Well having looked around the net to find a decent price and being as i'm tight I finally settled for locally grown fotosound ( http://www.fotosounddirect.com ) it was £519.99 with the kit lense (18-55) or £495.99 if you order it from their website, I did'nt have the patience to wait any longer having my other camera die on me about a month ago was like having my arm chopped off nevermind the withdrawl symptoms, so I took the plunge into the realm of lenses (Eek), it was either the 30D or the 400D so I opted for the latter leaving me some free funds towards my first lens.
I'ts a nice camera out of the box and the lens is ok if a bit chromatic at times so to speak but i'm sure it will really come to life once i've bolted on the 17-40 L (the missus is really going to love me) .
Thanks for the heads up on warehouse express, as you know we're stuck for choice/prices over here when it comes to shopping for kit, I'm sure everyone thinks we're millionares lol, gotta look after the pennies byecry .
Mark