[Kokatha man]

Hi all - after an almost 40 year hiatus have gotten back into AA and took a first step with a Bintel 10" Dob. Considering the prices and availability of scopes now from when I "dropped out" (due to life's paths etc) is like landing on the moon!
Back in the early 70s when I disassembled my 8" Newt on a 2.5" galvo waterpipe equatorial mount a 12.5" cassegrain cost just over $2000 from Sydney's Asronomical Supplies in Crows Nest - that must be in the vicinity of $15-20000 in real terms today!?!
I am now looking at Brian Read's equatorial platform for my scope and would be most interested in hearing some Austalian feedback from procurers of this particular mount.
Regards and New Years greetings to all, Kokatha man. (us blackfellas aren't predisposed to not being into amateur astronomy!)