When I was living in Sutherland I took my C8 down to Waratah Park to have a play with it and along the car park area there were a few cars with some teenagers "parking". I guess they were watching me trundle back and forth from the car to the middle of the oval because after a while they all came out of their cars and asked what I was doing. I had the moon in the eyepiece and so I let them have a look. They ended up hanging around for about an hour or so as I showed them various objects.
A friend and I have also set up our scopes in the National Park and have had Rangers come along and ask us what we were doing. All of the time they have been decent about it but their lights really ruin your dark adaption.
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