On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:02:33 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

I have looked at these links and have spent the last few hours
wandering about the web. What I cannot find out is whether I can
receive these photos south of the equator. Seems like a great system
at a reasonable cost. Can you advise please.

That's really a two part question. I'm reasonably certain that you
could receive the pictures but I don't know if the satellites are set
up to capture southern hemisphere images.