09: equipment dilemma

for my experiment i'll be needing:
-test tubes with rim 25mm X 150mm
-rubber stoppers without holes
-test tube rack
-safety goggles
-measuring utensils (e.g. spoons, cups, etc.)
-test liquids (i'll dedicate a whole blog to this later on if i'm bothered)
-bowls (?)
-stopwatch
-metric ruler
-magnifying glass
-laptop to record results
-camera to take heaps of photos

i don't HAVE to use test tubes to conduct my experiment, but it would be totally awesome if i did, but then i have the dilemma of finding some and the stoppers and the rack. some websites that do supply them are:
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/
http://www.ebay.com.au/
http://www.amazon.com/

most of them have a postage and handling fee of around $10.00 so i would really like to find maybe a specialty store in sydney somewhere so i can just go and buy some. i'll ask ms zhang soon, but if any of you science nerds know where to buy cheap but good quality (hopefully borosilicate or maybe pyrex) test tubes, stoppers and a test tube rack, i would appreciate it muchly if you told me. :D
i'll probably use (maybe) one test tube per test liquid, so say i had 5 test liquids then i would have 5 test tubes. like in my previous blog (08: approved experiment), i said i wanted to do one trial of each liquid per day so i should hopefully have enough test tubes...
if i discover that test tubes are just too hard to find, i'll try find containers that are as similar as possible to a test tube. for the test tube rack (assuming i'll be using test tubes), i might try make one if i have the time and material. if not, then it only costs about $7 or $8 on the net, but you would have to add postage and handling fees so it's a bit expensive.
i forgot to say that i found THE perfect test tubes with stoppers included in a pack of 12 on amazon.com. unfortunately, like all things too good to be true, it doesn't ship to australia so that was an absolute bummer for me...the price plus the P&H fees was, however, $25 in total, but considering the other prices around, it's an okay price.
i'm trying to limit myself to $20 maximum for the tubes, stoppers and rack but i think i'll be forking out more than my budget...so wish me luck. :D