I just dragged out an old Foxtel dish and looking at it, it would appear that it is originally set-up for horizontal polarisation as its higher than it is wide?
I just tried a USB WiFi adaptor at the original focal point but not having much success yet, would that be about the spot?

Off-Set Dish
It can be done with a cantenna and other things like a usb, what you have is an offset dish.
This might help
http://www.air-stream.org.au/node/1017
Also here http://www.amateurlogic.com/blog/?p=30
dish polarisation
the polarization of the dish is actually set by the orientation of the LNB/LNC not the shape of the reflector surface so when feeding the dish with a cantenna or a corner feed like http://www.qsl.net/yu1aw/vhf_ant.htm the polarization is set by the orientation of the cantenna or corner feed
Cougar
Thanks Robert for those
Thanks Robert for those sites.
Thanks also Cougar, the reason I was questioning the orintation of the dish it self is that it is oval in shape.
In its currect form it is higher than it is wide, so what your saying is that it wont matter if its not turned?
Oval Shape