Ed Watson also from Adelaide, South Australia..
Flying flightsim longer than I care to remember!..
2 years ago I started an ambitious project to build a 737-800 home simulator..
not one of the $100K commercial packages but a simple MDF project with saitek flight gear and opencockpits MCP/FMCs
I am pleased with the result!.. all the radios in the pedestal now work as well.
(a new throttle unit from Jetmax leaves this Thursday heading for my place!)