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Originally Posted by gary
For example, I would rather observe from the top of Mt. Kaputar, which is
a hop skip and a jump away from Narrabri, rather than observe from, say,
the West Macdonnell Ranges. The reason, you are at 1350m above sea
level on Mt. Kaputar and unlike the Macdonnell ranges or the Gibb River
Road in the Kimberley, you don't have two thousand flies crawling around your
eyes and corners of your mouth at 8pm as they try and steal every last
microgram of moisture they can find. 
So you do indeed live in the lucky country. The types of dark skies that
those in other parts of the world can only ever read or dream about are
often less than a half day drive away from any major Australian city.
Pack the scope and get out and do it some time if you get the chance.
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Thanks Gary,
I had a look and Mt Kaputar is less than a 3 hr drive from my place. I'll have to go there for a camping trip next chance I get. I'm surprised that such a good sight is so close to home. I thought I'd have to go to the middle of nowhere to get the skies described in that article.
Cheers