thanks everyone for your imput
.
i think i'll go for the dobsonian. i won't be able to get to the macedon ranges observatory this weekend, but i'll proberly go to the astro' society in geelong.
i thought it might be worth getting (or making) a second mount, one to leave up at the farm (central vic) and one to have at home (geelong). that way i would just have to transport the OTA.
thanks, jarrod.
BTW, when i said in the thread
"caravan or trailer", i really meant one or the other. we have a trailer that we use just to take stuff up to the farm (we have a house up there to stay in, so no need for a
caravan). we use the caravan (the type with a fold-down top section) to go camping.