Hi Dutch,
to IIS,
Before you do your hard earned cash, I highly recommend you get along to at least one, better two or three 'star parties'. This way you can tyre-kick at no cost, ask questions, see what gets you what & get the inside running on 'brands' (that way causing no offence). Look under the 'star parties' forum for what's going on, or look at the 'club & society listing' in the 'Our Community' heading at left.
There are two more on I know of around Sydney, to tag onto multiweb's, this saturday:
* The Pony Club is the favourite haunt of IIS members with alot of folk out there.
* At the Blue Mountains a least a couple of nuts will be at Hargraves Look Out near Medlow Bath.
And if you have a pair of binoculars, what ever their size, take them along, you'll be amazed what you will see through them.
Mental.