Hi Roger,
After reading yours and other's thoughts on off axis autoguiding, I've reconsidered as stated in the post above.
I was looking at a lumicon guider from a seller on astromart at $130US so it would still have been about $180AU after postage from US was added.
I'm considering a pair of 100mm WO guide rings for sale here on the forum if they fit my setup without having to break the bank by buying heaps more mounting accessories!! Probably work out about the same price as the ones in the link you provided.
That leaves about $300 in the budget for guidescope, Telescopes and Astronomy in Adelaide have a WO 66mm Apo for $473 which looks very nice or the 66mm Petzval for $330. I really fancy the little APO - probably end up imaging more with that than the ED80 though
Just have to save the pennies a wee bit longer!
Cheers
Doug
