Well I'm sure people have been watching but the price of telescope stuff in OZ does appear to be falling ....catching up with the $Aust value.
Andrews has the EQ6 (NEQ6) for
$1599
Bintel have Celestron C8 SGT for
$1999
Wow. These are good prices. Looks as if happy days are here..time to contemplate and count those pennies under the bed!