Thanks for the replies. Nice write up CreekSky.
I have been won over with the 8 inch Dobsonian. I will take a look at the National Geographic shop and see what sort of size I am looking at. For camping we have a 4x4 but also a dog which would take up half the rear seats and my gear in most of the boot. So will need to check it firstly.
Looking at Nat Geographic I see this:
http://shop.australiangeographic.com...telescope.html
But what is the difference between this:
http://www.astronomyalive.com.au/adv...pe-system.html