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Like others, not as often as I might like, and less than I used to, but I'm not letting it worry me. I've been an amateur for 35 years and I hope I have few years left me yet.
Between trees and the neighbors lights the back yard is a write-off. Also it is very often cloudy here below the escarpment; Wollongong was originally settled for its rainforest timber. Over the escarpment are fenced-off water catchment areas. The nearest decent observing location I know of is 45 minutes drive away. Add the packing up time and setting up time and it is about 1.5-2 hours work to start observing and the same again at the end.
So I am pretty much limited to the Saturday of the new moon and third quarter. Take out cloudy nights, late starts in summer, holidays etc and 6-8 nights a year is about average. I have some plans to increase that but we'll see what happens.
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