Ok well I went ahead and finally brought something (finally I hear you say)! I ended up with the GSO 10" dob from AndrewsCom, which comes with the four eye pieces (and free binoculars
). Collimator and barlow will need to wait a week.
I can tell you now that Lee doesnt mind a chat, he's a nice bloke. Seems to be in the business for the right reasons which is refreshing.
I rang AndrewsCom and it was due to leave this afternoon. With any luck it may be here before the weekend.. then again I can only guess what the weather is going to do if it does turn up before tomorrow afternoon (
BoM and
wunderground arent showing promising outlooks!). I guess if it rains or if its cloudy all weekend it gives me a chance to build one of the astrochairs like in the projects page.
Thanks all for the comments and suggestions.
*Fixed the URL