I'm not giving up yet on finding some of these Maks! Not necessarily to buy it, just if only to know what is out there and hopefully get a look through it!
So, if you have a 7" or larger Mak from Meade or Questar, Intes, Santel, TEC, Orion UK, or whomever, or know of someone with one of these scopes, I would love to know
Or you may even have just heard something on the grapevine, and even this would be a good lead.
The 8" Intes that was known to be in Victoria I've come to find out is now in New Zealand. I know of just one 8" Saxon Mak in Western Australia that's in regular use. I've also come to know of one Questar 7 towards Richmond in Sydney's northwest, in unknown condition as its been in storage for more than 15 years.
Alex.