Thanks again everyone for your thoughts, you are all wonderful people.
I don't think it was deliberate, i usually place my Pelican cases somewhere away from view in my home but i was tired Wednesday evening and left them on the dining room table, i think they just looked valuable and easy to grab.
If they were on foot that DC battery would have given the buggers a work out that's for sure, i can barely lift it to my car without having a hernia
Still waiting on confirmation of police report for insurance claim, so fingers crossed there.
The scariest part is they were in my house and i feel violated along with the loss of my very first eyepiece which i had when i was only 10, i saved for ages to go in and buy it from York optical in Perth when they were on Murray Street, that can't be replaced .
Oh well it's only stuff, least i have my loved ones and my puppy
Kind Regards
Shane