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Old 11-02-2011, 01:36 AM
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Hi and welcome Salva.

Well, to start with, yes, most of Australia has dark sky due to low population and a huge country.
The cities are probably the same as most cities anywhere, but you don't have to travel far to find reasonably dark sky. About 1 hour.
1 1/2 - 2 hours and you will be in pitch black!
As far as weather goes, that's a different matter.
The climate here is amazing. It can go from a cool 12c to 40c within 48 hours.

In our summer we get a lot of dust, heat haze, and bushfire smoke. But you might enjoy our winters. We rarely get below -6c and the nights are long and dark

I am out in the country, about 1 1/2 hours west of Melbourne, Victoria and it is nice and dark

Because of the way most Australian cities are set up, you can live out in a dark country town and be at work in the city in 1 to 1 1/2 hours by public transport.
Many people spend that time sitting in traffic to get to work and they live in the city!

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