DA Vic is a Chapter of IDA. IDA have accredited 3 Dark Sky places in Australia now:
Warrumbungle National Dark Sky Park NSW
The Jump-Up Dark Sky Sanctuary Qld
River Murray Dark Sky Reserve SA
The IDA Vic Chapter was involved in the early stages with the River Murray Dark Sky Reserve and is now working with 4 communities who are working towards improving their night sky and reducing light pollution, they are in the areas of:
Airey’s Inlet Vic
Ballarat Vic
Mallacoota Vic
Mornington Peninsula Vic
It is early days for these four communities with a lot of work ahead.
IDA have launched their Protect the Night Campaign for Donations and you can go to this link to help out and support their international work.
https://darksky.salsalabs.org/savethestarrysky/index.html…
IDA Vic have a small income from loyal and like minded community members, groups and businesses, which adequately covers our activities. Our committee members are all volunteers.
You can become an IDA Vic member here https://www.darkskyvic.org/join/