Zac, it's not just the Aussie Dollar, the Australian dealers all put a big margin on the products. Prices were hardly reduced at all when the Oz increased in value and now that it's gone down again they simply raise the price by the same degree. "Gouging" is the term that comes to mind.

Find a US price, convert it, add import duty (10%) and transport and compare it to local (Aus) prices. There's an additional very large margin involved. Don't forget, you're comparing retail to retail and the US price already includes dealers' margin; the importers are likely to pay a lot less.

The high-margin small volume marketing model is what the Australian dealers all seem to use. Maybe it's the only one that works for them, but I would love to see some real price competition in the local market. If the local price was more reasonable I would update far more often.