Bobbie Weeks (Ms) wrote:

We're located in Brisbane, Australia, so we will need local support
should anything go wrong (onsite support would be good).

Ecowatch, located at Kilsyth, Victoria, are Davis agents that provide
pretty good service throughout Oz. No onsite service, but Express
Post is pretty quick these days. Telephone (03) 9761 7040 (they don't
have a website) -- Alvin Petersen is the man to talk to.

A wireless Vantage Pro with data logger should do everything you want.
The station will communicate directly with the console, without
cables, up to reasonable distance within direct line of sight (100
metre or so). The data logger goes inside the console and connects to
your computer's serial port.

Mine's an older model that's given very little trouble over five years
or so. I upload my data to Weather Underground using the Davis
software. Only downside is that daily rainfall is recorded midnight
to midnight (not 9 am like BoM) but there are ways around it.

Ecowatch have always been happy to provide printed catalogues and
price lists, along with reliable advice and aftersales service.

--
John H