Thanks for the advice Jez.
Frankly speaking, I'm quite undecided at the moment. The more I look, the more confused I get. The Meade probability of bankruptcy is 80% in the next 2 years, so Meade is out of the question at this stage. On the other hand, Celestron are not really good value for money, as they are ridiculously overpriced in Australia. I'd love to jump straight to an EQ mont set up to keep my options for AP open but the mounts I can afford at this stage are unusable without modifications at my latitude (Cairns). So at this stage, I'll get either the Celestron 6SE (dMAVO sell it for $1490.50 including postage) or get the Sky-Watcher BD ED100 APO on a suitable EQ mount (just over $1000 more expensive) whenever I can afford it.
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