Thanks for all the feedback.
For the $110 for a courier to get it delivered I think I am going to get it as it is cheap for a vice and I can use it to start bends then go to a RR anvil for the heavy hammering.
I got the dimensions of the anvil it is about 50cm (20") x 22cm (~8") x 20cm (~8") and 33kg (about 73lb). so even with the hollow bottom it has a bit of weight.
Is there an easy way to tell if it is cast iron or cast steel (i gather that a propper anvil will be cast steel not iron)? I know with some cast iron (old can seaming machines for the most part) if you file/drill it you send to get very granular almost sand like waste. I have not really encountered any cast steel before.
I have seen a small 35kg (77lb) Odwyer #2 farriers anvil farriers anvil on gumtree (aussie version of craigslist) for $370, would that be decent? or would it be a cast iron item too?
Thanks
Neil