[glenc (Glen)]

We recently returned from a trip (11,900km in 41 days) from Casino to Sydney to Adelaide to Darwin to Longreach to Casino, towing an A'Van A'liner with a VW Golf 2L diesel. Diesel prices ranged from $1.20 to $1.80 per L. (Saw it for $1.98 but luckily didn't need to buy it)

I used my 10" Dobsonian during the trip.
1. Saw M108, M97, M109, M106, M94, M63, M51 and M101 and some NGC objects from 67km south of Alice Springs. (latitude 24.15 S)
2. Saw M81 and M82 and the above objects from the old Daly Waters airstrip in the NT. (latitude 16.26 S)
3. Also saw the PN NGC 6543 and some objects in the northern morning sky (Hercules to Cygnus) from Cape Crawford airstrip. (latitude 16.68 S)

The image shows the observing spot south of Alice Springs.