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Old 06-04-2010, 07:46 PM
MuntiNZ (Daz)
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Originally Posted by koputai View Post
Hmm, that's the thing isn't it.... where in Aus satisfies ALL criteria?

Dark skies (clear zone on light overlay)
Good altitude (over 1000m)
Good latitude (Nth of about 30 degrees South?)
Reasonable access (not more than two hours from a good size town)
Reasonable cost (....?)

I nearly have the missus convinced, but she'd also throws in 'near the coast'.
Hey mate dunno about home but theres some good places in the south island of NZ like this.
Do a search for Lake Tekapo.
Only thing there is that they are way more south of 30 degrees so bit of a spanner.
You would have to be ultra keen on astronomy to pack it all in and move to NZ but.
Right now I am still in NZ and I love astro heaps but I am still gonna head home asap.
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