It would be great to get a few more IIS members interested in this November new moon weekend ( the 1-3rd of November) camping, observing, and/or imaging, trip to Bretti Reserve.
It's a magic spot for any astronomy activity and close enough to make it a reasonable trip after work on a Friday. Here is one of the many links to a photo set from the site (scroll down to the photos button):
http://www.caravancaravan.com.au/ent...mping-area/nsw
Being just northwest of Gloucester, it's about two hours from most of the Central Coast and less from the Newcastle area, with wonderful dark sky nights. Folks from Sydney's north could get to Bretti in about three hours, and don't forget that with daylight savings now in effect the trip can be done before dark if coming on Friday after work; or just come up on Saturday enjoy the night sky and return home on Sunday.
If your new to astronomy this is a great chance to explore our wonderful southern sky, where even modest scope apertures bring wonderful detail to view which are just not obtainable in the city.
Hope you can make it.