Crafts and Hobbies Corner

Webmaster · Webmaster

Ask for fishing advice, provide fishing tips, discuss fishing bag limits ... and tell us about the one that got away

Webmaster · Webmaster

Got an interesting craft to share? Looking for a new pattern for your next project? Share your crafty thoughts, questions, advice and pics here. If possible, try to label each new thread as descriptively as possible so people can search and find your valuable advice and info as the section gr...

Possum3 · Possum3

secret.http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/h...

Dunmowin · Dunmowin

Over the past few years, I have been crocheting rugs - tartan style - and donating to nursing homes. Recently, as we have been hunkering due to Covid-19 I have been madly working on my most recent tartan rug. Then came a request. We are hunkered on a farm, and the owners wife, who is very crafty, asked me to...

ERI LI · ERI LI

Officeworks Print Computers can put your camera photos onto a CD for $7.. You can put many 100 s easily..You can photo your old photos & add them..This can be put into a DVD player & watch all your photos- big screen.Ive made dozens,some with 500 camera photos..If worried about losing the CD ma...

ERI LI · ERI LI

Try this simple multi use hanger.Bought at Overflow/Reject/ Prices Plus shops,several types of ropes,strings,rafias,wools..2 metre lengths X 4=8 strings & you're started.Recycle Juice & Milk contact & finished.Indoor potplant-,Bitz holder,Kitchen- Bathroom,Craft tidy.L...

Craig1 · Craig1

Did any one play Bobs, sort of kitchen table top snooker

Craig1 · Craig1

Do not have any idea, about 100mm (4 inches) handle and across, about 40mm ( 1 1/2" dia), insides is pretty scored.

Craig1 · Craig1

huon pine, towed behind fishing boat attached to a 3 metre bamboo pole, with about 1-2 metres of line. Once hooked, the couta was flipped overhead through 180 degrees and hit the boat deck hard enough to unhook the fish. When enough were on the deck they were packed into a wooden box approx 900mm long, 40...

Old salt · Old salt

Getting back to something that I hadn't done for a long time now have the enforced time. Bit of wood, pocket knife and any shape I like. Very relaxing and great fun using the finished lure. Old salt

Whenarewethere · Whenarewethere

Thought I might finally get around to finishing off my model railway, it's been about 90% complete for a few decades!

Dunmowin · Dunmowin

As I have previously posted, as we travel, I crochet tartan rugs. On completion, I donate them to a nursing home closest to where the rug was finished. This year (actually December 2019) my latest rug was completed on Kangaroo Island. On one of the hottest days I have ever lived through, I deliver this t...

rayjanet · rayjanet

I knitted up some slipper socks for spouse and a friend from Bendigo bloom, 100% 8ply wool in slow colour change. Wool was held double and the colour changes in each ball provided an interesting effect - I think "unique" describes these, lol.

Ziggy99 · Ziggy99

A good time to capture birds is the hour or so after dawn and that suits my sleep patterns! Bird photography is hard - it takes technique, gear, patience and luck. I like to say a good bird shot isn't taken, it's given - but you have to be ready for the gift. We've just been in the south of WA for a month and the b...

Dunmowin · Dunmowin

Hi, while we were in the line up for the Longest Line of RVs in Barcaldine, we spotted this remodelled/restyled/revamped fire engine - formerly from Caboolture, Queensland

Stevejaz · Stevejaz

Hi New member and about to go travelling. Just wondering if there are any mussos who have done busking and/or gigs during their travels. Done a lot of busking in Adelaide and have liability insurance and Police check etc and would love to hear of anyone's experience. Heading to Sapphire from Adelaide...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

https://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/

Roy E · Roy E

Gidday fellow Grey Nomads. The other day, I got back some cut and polished gemstones from Thailand. These are all stones I'd found in QLD and I believe the fished products are quite beautiful. There are polished sapphire as well as cut sapphires, topaz, a zircon and a spinel. I can't wait to get out and d...

kiwijims · kiwijims

I got dragged into one of those pop-up xmas shops that appear around this time every year, Well it wasn't a waste of time after all, found this Fire truck to add to my collection, last year's leftover so I got it real cheap, It's a diecast model and around 100 mm in length..... I think this makes it about No 3...

Warren-Pat_01 · Warren-Pat_01

Hello everyone, Is anyone into astronomy? If so, what sort of telescope do you have/carry? I've seen one beginners' scope called a 707AZ2 - ok for the moon I believe (as is my bird spotting scope) but Mars, Venus, Jupiter & Saturn?? We saw a great scope at the Chillagoe Caravan Park a few years ago b...

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	STICKY: Hook, line & sinker ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Ask for fishing advice, provide fishing tips, discuss fishing bag limits ... and tell us about the one that got away	Webmaster	37	32312	08:39 PM Jul 21, 2018 by Dave1952
	STICKY: Welcome to Crafts and Hobbies Corner (Preview) Got an interesting craft to share? Looking for a new pattern for your next project? Share your crafty thoughts, questions, advice and pics here. If possible, try to label each new thread as descriptively as possible so people can search and find your valuable advice and info as the section gr...	Webmaster	14	13786	09:35 PM Aug 3, 2016 by chief
	Gold nugget found. (Preview) secret.http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/h...	Possum3	3	290	06:26 PM Jun 22, 2020 by Santa
	Another crochet rug (Preview) Over the past few years, I have been crocheting rugs - tartan style - and donating to nursing homes. Recently, as we have been hunkering due to Covid-19 I have been madly working on my most recent tartan rug. Then came a request. We are hunkered on a farm, and the owners wife, who is very crafty, asked me to...	Dunmowin	2	281	03:29 PM Jul 2, 2020 by Dunmowin
	CD your Photo Piles (Preview) Officeworks Print Computers can put your camera photos onto a CD for $7.. You can put many 100 s easily..You can photo your old photos & add them..This can be put into a DVD player & watch all your photos- big screen.Ive made dozens,some with 500 camera photos..If worried about losing the CD ma...	ERI LI	4	374	08:34 AM May 16, 2020 by ERI LI
	Forgotten Macrame of the 70s -? (Preview) Try this simple multi use hanger.Bought at Overflow/Reject/ Prices Plus shops,several types of ropes,strings,rafias,wools..2 metre lengths X 4=8 strings & you're started.Recycle Juice & Milk contact & finished.Indoor potplant-,Bitz holder,Kitchen- Bathroom,Craft tidy.L...	ERI LI	0	225	06:16 PM May 6, 2020 by ERI LI
	Bobs (Preview) Did any one play Bobs, sort of kitchen table top snooker	Craig1	9	508	12:41 PM May 17, 2020 by Possum3
	What is this please? (Preview) Do not have any idea, about 100mm (4 inches) handle and across, about 40mm ( 1 1/2" dia), insides is pretty scored.	Craig1	4	444	09:00 AM Apr 29, 2020 by Craig1
	Old Couta Lure (Preview) huon pine, towed behind fishing boat attached to a 3 metre bamboo pole, with about 1-2 metres of line. Once hooked, the couta was flipped overhead through 180 degrees and hit the boat deck hard enough to unhook the fish. When enough were on the deck they were packed into a wooden box approx 900mm long, 40...	Craig1	4	487	11:45 AM Apr 15, 2020 by Mobi Condo
	Lure making (Preview) Getting back to something that I hadn't done for a long time now have the enforced time. Bit of wood, pocket knife and any shape I like. Very relaxing and great fun using the finished lure. Old salt	Old salt	8	468	11:17 AM Apr 16, 2020 by Old salt
	Coronaboredom (Preview) Thought I might finally get around to finishing off my model railway, it's been about 90% complete for a few decades!	Whenarewethere	9	660	06:53 AM Jul 1, 2020 by Roy E
	Another Tartan Rug (Preview) As I have previously posted, as we travel, I crochet tartan rugs. On completion, I donate them to a nursing home closest to where the rug was finished. This year (actually December 2019) my latest rug was completed on Kangaroo Island. On one of the hottest days I have ever lived through, I deliver this t...	Dunmowin	20	1226	04:38 PM May 11, 2020 by Dunmowin
	Knitted Slippers (Preview) I knitted up some slipper socks for spouse and a friend from Bendigo bloom, 100% 8ply wool in slow colour change. Wool was held double and the colour changes in each ball provided an interesting effect - I think "unique" describes these, lol.	rayjanet	1	841	11:23 PM Dec 22, 2019 by Dunmowin
	Bird photos (Preview) A good time to capture birds is the hour or so after dawn and that suits my sleep patterns! Bird photography is hard - it takes technique, gear, patience and luck. I like to say a good bird shot isn't taken, it's given - but you have to be ready for the gift. We've just been in the south of WA for a month and the b...	Ziggy99	2	763	11:11 AM Feb 9, 2020 by Mobi Condo
	Fire Enging mobile home - for kiwijim (Preview) Hi, while we were in the line up for the Longest Line of RVs in Barcaldine, we spotted this remodelled/restyled/revamped fire engine - formerly from Caboolture, Queensland	Dunmowin	3	1207	08:27 PM Sep 17, 2019 by Dunmowin
	Any other mussos in here? (Preview) Hi New member and about to go travelling. Just wondering if there are any mussos who have done busking and/or gigs during their travels. Done a lot of busking in Adelaide and have liability insurance and Police check etc and would love to hear of anyone's experience. Heading to Sapphire from Adelaide...	Stevejaz	0	889	04:14 PM May 20, 2019 by Stevejaz
	For The Musos Among Us (Preview) https://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/	Desert Dweller	15	2033	09:46 AM Oct 15, 2019 by Santa
	Gemstone Fossicking, some final results. (Preview) Gidday fellow Grey Nomads. The other day, I got back some cut and polished gemstones from Thailand. These are all stones I'd found in QLD and I believe the fished products are quite beautiful. There are polished sapphire as well as cut sapphires, topaz, a zircon and a spinel. I can't wait to get out and d...	Roy E	9	1769	09:48 AM Jun 21, 2020 by WILSAN
	found at the xmas shop... (Preview) I got dragged into one of those pop-up xmas shops that appear around this time every year, Well it wasn't a waste of time after all, found this Fire truck to add to my collection, last year's leftover so I got it real cheap, It's a diecast model and around 100 mm in length..... I think this makes it about No 3...	kiwijims	2	1428	09:36 PM Dec 26, 2018 by Warren-Pat_01
	Astronomy (Preview) Hello everyone, Is anyone into astronomy? If so, what sort of telescope do you have/carry? I've seen one beginners' scope called a 707AZ2 - ok for the moon I believe (as is my bird spotting scope) but Mars, Venus, Jupiter & Saturn?? We saw a great scope at the Chillagoe Caravan Park a few years ago b...	Warren-Pat_01	6	1699	02:11 PM Oct 20, 2019 by dabbler
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