I brought down my latest travelscope, a Criterion 4000. I spent an hour or so getting used to the somewhat larger southern sky. Pheonix too is all of a sudden an easy constellation.
Sculptor is downright high in the sky.
After setting up the scope, I managed to just track down NGC55 before clouds moving in from the south took away my view. About 15 minutes in to observing from the ground, my legs were asleep with pins and needles. I'm guessing few attendees bring their own gear.