[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Yes I saw your great images. I do not have the time to do the extended road trip - I will not use a tracking mount either so dark skies close to home will be the best I achieve tomorrow morning!

Thanks for the other details too!

Originally Posted by naskies

Nice work, Matt. I agree that a dark site is key... I drove 13 hours roundtrip in one day just to escape the clouds and capture it on Christmas morning - totally worth it (results here).

You can cross reference a light pollution map with Google Earth as per these instructions:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-404-0-0-1-0.html

Also worth cross referencing with SkippySky to check the cloud forecast:

http://www.skippysky.com.au/Australia/