I live about 15 minutes north of the Perth CBD, from home my north to eastern horizons are okay during new moon but for reasonable dark skies you need to head up to the Darling ranges to get some respite from LP on the coastal plain. Good thing about Perth is you have large reserves of state forest that extend east and south-east in the ranges. If your a little adventurous there's heaps of nice spots to set up, to get to my favorite spot takes less then 45 minutes
