Living on Brisbane southside, I needed a dark site that I could get to in reasonable time, without having to make the Long Journey "way out west" to sites that are W of Toowoomba!!
I start at Beaudesert and then I just head south along the Mt Lindesay Hwy.
See the attached map of the area:
There aren't a lot of easy places to park a telescope, down here, so I have resorted to making an arrangement with a couple of farmers.
Being so near to the high mountains around the border, the areas near Rathdowney do get quite a lot of cloud and Mountain weather...... so it is a waste of time setting off to these sites if the weather is not absolutely clear.
The driving time is so much less than to the very dark sites that are "far out west". I can easily get back home to my comfy bed in the early hours of the morning!!
cheers,
madbadgalaxyman