Been looking around at various mounts and talking to people and decided I like the 12" Meade Lightbridge.
Its portable and has enough aperture (with filters) to allow city observation (true?). I regularly go camping so will use it in the darker bush areas.
I was going to buy an Ipad and I notice they have the Skyvoyager program which will assist me with learning night-sky navigation. Another reason I decided on the Lightbridge is in affect it forces me to learn the night sky which I should do instead of the lazy GOTO option
Thats where I'm at. I'll look around a few more days and speak to people at astronomy clubs/events etc.
Thanks for the input thus far.