You are welcome to try my Meade 10" ACF for a week or two if you want. I could meet you with it halfway to Sydney, in the Blue Mountains. It already has a Vixen dovetail on it.
Personally, I'd get two scopes, an ED80 or 127mm refractor for standard imaging, and a C11 Edge for planetary and visual work. You could then later add a Hyperstar to the C11 for fast imaging at F1.9, the mount isn't such an issue then as the subs are so fast. Then you get the best of both worlds.
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