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February 21 Today in history
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Gday... 1802 - Matthew Flinders' tragic encounter with dangerous waters leads to the naming of Cape Catastrophe, South Australia. 1802 - John Murray discovers Corio Bay, site of present-day Geelong in Victoria. 1947 - The first Polaroid camera is demonstrated by Edwin Lan...
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February 20 Today in history
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Gday... 1903 - Royal approval of the new Australian flag is finally gazetted. 1913 - The first peg marking the start of development of the city of Canberra is driven in by King O'Malley. 1981 - An inquest into the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain finds that she was taken b...
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ANOTHER TRUE STORY
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One day, shortly after joining the PGA tour in 1965, Lee Trevino, professional golfer and married man, was at his home in Dallas, Texas, mowing his lawn as he always did. A lady driving by in a big expensive Cadillac stopped in front of his house, lowered the window and asked, "Excused me, do you sp...
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Pensioner not welcome at Coles Supermarket
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Im banned. Didn't like shopping there anyway. Yesterday I was at my local COLES store buying a large bag of Pedigree dog food for my loyal pet and was in the checkout queue when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant? So, since I'm retired and have little to do, on impu...
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February 13 Today in history
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Gday...1743 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist on Cook's first voyage, is born. 1923 - Charles Yeager, the first person to travel two and a half times the speed of sound, is born. 2008 - The Australian Government formally apologises to the Stolen Generations of Aborigi...
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Bird identification online?
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I usually have a "Morecomb" Field Guide to Australian birds in the glove-box of the car, and am disgusted with myself for leaving it behind this time. Having seen a new bird, I tried googling for a site which has pictures of birds organised similarly to a field guide... no luck so far, gettin...
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Honda Nut
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I thought this was quite good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxy4n0UT82o
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just a few things
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Hi guys, just wanted to share a few things I gathered from dads today I have a couple of his pipes,still with the smell a couple of lighters I had to fill all the time and a couple rocks gathered from a trip dad shouted my niece and I went to Turkey a few years ago.. all these things he owned but couldn't tak...
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"Good Luck Mr. Gorsky"
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On July 20, 1969, as Commander of the Apollo 11 module, Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. His first words after stepping on the moon, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were televised to earth and heard bt millions. But just before he re-ent...
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Ever had one of those days when you should of stayed in bed.
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Be positive & look on the bright side as there's always someone worse off than you. Cheers - John -- Edited by Happy Camper on Wednesday 19th of February 2014 09:09:27 AM
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February 19 Today in history
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Gday... 1960 - Prince Andrew, third child of Queen Elizabeth II, is born. 1836 - British Parliament officially proclaims the colony of South Australia and formally defines its boundaries. 1879 - The foundation stone for Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building is laid. 194...
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Driving in Perth....
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1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real Perth driver never uses them. 2. Under no circumstance should you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you, or the space will be filled by two Commodores, a BMW and a Hyundai Xcel, putting you in an even more dangerous situation. 3....
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Water bombers at work.
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The old company, Bombardier Aerospace, makes these in Canada. They dont motor around to fill the tanks---they touch down at approach speed, open the fill scoops, add lots of power, and the tanks fill in seconds. Theres one scene in the film where you can see the two tank level gauges rapidly go up....
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Victorian Fires from Satellite
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Gday... This was taken from the NASA Observatory on 10 Feb 2014. The fire in east Gippsland (Goongerah/Snowy River complex) is almost as big as the whole of the area of Melbourne. It is interesting that fires such as this get very little coverage by the news media - "It's only bush". Because...
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I remember how it used to be ...
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February 18 Today in history
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Gday... 1874 - Explorer Giles is nearly killed by one of his horses. 1793 - Reverend Richard Johnson commences the first church school in Sydney. 1546 - German theologian and Protestant Reformer, Martin Luther, dies. 1930 - Once considered the ninth planet in our sola...
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I'm a post hog !!
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struth just suddenly realized I have 3000 posts !!  holy cow
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February 17 Today in history
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Gday... 1864 - Australian poet and author, Banjo Paterson, is born. 1934 - Australian actor Barry Humphries, alias Dame Edna Everage, is born. 1846 - The colony of North Australia is proclaimed by Letters Patent. 1972 - Production of the humble Volkswagen Beetle sur...
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BUY OUR KIDS A JOB
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Come on lets try a little harder when selecting products. Our fresh fruit and vegies and seafood against imports i bet you know which way i go come on lets make our locals stronger.
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Headache cure...
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