It is sad news indeed to see such a long establish business shut down. I read with interest all your comments and will take this on board. For my part, I started my astronomy business online in 2007 and now have a store in cairns only opened on the 1st of December. The online part of my business is important although not such a cheap option as many might imagine (google costs big $ if you are prepared to spend it)
I still have my greatest success by talking to people finding out there needs, demonstrating products to them and providing good after sales service. It is a shame that so little is made in Australia today including in Amateur Astronomy, except at the very highest end of custom built.
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