I think its about time for me to join an Astronomy society, anyone have any suggestions or would like me to join up with them? north sydney here, i will be geting a nice small refractor very soon allso, which will be great for that, i have a 12" newtonian allso and im building a equatorial mount for at the moment, will be done pretty soon, i will be sure to post up a picture, not really that much of a biggener, im allright i guess, but i still got plenty to learn and thats great.
Adrian, Joining a club is a great idea. You're very to join us at The Macarthur Astronmical Society. www.macastro.org.au
We meet in Campbelltown at U.W.S. and we have two dark sky sites we visit, 1/2 hour and 1 hour from Campbelltown.