Hi all
Just thought I'd follow up my original posting, I ended up getting a Uniden UBC73XLT scanner from Ryda.com.au (Went into the shopfront before I went out spotting this morning), for $150.
I'm quite satisfied with this unit as it definitely suits my purposes, was even more impressed I could pick up all the airport and approach frequencies from my workplace in Artamon!
Since getting home from work, I've spent the past hour tinkering with it, and have somehow managed to pick up the police in Wagga, where I last lived. Good to know all the street and town names were familiar to me
Cheers