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Local little man (occasionally woman) is always best for bits and bobs. For timber, go to a lumber yard, for aluminium go to ATC or similar, for tiles, paint, lighting etc, go to someone who specialises in what you're after (and that includes telescopes).
Cheap Chinese power tools and emergencies is what Bunnings is for.
Bunnings is to hardware what the major supermarkets are to food. Baker, fishmonger, butcher, deli, greengrocer, all in one. It's crap but it's convenient and has the marketing power of a monopoly behind it. The stale food people.
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