Any Aussies or fans of Oz want to help me out?

[asterroc]

I've got a sabbatical coming up Fall 2010. I'm seriously considering spending 6 months in Australia. For professional reasons, really! I want to see the night sky south of the equator, and I could do astrophotography. (On the personal side I really want to live in a place where cockatoos will come to my birdfeeder.)

So, I know very little about Australia except what I've just said. Help me find out (a) where I should do this, (b) how much it will cost, and (c) whether I need a visa! This's currently a pipe dream, but every dream starts somewhere.

Comments

Re: OT: crossword help

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

"Lupus". Yes, there is.

Amusingly enough, it's not OT: it's a southern sky constellation. :)

Re: OT: crossword help

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realized after posting that comment above that if there was such a constellation it had to be Southern for me to not know about it.