Hi Anthony, I have a wireless 'hotspot' on my small farm so that people can access the Internet with their laptops. I often have star parties here and people enjoy this ability. If you don't have a laptop you can use mine. As you probably know, the transit occurs here (in NZ) on Thursday 9th November 2006. It starts at about 8:15am (when the Sun is about 26* high due east) and finishes at about 1:10pm NZ Daylight Saving Time - i.e. it lasts about 5 hours. I see the Moon is 18 days old on the night of the transit and permits about a 3 hour dark window where you can use my 16" scope. Gisborne (on the east coast, North Island) is one of the sunniest spots in NZ (see my Lat/Long below) - our prevailing wind is a W-NW which frequently provides Gisborne with warm, sunny weather - great for grape/wine production. We also have pristine, often deserted, sandy beaches 11 minutes from my house. I plan on slowly developing an astro accommodation business for visiting astronomers. Cheers John Drummond Gisborne, New Zealand E 177º 53', S 38º 37' email: john_drummond@... website: http://www.possumobservatory.co.nz