"I digress ..."

mongrel · mongrel

Has anyone on the forum heard how Garry is going.I trust he is ok . Mongrel.

Vic41 · Vic41

Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come. 1. The Post Office Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to su...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1768 - James Cook receives sealed secret orders prior to his first journey in the Endeavour. In 1768, Lieutenant James Cook was commissioned with the task of observing the transit of Venus across the sun from the vantage point of Tahiti. This expedition was originally commis...

Kendo · Kendo

*grumble grumble* *Sigh*

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1588 - British General, Sir Francis Drake, defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth. Sir Francis Drake, born c. 1540, was a skilled seaman, having experience in piracy, navigation and civil engineering. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world, do...

Vic41 · Vic41

This article brought back some memories, as a boy one of my many jobs for pocket money was working on a horse and cart bread delivery round as an assistant to cart driver, working from a bakery in Scarborough WA and delivering to surrounding suburbs. The horse would automatically stop at each customer...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1902 - Australian Aboriginal painter, Albert Namatjira, is born. Albert Namatjira was born Elea Namatjira on 28 July 1902. He was born into the Arrernte tribe of the Northern Territory. Namatjira was raised at the Lutheran mission school, Hermannsburg, near Alice Springs....

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1836 - The first formal European settlement in South Australia is established on Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island is a protected and unspoilt island off the coast of South Australia. Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Islands, it is 112 km southw...

Glenelg · Glenelg

anybody for salmon, i can catch fish to

milo · milo

Think Tim Bailey from Ten News Weather should be watching out for his job?? -- Edited by milo on Saturday 26th of July 2014 08:54:16 PM

_wombat_ · _wombat_

Dragonfly's birthday today

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1790 - Early Australian explorer, William Charles Wentworth, is born on a convict ship travelling to Australia. William Charles Wentworth was born on 26 July 1790 on the 'Surprize', a ship transporting convicts to Australia. The exact date of his birth is unknown. Wentworth...

Vic41 · Vic41

We have a dead rat or rats in our ceiling space. I think there are two as one rotten smell started to wane and the smell came back stronger. We live in an old area where there is a lot of pulling down old houses/sheds etc to build new ones. Each year I stick my head up in the manhole and throw some rat baits ar...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1851 - An uncredited diary entry describes the 'Yowie' of southeast Queensland in detail. From the mid 1800s, writings about strange ape-like creatures in Australia abounded. One of these was a diary entry from the Connondale region of southeast Queensland, written on 25 Ju...

RosieW · RosieW

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mixedup-black-swan-baz-has-gone-quackers-after-being-raised-with-ducks/story-fnihsrf2-1227000808273

barina · barina

The key that opens my gas bottles door has snapped off and fallen inside. Ii can actually still lock and unlock and open it BUT it is the same key that opens the toilet cassette door and guess what it will not open it. Any ideas please? it is a Mercedes Sprinter. i will ring the people in NSW that fitted it ou...

barina · barina

I have a small 4kg and a large 9kg gas bottle that are out of date and cannot be refilled. I live in Melbourne North Western suburbs or over the summer will spend a few weekends at the famous Greens Lake near Elmore Vic.

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1725 - John Newton, former English slave trader who wrote 'Amazing Grace', is born. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me, I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. John Newton was the self-proclaimed wretch who once was lost but then was f...

rockylizard · rockylizard

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/patrick-the-wombat-one-of-the-oldest-of-his-kind-claws-out-a-legacy-as-a-worldgreat-mascot/story-fni0fit3-1226997895024

Big Gorilla · Big Gorilla

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Garry Kelly (Preview) Has anyone on the forum heard how Garry is going.I trust he is ok . Mongrel.	mongrel	5	708	08:38 AM Aug 6, 2014 by Glenelg
	Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime.... (Preview) Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come. 1. The Post Office Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to su...	Vic41	11	826	09:02 AM Aug 1, 2014 by Big Gorilla
	July 30 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1768 - James Cook receives sealed secret orders prior to his first journey in the Endeavour. In 1768, Lieutenant James Cook was commissioned with the task of observing the transit of Venus across the sun from the vantage point of Tahiti. This expedition was originally commis...	rockylizard	2	622	07:08 PM Jul 30, 2014 by pondsmob
	I hate tax time! (Preview) grumble grumble Sigh	Kendo	16	647	10:16 PM Aug 1, 2014 by Aus-Kiwi
	July 29 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1588 - British General, Sir Francis Drake, defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth. Sir Francis Drake, born c. 1540, was a skilled seaman, having experience in piracy, navigation and civil engineering. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world, do...	rockylizard	2	538	09:48 AM Jul 29, 2014 by pondsmob
	Horse & Cart Bread Deliveries in WA (Preview) This article brought back some memories, as a boy one of my many jobs for pocket money was working on a horse and cart bread delivery round as an assistant to cart driver, working from a bakery in Scarborough WA and delivering to surrounding suburbs. The horse would automatically stop at each customer...	Vic41	20	1174	04:37 PM Jul 31, 2014 by turbopete
	July 28 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1902 - Australian Aboriginal painter, Albert Namatjira, is born. Albert Namatjira was born Elea Namatjira on 28 July 1902. He was born into the Arrernte tribe of the Northern Territory. Namatjira was raised at the Lutheran mission school, Hermannsburg, near Alice Springs....	rockylizard	3	673	09:50 PM Jul 28, 2014 by pondsmob
	July 27 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1836 - The first formal European settlement in South Australia is established on Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island is a protected and unspoilt island off the coast of South Australia. Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Islands, it is 112 km southw...	rockylizard	4	543	11:00 AM Jul 27, 2014 by Glenelg
	Billeeeeeee's Breakfast (Preview) anybody for salmon, i can catch fish to	Glenelg	11	1021	11:11 PM Jul 30, 2014 by billeeeeeee
	Weather and tech report (Preview) Think Tim Bailey from Ten News Weather should be watching out for his job?? -- Edited by milo on Saturday 26th of July 2014 08:54:16 PM	milo	0	328	08:52 PM Jul 26, 2014 by milo
	Hey its (Preview) Dragonfly's birthday today	_wombat_	1	443	09:04 PM Jul 26, 2014 by rosa
	July 26 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1790 - Early Australian explorer, William Charles Wentworth, is born on a convict ship travelling to Australia. William Charles Wentworth was born on 26 July 1790 on the 'Surprize', a ship transporting convicts to Australia. The exact date of his birth is unknown. Wentworth...	rockylizard	2	429	08:53 AM Jul 26, 2014 by pondsmob
	Dead Rats In Ceiling.... (Preview) We have a dead rat or rats in our ceiling space. I think there are two as one rotten smell started to wane and the smell came back stronger. We live in an old area where there is a lot of pulling down old houses/sheds etc to build new ones. Each year I stick my head up in the manhole and throw some rat baits ar...	Vic41	16	2139	09:26 PM Jul 26, 2014 by Vic41
	July 25 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1851 - An uncredited diary entry describes the 'Yowie' of southeast Queensland in detail. From the mid 1800s, writings about strange ape-like creatures in Australia abounded. One of these was a diary entry from the Connondale region of southeast Queensland, written on 25 Ju...	rockylizard	2	565	02:53 PM Jul 25, 2014 by pondsmob
	Nomads, meet Baz........... (Preview) http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/mixedup-black-swan-baz-has-gone-quackers-after-being-raised-with-ducks/story-fnihsrf2-1227000808273	RosieW	1	465	06:06 PM Jul 25, 2014 by Sheba
	Broken MH key (Preview) The key that opens my gas bottles door has snapped off and fallen inside. Ii can actually still lock and unlock and open it BUT it is the same key that opens the toilet cassette door and guess what it will not open it. Any ideas please? it is a Mercedes Sprinter. i will ring the people in NSW that fitted it ou...	barina	7	1034	06:53 PM Aug 5, 2014 by barina
	Empty Gas Bottles free to whoever wants them (Preview) I have a small 4kg and a large 9kg gas bottle that are out of date and cannot be refilled. I live in Melbourne North Western suburbs or over the summer will spend a few weekends at the famous Greens Lake near Elmore Vic.	barina	10	679	04:44 PM Jul 25, 2014 by Pejay
	July 24 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1725 - John Newton, former English slave trader who wrote 'Amazing Grace', is born. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me, I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. John Newton was the self-proclaimed wretch who once was lost but then was f...	rockylizard	2	576	12:39 PM Jul 24, 2014 by Glenelg
	Is OUR Wombat's first name Patrick ? ? ? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/patrick-the-wombat-one-of-the-oldest-of-his-kind-claws-out-a-legacy-as-a-worldgreat-mascot/story-fni0fit3-1226997895024	rockylizard	52	1830	09:20 AM Jul 30, 2014 by _wombat_
	STICKING TO THE SPEED LIMIT... (Preview)	Big Gorilla	1	599	12:03 PM Jul 24, 2014 by Aus-Kiwi
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