On a whim, I decided to do a 900 km round trip overnight for
my effort... so glad I did
I once drove 2700 km in three days (long weekend) with a mate of mine to see a large portion of Yosemite NP, Sequoia NP, and Death Valley NP - some beautifully dark skies there too.
I've been so impressed by the dark skies that I'm contemplating returning to Roma QLD this weekend to do a wide field sky survey of the summer Milky Way.