Hi TalFan, how did you go? I'm in Perth too & been looking for sets for school, starting up a club & found this place
http://www.nscom.net.au/~chesssupplies/
- I spoke to him yesterday & he's discontinuing but still has sets to sell.
Also there is this place, cheap postage from Sydney
http://www.chessdiscountsales.com/
I saw some fairly cheap chess set packs , with a vinyl board , triple w pieces and a carry bag for around $15 and about the same for postage . I would prefer a nice house of staunton set though , however i can't find any place that posts cheap to australia . I also saw this site : http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?p=catalog&g=equipment&site=chess#PLASTIC which sells 1500gm pieces for 35AUD . Maybe someone can reccomend a good website for aussies which doesn't charge too much for postage . Cheers :D