Don't give up hope Casey.
Some of the nicest Deep Sky Photography comes from skies worse than Brisbane.
Many Americans, Poms, and Europeans live engulfed in light pollution and yet pull out some amazing images.
Then there is Singapore!!!
Singapore is one of the brightest lit skies in the world, and has major air pollution added to it and yet one of our members, Remus, lives smack in the middle of it all with his fellow club members and they obtain stunning images.
The 1st Astronomy Forum in the world was started by Remus in Singapore way back when we were all saying 'what is an online Forum?'. It is still going!!!
http://www.singastro.org/index.php
Singapore has a massive Astronomy scene, with enormous memberships.
Just one of them:
http://tasos.org.sg/
They don't let a bit of Light Pollution spoil their imaging.
Here is just 1 sample of Remus's work from Singapore skies:
http://celestialportraits.com/images...576-3603_N.jpg
His website:
http://celestialportraits.com/CP_index.php
Remus spent almost a year imaging from here at our clubsite in Snake Valley, and I often asked him about his imaging from Singapore city. His results are "from lots of Patience".
So there's hope for us all.
Then, if you get so inclined, there is Video Astronomy (that's what I do). Video Astronomy is unaffected by most Light Pollution.
Keep at it Casey
