The aurora on Monday 12 August 2024 was great, even with a moon close to 50% full. When I went down to Ricketts Point around 7pm there was a hint of colour, but nothing spectacular. It got much better after 10pm. Green was easily seen, but there were times when red could also be seen with the naked eye. My Canon 450D DSLR camera was taking 8 second exposures at 1600 ISO, using an 11mm F2.8 lens, so it captured far more detail than I could see with the naked eye.
This is a timelapse of 40 minutes of 8 second ISO 1600 exposures, taken at Ricketts Point, Victoria, on a Canon 450D DSLR, starting at 10:04pm on 12 August 2024.