Tuesday 17-11 (CST) Australia:

I was able to observe 20 leonids this morning between 4 and 5 am.
2 of them were quite bright and prolonged (2 to 3 sec)
2 more were point source and quite surprising to see.

We will be out there again in the am tomorrow, for what I hope will be a much better show
on the leading edge of the predicted asian peak Asian Peak of up to 500/hr.

Wednesday 18-11 (CST) Australia:

Another good morning for the Leonids here in Nhulunbuy.
Six of us from GAA were out at out at “Middle Carpark” looking over the Arafura sea.
Notch was the first there at 3:30am and along with Dave and Peter were lucky enough to see one Leonid fireball, moving from east to west and lasting several seconds.
They were joined by myself, Francois and Bruce & all up there were 70 Leonids sighted till the sky grew too bright at 5am.
So I guess an average of 50/hr is a fair assesment. More than double yesterday mornings count.
One of the best Leonid showings since 2001, so worth getting up for !

I would love to hear some reports of the Asian Leonids peak, did you get a “1/2 storm” as predicted ?