I live south-south-east of Melbourne so my north sky is ruined by its light dome. I have tried to see Andromeda but it never clears the dome. The best I can do is stuff like M38 that is +35° North. I'm not complaining as my East and South are very dark and West isn't too bad either.
I was super excited when I went to Vanuatu with my 15x70s binos last September as I got to see Andromeda, Melotte 20, the double cluster and a few others. The bortle 2 skies helped too.
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