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Needing some seals for our daughter in laws patio heater. Aussie Paul.

My jockey wheel has a 8" pneumatic tyre/tube setup which has decided to go flat. Removed the tube, found where a sharp part of the tyre rim had worn a hole thru the tube so decided to repair the tube. First thing I noticed was the tube felt more plastic than rubber, and didn't smell like rubber always sme...

A man and his wife are sitting by the fire when an announcement comes up on the television. Were expecting a lot of snow tonight, folks, the presenter says. Please make sure youre parked on the even-numbered side of the road so we can plough. The man goes out to move the car. The next day, the same thing hap...

G,day .As the wife has finally overcome her bout of pneumonia we snuck off on a 3hr trip to Darlington Point C/park 2weeks ago.Having read good things about it from this forum we thought why not ? The park is small ,the toilets have just been done up and 25$ a night for us oldies. The pub is good,the pizza pl...

Don't post every month, don't wish to bore people too much. Blog of week Newletter Dave

Firstly thanks Cindy for all the work put into the special news letter its great and very timely. We took a deposit and exchanged contracts on our home in Mount Riverview on Friday 29/9, we have been investigating our options for the last 12 months looking at over 55s, Retirement villages, home units...

There are some things we are not meant to see or remember.......lmao...Hoo Roo

JET FUEL Dave and Pete were a couple of drinking buddies who worked as aircraft engineers At Pert Airport. One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hanger with nothing to do. Dave said, "Man, I wish we had something to drink!" Peter said, "Me too, Y'know, I've heard you can dr...

Hi All, My first post!! Live in Adelaide and have a 21 ft van - have only done a few trips - one to Wollongong and a couple to Victoria and Melbourne visiting our sons. Have won an auction for Valla beach Tourist Park Thinking of going there in Feb 2018. Would like to travel up west of the ranges. What is it li...

If you are visiting Canberra and you need your furry friends looked after, maybe this would be suitable. Pampered Pooches in the Florey Shopping Centre. About 15mins from Canberra Centre (not peak hour LOL) I have never used them and this is not a recommendation but, it may be useful for those trav...

Shut the front gate, Knock me down with a feather and all that stuff. Where in the world did September go? Blowed if I know? Oh well, welcome to October but first a U turn to the start of September, sorry Rocky mate:)The month started still in Gin Gin QLD but only just, just enough time to visit the Bundaber...

A mate of mine recently had the donk of his 1994 Toyota Landcruiser pulled down as it had turned over 500,000, plus klms. The workshop where it was checked out couldn't/wouldn't believe that it had done all those klms, and not been rebuilt. He told them that both the 90 litre fuel tanks always gets a litr...

Four old retired guys are walking down a street in Cooktown. They turned a corner and see a sign that says, Old Timer's Bar - all drinks 10 cents!They look at each other, and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true.The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, 'Come on in and let me p...

Just read the postings on red arc brake controllers I have one fitted to the challenger and a setting of between 4/4.5 works well but coming down the steep decent on the kings highway I really had to drive my foot practically through the floor to pull the speed down,just wondering what others crank it up...

From a Cynical Yankeeeee amateur philosopher with 'attitude'. ..as the Yanks call it........Hoo Roo

Has anyone fitted a LRT on a MUX and if yes how do you find it. How is the accuracy of the fuel gage affected?

We've just arrived home from a 3 week fly/hire car Darwin/Top End trip staying in lodges & stations. Everywhere we went backpackers were doing all the work at these places. Manning reception desks, making beds/cleaning rooms, serving meals/drinks etc. Some Aussies enjoy criticizing them b...

Hi fellow members. Tomorrow i pick up my 2013 hilux SR5 Diesel. My mechanic told me to put a catch can on it but lookung on ebay i see they range in price from $100 to $400. As my vehicle will only be a show pony i was wondering which Can the forum felt was the best and also which fuel filter

In Seymour for the night. Thinking of calling into Greens Lake on way back to Brissy. Anybody there?