Michael,
A fellow Launcestonian,
As stated previously one of the dobs from Andrews would be a good choice. It would be worth getting some advice on eyepiece options from others more experienced.
The problem will be freight to Tas as most freight handlers will destroy the dob before it gets here (I freighted solar panels and batteries to Tas for years and the damage rate was 1 in 3 mostly minor once total destruction). I was planning to get Lonny removalists Watkins Removals to pick up on one of their removal runs (they do a run once a week on average from Sydney) at a cost of $220 for the 10 inch dob. That way it
should get put on a truck and stay there until landed in Lonny. Lee Andrews refuses to ship to Tas as he has had too much equipment damaged in the past.
Good Luck.....
