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With that fairly hefty mount I'd strongly consider an imaging optimised fast Newtonian or one of the GSO RC astrographs, either the steel or carbon-fibre 8" GSO RC-8. I'd go the steel for $900 and keep the $400 extra that the CF tube costs. Andrews is the only dealer I know who sells these in AUS atm (not even Bintel?). They're f/8 native, and f/6 with a GS 0.75x RC reducer ($130). Not a bad kit at all for around $1k.
That fear of Newts you have is not healthy. Face your fears my friend and you'll be stronger for it. There is really nothing to be afraid of. Newtonians are the easiest scopes to maintain. It's no more complicated than learning to change a flat tyre on your car for the spare (and a lot less work). Sure if you get a refractor or maybe an SCT or MCT, it's all sealed up and you won't have to worry about collimation hopefully for a long while. But when you do run into some problem and need to tweak or fix something, they are a lot more difficult to work with than Newts.
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