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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Do you guys in Australia and New Zealand ever get to see the Southern Lights, or are you too far north? I've seen the Northern Lights in Alaska; they were awesome!
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I'm sure Legbreaker will be able to confirm but it is my understanding that you can sometimes see the Aurora Australis in Tasmania (Australia's southernmost state). The furthest south in Australia that I have lived is Albany at the bottom of Western Australia and you can't see the southern lights from there. I was born in New Zealand and you can definitely see the Aurora Australis from parts of the South Island and from Stewart Island.
Your question isn't completely OT for me Paul. In my T2K campaign I have included strange purple coloured veils of light in the night sky sometimes. The PCs think it is caused by dust in the upper atmosphere becoming electrically charged by the solar wind. I haven't confirmed or denied it to the players.
I don't think the PCs have been far enough north to see the real Aurora Borealis.