Hi NGCLes,
No I didn't see Bernes 157, I doubt the light pollution in my western sky would allow it to be seen, but to be honest I didn't actually look for it at all. Only dark neb I've seen is B86, a pretty sight even from here
I'm surprised by some of these rarely heard of southern globulars, they really do destroy most M globs and yet they are unheard off, even in literature they are rarely, if ever, mentioned. Take NGC 6752 in Pavo, supposed to be the 3rd biggest glob in the entire sky, but you hear more about those 14th mag Palomar fuzzballs lol!