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The next event is on Saturday 27th. There's a social arvo/night, viewing and bbq. I believe it's at Whiteman Park, if it suits then I can find out more details or you can enquire through the ASWA website. After that it will be back to the usual: one lunar night and one or two deep sky viewing nights each month.
As for your current situation...
It would be helpful to know if you have a suitable bolt on top of your telescope. Can you post a photo of it to get the ball rolling? They build these things in all different ways and I haven't personally had experience with the Optex ones.
I have attached a few pictures of what I hope you can achieve. They are my small 80mm rings but often even 8" scopes are joined to the mount using big rings like these, so perhaps the theory will be the same.
You can see on top of one of the rings is a bolt. A camera can bolt directly on to that. I put the shown ball joint tripod head on top of the rings instead, and then mount the camera on to the quick release plate of the ball joint tripod head. That way the camera can be pointed independent to the direction of the telescope. Obviously I can't show the camera on there, because it's in my hand.
Perhaps that helps?
If you don't have rings like these (but bigger), there mighte be some other way Optex expected you to attach a camera. Most manufacturers do provide some sort of camera mounting on the telescope, perhaps by way of an optional accessory.
Roger.
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