Northern lights in Kangaroo Island tonight

A cluster of granite boulders sculpted by wind and rain into extraordinary shapes on a rocky promontory above the southern ocean. The rocks face south-southwest with no obstructions. The national park at night is completely dark - no roads, no settlements, no light sources visible from the southern coast. One of Australia's most dramatic natural formations as an aurora foreground. The car park at Remarkable Rocks is signposted from the Cape du Couedic road.

The southern tip of Kangaroo Island and the most southerly accessible point. A working lighthouse on the cliff edge faces due south over open Southern Ocean. The lighthouse is active and its beam is not a significant light pollution source for aurora photography on the south-facing cliff. No other light is visible from this position. Aurora australis rises low on the southern horizon - at 36°S geographic latitude it stays low even during strong events. A telephoto lens picks out structure that the naked eye misses.

A long south-facing beach on the southern coast, rated one of Australia's best beaches. The flat sand gives a simple dark foreground with open ocean horizon. Minimal light pollution from the small campsite at the bay's western end. During Kp 6+ events the southern arc is clearly visible from the beach. More accessible than Remarkable Rocks or Cape du Couedic. The beach is several kilometres long - walking east away from the campsite removes the last traces of ambient light.