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Originally Posted by skysurfer
Would be nice, is it something like Sutherland (South Africa) ? I was there 4 years ago close to SALT.
I also remember Greyhound bus trips I made in 2000 and 1988 from Mt Isa via Tennant Creek to Alice Springs, where during a night stop at a gas station the sky was overwhelmingly clear and dark, in the middle of Northern Territory. And similar trips in Queensland.
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The Newell Highway that runs through Coonabarabran has quite a few trucks running along it as it's a major route through from QLD to Melbourne. As you'll need a car to get there anyway, I'd suggest heading into the Warrumbungle NP during daytime to scope out a spot to picnic and watch the night fall. It's about 30km from Coonabarabran and Siding Spring is on the hills above...although there is no public access near the telescopes at night.
Away from the highway, the region is pretty sparsely populated though.