The largest stars I saw in my life (they really feel closer and larger) were above an empty campsite half a day west of Uluru on the Great Central Road, August 2003. The dust clouds in front of the Milky Way had a 3D feeling, a presence on their own and not a lack of whiteness. I had to take off my glasses to find the brightest stars and constellations because all of them seemed to have the same brightness (was I overexposed?) and there were too many stars anyway.
And the shadows cast by Venus and Jupiter on a boat and their lines of light on the water. That was close to the Withsundays.
But you can absolutely appreciate seeing the plane of our galaxy from, say, the Australian countryside, outside of the big cities.