How come my MOSFET was a "smoking", I thought it was rated high enough.

Forget Jaycar, I've had a quick look at their range and none of their power mosfets appears to be logic level. Try one of these http://au.element14.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=204245+110158845+110169484+110158844+110137572+751&Ns=P_PRICE_FARNELL_AU|0&locale=en_AU&appliedparametrics=true&getResults=true&suppressRedirect=true&isRedirect=&originalQueryURL=/jsp/search/browse.jsp%3FN%3D204245%26No%3D0%26getResults%3Dtrue%26appliedparametrics%3Dtrue%26locale%3Den_AU%26divisionLocale%3Den_AU%26catalogId%3D%26skipManufacturer%3Dfalse%26skipParametricAttributeId%3D%26prevNValues%3D204245.