Digital Camera
Hello Skywagon,
A good one which has been on the market for a lil while is the Panasonic TZ1 with 10X optical zoom and 5 MP. You should be able to pick one up for around $500-600 mark I would say in OZ. If u have any friends in the US u can pick the same one up for US $300 over there which is a lot cheaper.
Good luck