You poor thing....
Keep your dobbie though. Do you have a UHC filter? It really does help cut through the light pollution.
SEQAS holds Urban Observers do's twice a month at Bracken Ridge at the Barrett St Reserve. ( i used to ride my horse there many years ago)
http://www.seqas.org/
I think once you get together with a group of like mindeds, you'll start enjoying observing again.