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The altitude jackscrew arrangement on the AZEQ mount is a vast improvement on the EQ6 mounts. A quick search will find you any number of tales of bent alt adjustment bolts on the EQ6. I think they probably work better at latitudes near the equator (So you might be OK at the Sunshine Coast) but the setup on the EQ6 is very basic and once you try to adjust into the 40 degree latitudes they develop a fair amount of bending force on the bolts.
The other advantage of the AZEQ is the dual encoders. I use mine (The orion version of the same mount, just paint it black) exclusively visually but even for AP there are advantages to being able to release the clutches and slew by hand without upsetting the star alignment.
That is another thing to look at, when I bought mine I bought the Orion as it was hundreds of dollars cheaper than the Skywatcher version of the same thing, I don't know if that is the case now.
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