Hi,
have you had a look at joining an Astronomical Society? I recently joined South East Queensland Astronomical Society (
www.seqas.org). If you have a look at the events section there is a dark sky event on the 20 June at the Stanley River Environmental Education Centre.
Most of the time I am just using the front driveway to look at the sky so I am really keen to go to the event. It sounds like I am just around the corner from you - PM me if you would to catch-up sometime. I was also looking at trying out the relativly new park area on Hamilton Road near to environmental bridge.
Cheers
Greg