[Wavytone]

I remember when that was taken - I wasn't in that shot though. There's Andrew James far right, Wayne Stuart far left (and his f/15 6" dob)... John Sumner 2nd from left ... John had a 10" classical cass that year. Greg Thompson is the one crouching down second from the left wearing sunnies... Steve Lee up the back 7th from the left black hair and sunglasses.

In the first shot below another ASNSW member - Merilyn Matthews is standing 7th from left in front of Steve Lee.

Small square scope in the foreground of the first shot is my 6" f/18 folded newtonian. The last two are for those who haven't been there - the peak is a short walk from the campsite. PS apologies for the compression to get below 200kB.

Credit for the original plot for these events is due to both Greg Thompson (AAQ) for motivating the Queenslanders and Andrew James for motivating ASNSW starting about 1980. With the commitment to find a site in NSW (and subsequently Wiruna) ASNSW killed off the annual trek to Kaputar. I've been three time since, on my own.

Should do it again, I reckon.

Ah yes. There was one other thing about Kaputar - if you want an idea of how clear the air can be, at sunrise on the peak it is possible to spot the dome of the AAO 150" glinting in the sun on the horizon, 155 km as the crows flies, and the area visible from the peak is about the size of scotland.