I was starting to ignore aurora alerts because there has been nothing to see through the thick cloud cover that has stretch across most of Victoria for what seems like months. This night happened to be clear overhead, so I decided to head out on the spur of the moment.
I just went 10 mins out the road and set up quickly. The space weather metrics looked promising and kept me out in the unseasonal cold weather. Finally at about 1.30am I was rewarded with some aurora action that lasted about an hour. There was low level fog in the distance and the clouds started to move in and gobble up my southern horizon. I was a little thankful for an excuse to head home and try to defrost!