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For me, it was when I was about 12-13. My older brother bought himself an 8" reflector from a place in the city (York Optical?) and made his own EQ mount. He showed me the delights of the sky over the next year or two, but then he went overseas and sold all of his gear.
Many, many years later (about 4 years ago) I took my family to Swan Hill for a holiday and there's a guy in/near Lake Boga that runs an observatory and astronomy show there. We went there one night and watched his show which was very interesting. He showed us his observatory and computerised scope but unfortunately we were unlucky with the cloud cover. It was enough to get me interested again and SWMBO let me get a scope when we returned home..
Cheers, Michael.
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