on the left hand column.

Photo by Samuel Blanc.

Lightshow over (for now)

"We missed the major part of the storm--wrong side of the planet--but still caught some bright Southern Lights after the sun went down," Tom Luttrell photo from Australia's Casey Station on the coast of Antarctica (source spaceweather.com)

So the current magnetc storm may be over but there may be many more opportunities to view the southernlights from Venus Bay as the 24 year sunspot cycle climbs towards its expected maximum in 2013. This VBOP site will endeavor to keep you posted when good sightings are likely.

Keep an eye on the sky at night

Two large solar flares occurred on the sun on August 1st.(source spaceweather.com) The first of the resulting magnetic storm arrived at the earth yesterday and triggered spectacular north lights. It is possible that a similar light show may occur in the southern hemisphere tonight, and more storms are expected. So when the sky clear, keep an eye out for auroras in the southern sky

Did you know Australia actually has a space weather bureau? Well is it actually a geopyhsical conditions monitoring authourity, but it does offer an aurora alert on its website. Nothing is confirmed as yet. However tonight and the next few days are definitely the time to monitor the southern sky.

PS If your mobile phone is registered for the alert system, expect an SMS if & when the aurora is visiable.