Hi there,
Good to see more people wanting to get into the best hobby on earth or should I say off earth. Great to see you wanting to get your kids into this fascinating science of existence. My young daughter loves it and so does all her young cousins and friends. Nothing puts more of a smile on my face than watching the young ones get excited when the telescopes get dragged out. You are welcome to come to our club the 'SAS' at Pimpama and see what we do. We have a meeting once a month and every new moon people can go out to Leyburn dark sky site to view under pristine conditions,well most of the time.
You don't have to own a telescope as you can hire the clubs ones for $10 a month. Go to our web site.
www.sas.org.au
Regards Matt.