the other thing your scope can do is planetary imaging - 300mm aperture is OK for that as well. all you need is a biggish Barlow and one of the new planet cams and away you go.
having a lot of trouble with sky transparency down here - during the day, the bits between the clouds look like pale blue milk, so reflected skyglow from Adelaide etc. is pretty bad at night - you have a nice dark site there I guess?