I moved from Perth to Bridgetown a small country town in the southwest where the skies are very clear, from my house M31 is a bit tricky to capture so I thought a 400km trip north to Gingin should improve things
looking south and west the light pollution was quite bright from Perth which is growing very fast. If it wasn't for GPS I would have been lost and I moved 6 years ago, I'll just setup my gear in the front yard this November
As for bushfires far too common the sad thing is most are deliberate.