My life's ambition (pinballwise) is to  fly over to Queensland to:
(1) Visit what promises to be just the most amazing arcade museum in Oz.
(2) Get on a BIG roller coaster so as to discover how it feels to be a pinball.
Your post has whet my appetite all over again - I hope things come to fruition before I hit my sixth decade.
Might just squeak it in by the looks of your report.
Thanks for posting and please keep us in the loop!
P.S. keep the pics coming. 

1) How long until your 50th? I think this thing is going to take years to come to a point where it is up and working, with all the work involved in getting it off the ground, council approval and so on.

2) According to my sources Lethal Weapon at Movieworld is the most pinball-like!