I thoroughly enjoyed it, I didn't think it was that cold (apart from the odd bone-chilling gust) even though I forgot to bring my warm jacket.
Unfortunately the seeing was rather poor, however the compact 6" Mak on the HEQ5 mount withstood the wind without flinching and was fun to use all night through on the lower-mag objects
Cheers
Steffen.
EDIT And yes, that unsealed road was in great shape, better than some Sydney roads...