Firstly, thanks davidtrapp and tonybarry, we made some progress!
Somehow I think the scope thinks it is in the Northern hemisphere.
When I went into polar mode I said my latitude was 35d, now I think I should have entered something, perhaps a negative symbol (-) or maybe it is something else, to indicate it was in southern latitudes.
I did not know the LX90 has a hard stop, but found it when the OTA tried to pass through the forks
no damage though.
So, am I now on the right track to polar aligning to the SCP. Want to see what you guys think b4 I try it again .