Hi Liz, I had the scope out about half a dozen times on my trip the first was a Star night for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service with GlenC at Lismore then to Tenterfield Airfield which is 800mtrs above sea level and was Minus seven deg C also with Glen and I only had warm weather clothes
I had a night with ROGERG and JACQUIE? and some othericeinspacers who's
names I can't remember at their "Dark Sky Site" at Tammin some two hours from Perth East along the Great Eastern Highway, it was the opposite, boiling hot around 32deg at 21:00
One just couldn't win with the weather
There was a couple times with the family over in the west when I got the scope out, But not as I planned on the Nullarbor Plain due to cloud or really not feeling like it because it was so Hot
.
As you can see it fits into the car alright, but with all the other stuff packed in it was a bit of a chore to unload it.
Cheers
Ron
.... did you manage to get it out as often as you would have liked, to observe in the darkest sites 
