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to get to the stage where you can drift align, you need to have the mount roughly (but the closer the better) oriented in the right direction.
so the process below is number 1 in your list
STEP 1: Take the equatorial head off the tripod.
STEP 2:Your tripod will have one leg that is marked differently to the other two. There will either be an "N" sticker, or a "S" sticker if you are lucky, or the leg will have a short upright peg above it on the top of the tripod that the equatorial head slots onto. Either way this is the leg that needs to point towards true (not magnetic) south. Does not have to be absolutely dead accurate, as there is some adjustment available once you get the equatorial head attached.
There are a couple of ways to determine true south - you can use a compass to find magnetic south then find out the magnetic deviation for your location to work out where true south is. My favourite method is to use a hanging piece of string with a weight attached, then mark the shadow of the string at SOLAR NOON. You will be able to find a solar noon calculator, and magnetic deviation charts with a quick google search.
STEP 3: Once you have got the tripod pointing true south, then it is time to level the tripod. Use a spirit level, and make sure that it is level in the direction of each tripod leg. Be careful not to move the tripod away from your true south orientation when doing this.
Step 4: Attach the equatorial head - try to make sure that your azimuth adjusting screws are somewhere near the middle of their adjusting range, so you have a good amount of adjustment in both directions - this will help you when you are drift aligning.
Step 5: Set the altitude scale (on the side of the mount at the bottom) to your latitude - again needs to be close, but not super accurate - drift aligning will sort out the last degree or two.
After the above, you will be roughly polar aligned. Ready to go through the rest of your steps. Item 9 in your post would be "Start Drift alignment"
Hope that helps
Adam
Oops - Paul beat me to it - although you will need to set your angle to nearer 27 degrees (your latitude near Brisbane), not 37....
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