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Hello Callum and welcome. An 8 or 10" scope is plenty, any more is just a pain to drag out and setup and as Chris said will not get used that much. I have a number of scopes big and small but seem to use the 80mm refractor the most as its just so easy to throw together. Large scopes are only really practical when you have a permenent observatory to set them up in no matter what the aperture freaks say. The other thing of course is there is bugger all difference between an 8, 10 and 12" scope if you live in the city...light pollution rules and you will only see a real improvement if you go to a dark site in the bush. I also live in Perth and the light pollution effectively knocks a lot of items off the viewing list no matter how big your scope is. Save your money, buy a good quality scope of smaller aperture and I guarantee you will be out there more often soaking up the celestial delights. Also remember quality eyepieces are expensive but will do more to enhance your viewing pleasure then an extra few inches of aperture ever could. An optical system is only as good as its weakest link and the difference between good and bad EP's is very large. A bad EP can make the best scope a dog to look through.
Mark
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