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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Funny how parochial we all are! 
Cheers, Marcus |
Not at all.
I moved here for the skies.
I spent a lot of time checking places for exactly what Salva is after.
If I had my choice of places to live, without astronomy as a driving factor, I would move back to the Toukley/Budgewoi area on the Central Coast.
The further West/Northwest you go in Victoria the better, but here is close to Ballarat and not too far from Melbourne and still offers nice dark sky.
Weather? Hmmm . . . different story
I am not an original Victorian so I'm not hung up on 'State patriotism' about Victoria.
I actually still feel like a New South Welshman.
But to help Salva, I can only suggest somewhere within an arc of Melbourne as shown on this map (shaded area). There are darker places but they are getting further from the city of Melbourne.
Locations outside other cities can be done by people who know the areas better
