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North of the divide is mandatory. The southerlies that are so common in SE Australia often send cloud and moisture from the southern ocean which gets backed up against the dividing range like an overflowing toilet, resulting in southern Vic's notoriously crappy climate.
The ranges cut off this cloud and moisture for the most part, resulting in rapidly increasing frequency of clear skies north of it. Driving towards Melbourne over the ranges it is borderline comical seeing the layer cloud appear and thicken as you get closer and closer.
If it were me, I'd buy a land somewhere near Mildura, very dark skies with the best likelyhood of clear skies and Mildura has just about every modern convenience. Property up there is relatively cheap aswell. Further south in the Mallee has some dirt cheap property, still dark and clear, but the place is a twilight zone. If proximity to Melbourne matters, then somewhere around Bendigo would be the way to go.
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