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August 14 Today in history
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Gday... 1861 - William Landsborough organises a relief expedition to find the missing Australian explorers Burke and Wills. Robert O'Hara Burke and William Wills set off from Melbourne in 1860 with a huge party of men, supplies and camels, aiming to be the first to cross Australia's i...
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It's all in the perspective...
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Aldi Onix mobile phone
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Has anyone purchased one of these and are they any good??
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August 13 Today in history
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Gday... 1806 - Captain William Bligh becomes Governor of New South Wales. William Bligh was born in Plymouth, south-west England, on 9 September 1754. He is arguably best known for his role in the mutiny on the Bounty, which occurred after Bligh left Tahiti on his way to the Caribbean. F...
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MY UPDATES THAT I POST IN "GENERAL"
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Howdy fellow GN's, after a question about the font in my last and as I have done in all previous updates I have been seeing if and how I could change it. What one below would you prefer to read here on the forum?? Family and friends I email too like the original (first one #1) as they reckon it's easy on the e...
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Dick Smith on population.
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I'm watching Dick Smith on ABC TV National Press Club... OMG is he giving the journos a full on spray... Love it.
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HAVE WE LOST WOMBAT !!!
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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/wombats-buried-alive-by-logging-company-20140809-10251m.html
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RIP Mork from Ork (Robin Williams !)
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RIP Robin Williams , I remember watching Mork & Mindy on tv as kid.. I remember Good morning Vietnam when it came out, and at my local cinema our navy and army guys had trucks and stuff out the front. check out One Hour photo, one of the strangest I've seen out of him.. I love Night at the Museum movie...
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Edeefakation....
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Fireworks worth seeing
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Subject: Fireworks Many countries produce fireworks, but if memory serves correctly, the Chinese were the first with gunpowder. Watch this video clip and see how far they've come with not only a bit of powder and some colouring, but also with the artistic presentation. Just click below and watch t...
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RAVISHING...
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But I woz only jest saying......
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Luncheon With Peter Fitzsimons As Guest Speaker
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I attended a luncheon at a Perth hotel today with Peter Fitzsimons as guest speaker. Wow, what a mountain of a man, glad I wasn't playing rugby union against him, well over 6 foot and built like a tank! And what a great speaker he is, not to mention his other achievments and an author. This is some of his b...
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this is going to be scary!!!
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http://shoalhavenentertainment.com.au/live/shoalhaven_unearthed
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August 12 Today in history
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Gday... 1806 - Captain Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales, is succeeded by Captain William Bligh. Philip Gidley King, born in England in 1758, came as one of Captain Arthur Phillips officers with the First Fleet of convicts to Australia. After the First Fleet arrive...
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A question regarding Toilet Stops.
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Having just come back from a mere 5 week 3200klm trip and about to go on a 12 week trip northwards. On this last trip I took notice of the number of toilets in truck stops and rest areas. Very few!!! I wonder how the long distance drivers cope?? Do they have a condition built in that says "ok no toilet...
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August 11 Today in history
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Gday... 1824 - New South Wales is constituted a Crown Colony. A Crown Colony is a British colony, controlled by the British Crown and represented by a Governor, yet a distinct and separate settlement. The British Governor oversaw consultative councils composed mostly of the governo...
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Old Chinese Coin in NT
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Around 1954 I was snorkelling on the reef around Triggs Island (Perth suburbs WA) and saw what I thought was a washer in a pothole on the reef. When I retrieved it I saw it was a coin the same as the one shown in this link, it was covered in marine growth which I cleaned off. See; http://www.abc.net.au/ne...
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August 10 Today in history
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Gday... 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan leaves Seville on his first leg of the journey to circumnavigate the world. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea explorer. He was born in 1480, and at age 12 he became a page to King John II and Queen Eleonora at the royal court at Lisbon. Here he was abl...
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Bunch of flowers
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Yesterday a very nice large bouquet of flowers was delivered here to me (by default). Yesterday was the birthday of the lady who owns the house we are house sitting & someone in Japan sent the flowers. Apparently Thea saved the Japanese person from drowning in cairns a few years ago. So Keith to...
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