Thanks again for all the replies.
I think for now I'm just going to start off with a standard dobsonian and then play around with that for 6 months or so and do some research and invest in some new eye pieces.
Is there much difference in the quality of the different models?
I've been looking at a few online, but I'm not really sure what to make of them:
https://www.opticscentral.com.au/sax...U#.XVNCR-gzbD4
and
https://skywatcheraustralia.com.au/p...sic-dobsonian/
But I've also bee considering the 8 inch as it's a fair bit cheaper, and I'm not sure if the extra 2 inchs will make much of a difference for a beginner:
https://skywatcheraustralia.com.au/p...sic-dobsonian/
Does anyone else ahve any recommendations around a good 8-10 inch Dob?