I've been to the southern hemisphere twice with the second one being exactly 10 days later because I filled in for someone else for the second trip. The first was to Australia during a full moon, but the second was to New Zealand during a new moon. I was like a giddy little school boy when I took my first picture of the LMC. After getting my bearings on LMC/SMC and Alpha/Beta Centauri, I was able to shoot a few timelapses of the rotation and see how not having a singular "South Star" was still able to see the "center" of the rotation. Unfortunately, these trips were not a night sky viewing event, otherwise, I would have spent much more time checking things out. I did take the time I could though