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Originally Posted by doigal
Just somewhere thats nice and dark, easy to get to, public land, etc.
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Depends a bit on from where you are leaving Melbourne - driving right across the city to start and end the night isn't fun.
Now, really nice and dark means more than an hour from the outskirts. However I can tell you three places (south, east and north) that are closer than that, but worth trying. PM me for details.
If you want quite dark, I can recommend Snake Valley Astro Assoc's site. Snake Valley is 20 min south-west of Ballarat. It is on private land and the Assoc charges a small visitor's fee for non-members, but you can set up on a solid concrete slab, secure and safe, and with darker skies than anywhere else I can recommend.
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