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I live in Wollongong and drive to the Orienteering Association hut in Belaglo State Forest near Berrima. I just check with the secretary of the Orienteering association to make sure the hut's not being used otherwise. It has great facilities including a kitchen and bunkhouse; costs $7 a night to stay.
The limiting maganitude on the occasions I've been there has generally been 5.8 (that's with my middle-aged eyes) and on one particularly dry night it was 6.1.
Its one drawback is that there is not a completely panoramic sky due to some tall trees; depending on where you set up, you will find it hard to observe in one prime direction: set up at the south end, for example, and you won't see the northern sky at the altitude of Pegasus or Lyra.
Good dark skies, though, and even if you had to drive from Sydney, its mostly highway, and you can stay in the bunkhouse before driving home after a long night's observing.
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