Congrats on the purchase! I have just bought a 12" from Andrews and its amazing! Get ready for the box that looks like the size of a coffin, and you will be
dead set impressed with the views it brings! lol terrible joke...
The weight sounds about right. I don't really struggle with a 12" carrying it, but I separate it from the base. It is more awkward than heavy.
You'll have to check out the observing nights down near Toronto next new moon. I went to my first one a couple weeks back and it was fun checking out what other people had. I hadn't quite received my scope in time, but there was a bloke there with a Skywatcher 10". Google Newcastle Astronomical Society if your keen
