Wish upon a Shooting Star

Staring at the beautiful stary night sky in the Grampians national park, wishing Iknew more about the constellation, the differences betwen the northern and southern skies sparked off numerous intriging conversations last night. How to calculate due south by bisecting the imaginary line between on the southern cross constellation and finding the point at which this line and another line from another star converged. Confused ?? I was, but sure never mind. The milkway was a very clear haze last night. Its amazing how, being out in the middle of nowhere, makes for clear stary skies. Very rarely, do we back home, see quite as many stars at night. Its quite spectacular. Definitely, one of those things I would like to know more about and get a tripod to try and capture it.