September 2007 I was caravanning up the East coast heading for Cairns, we stopped for a couple of nights at a beautiful little spot called Woodgate Beach, a sleepy hamlet on the beach at the north end of Wide Bay. There I was, family asleep in bed, me set up behind the caravan in pitch black darkness really enjoying a dark sky view of Jupiter when I accidently dropped an eyepiece which hit the tray of the Meade making a loud "ting" noise, at which point I was hit by a huge furry creature and knocked to the ground, Meade ETX90 and all, only me and my dry cleaner will ever know how really scared I was. It turned out to be an Eastern Grey Kangaroo who was grazing (ever so quietly) between me and my caravan, I had no idea it was there and I am guessing it had no idea I was there but when I frightened it with the eyepiece it went straight for the scrub which happened to be on the other side of me, my only consolation is knowing that it too probably said "WTF was that!" My Meade landed on me and was undamaged, my pride and underware are still in the scrub near the Woodgate Caravan Park.
Dennis.