Welcome
There are quite a number of people who live on the Coast and are interested in Astronomy. There are regular observing group sessions at the Pony Clug at Mangrove Mt. The closest Astronomical Society would be the Newcaswtle group.
http://www.nas.org.au/
There are usually numerous poeple at the Pony Club who would enjoy talking to you about observing, telescopes, astrophotography and what ever else you may be interested in.
Again Welcome to Ice In Space and
Enjoy Astronomy
Andrew