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June 05 Today in history bonus
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Gday... The Ford Quadricycle was the first vehicle developed by Henry Ford. Ford's first car was a simple frame with an ethanol-powered engine and four bicycle wheels mounted on it. The earliest cars were hand built, one by one, and very expensive. The peculiar machines were seen as toys for the rich...
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June 05 Today in history
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Gday... 1788 - First Fleet cattle from the government herds go bush, disappearing for seven years. The First Fleet of convicts to Australia departed Portsmouth, England in May 1787, and arrived in New South Wales in January 1788. Whilst one of the primary purposes of the First Fleet was to establi...
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Auditions
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June 04 Today in history
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Gday... 1629 - Dutch trading ship 'The Batavia' is shipwrecked off Australia's western coast. The 'Batavia' was a ship built in Amsterdam in 1628. On 29 October 1628, the newly built Batavia, commissioned by the Dutch East India Company, sailed from Texel for the Dutch East Indies to obtain s...
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World War I - Technology in photos
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http://www.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/wwi/wwitech/
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June 03 Today in history
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Gday... 1769 - Lieutenant James Cook observes the transit of Venus across the sun, on the trip during which he would chart Australia's eastern coast. Lieutenant James Cook was not the first to discover Australia, as he was preceded by numerous Portuguese and Dutch explorers. He was, howeve...
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Perth:- then and now
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Interesting for People who know Perth...... http://feature.thewest.com.au/nowandthen/ K.J. -- Edited by kiwijims on Sunday 1st of June 2014 10:44:27 AM -- Edited by kiwijims on Monday 2nd of June 2014 12:58:48 AM -- Edited by kiwijims on Monday 2nd of June 2014 01:00:43 AM
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Mornings do exist!
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I know I know they do!! I'm just not used to being up this early ,was up at 5.45 yikes!! even my birds looked at me as I uncovered them and said go back to bed.. the last of my nieces (I have 4) is getting married today, just hope the weather will be good. still got to clean out and sell dad...
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June 02 Today in history
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Gday... 1841 - Eyre's expedition across the Nullarbor is saved when he meets Captain Rossiter, of the whaler 'Mississippi'. Edward John Eyre, born 5 August 1815, was the first white man to cross southern Australia from Adelaide to the west, travelling across the Nullarbor Plain to King Geor...
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ANOTHER THEORY ON MH370
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http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2513628634001?bckey=AQ~~%2cAAACKW9LH8k~%2cA7HfECo5t7DrAeaToOVr5sEdpPjJEcCi&bclid=0&bctid=3401163961001
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June 01 Today in history
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Gday... 1829 - Today is Foundation Day for Western Australia. The first recorded sighting of Australia's western coastline came in 1611, when Dutch mariner Hendrik Brouwer experimented with a different route to the Dutch East Indies. As the route became more popular, the Dutch began to ref...
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Crumpy and Scotty 2nd HiLux Commercial
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Gday... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yj1gff-ndc Cheers - John
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Senior's medicine cabinet
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Senior's Medicine Cabinet Be sure to read up on each disease and the required dosage. It's taken me many months of my retirement time but I just finished building a new medicine cabinet in my kitchen. DiseaseWineDaily DoseAcneMedoc, Cabernet Franc1 glassAnemiaBarbara, Doucette2 glassesAlle...
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hot springs
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I was wondering if anyone knows of a book about hot springs or is their a map of where they are I hope some one can help me cheers woosy
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I bet this brings a tear to your eyes
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Crumpy and Scotty 1st Toyota Hilux Commercial
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Gday... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqwnr2sza_o Cheers - John
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LANCE ARMSTRONG
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I was watching the bike races on SBS the other night and I've got to say that I think it terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated the past champ Lance Armstrong. I mean, he did win 7 Tour de France races, whilst on drugs. When I was on drugs, I couldn't even find my f$#% bike!
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Growing Older
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As I grow older I've learned that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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May 31 Today in history
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Gday... 1813 - Explorers Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth view the rich Bathurst Plains for the first time. When the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales in 1788, all efforts concentrated on developing farmland and a food supply to support the convict colony. Free settlers also began to arr...
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