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On November 14th, 2012 the moon will block the sun's rays from our planet for a few minutes, with the line of totality happening right over Port Douglas.
To celebrate this astronomical event, there will be festivities happening throughout Tropical North Queensland with one of the biggest being the Solar Eclipse Marathon.
With around 3000 people expected to enter the race, the official starting gun will be the exact moment when the sun reappears from behind the moon, blanketing the area in daylight one again.
This weekend - as a prequel to the Solar Eclipse Marathon - the Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival was held and Queensland Tourism Ambassador Ben Southall headed north to find out more about it... and to run the 21km half-marathon while he was at it!