Annuals are short lived and their eggs have to be dried out for sometimes longs periods of time in order to hatch. You don't have to worry about that if you are getting Australe.
I recently purchased 2 pr of Orange Australe from Tony Terceira. He had them listed on AB for $16 for 2 pairs. His user id is Tdbettasand. He keeps lots of killies so he may have some chocolates. Of course, I'm sure some folks on here might have some available too