I live in Upstate, NY and have found it almost impossible to find a dark sky site. I have to travel to Pennsylvania about an hour or 2 away to a state forest to get no light pollution.
My family used to go camping in the Adirondacks around the Finger Lakes when I was young, but I still don't remember seeing the Milky Way as clearly as I did in Bundaberg. I can't imagine it's any better forty years later.
I live in Upstate, NY and have found it almost impossible to find a dark sky site. I have to travel to Pennsylvania about an hour or 2 away to a state forest to get no light pollution.
My family used to go camping in the Adirondacks around the Finger Lakes when I was young, but I still don't remember seeing the Milky Way as clearly as I did in Bundaberg. I can't imagine it's any better forty years later.
I've heard glorious tales of Australia and the seeing over there. This is the place that I go when I need dark skies. http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/cherrysprings/