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Just recently someone known to me had an Ipad stolen, luckily they had a small engraving done on the item. They duly reported item, serial number, description etc to the police and made a written report. Later that day they were looking through a public sale site (GT) and saw a photo of the item listed t...

Gday... Bill12's pic of rain radar prompted me to have a gander .... it sure is gettin' damned wet up there Cheers - John

Hi all can anybody give us any kind of report re: the twin tubs,, do they really do the job.Thinking about keeping one in the rear of our territory. and setting it up when needed....

Gday... 1570 - Guy Fawkes, conspirator in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, is born. 1888 - Alfred Nobel reads his own obituary, which inspires him to leave the legacy of the Nobel Prizes. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, born in Stockholm in 21 October 1833, was a Swedish chemist, engi...

If anyone is heading up this way I would think long and hard about staying in Rocky or Mackay. lots of water on the road around Clairview and some strong gusts of wind. truckie was saying on radio at one stage he was down to 70k. take care and stay safe

Hi all finally motorhome is home from being in storage - going to get its hot water system, solar and awning soon. M question is does anyone know where we ca get a reasonably priced swivel seat in the sunshine coast - I priced one in Brisbane today from Seats R Us for $2000.00. I just want a seat not a gold p...

Staying at the lovely Gum Bend Lake and heard about the Bolo Farm Chapel so went for a drive today. Amazing. The manager told me how to go north for 10km to get on the seal to get back to camp without going down the 25km of dirt road the way I came in from Tullibigeal end. Info Centre in town has direction also...

For those that didn't read my "Original" thread about the Prado not starting now and then it appeared at first to be the inhibitor switch as when I moved the transmission selector back and forth it started but then it was ok for a week then had the problem again for two weeks then ok for a week. I...

My wife and I are looking at a Coromal Princeton van a couple of years old but we have heard that Windsor Caravans are made by Coromal. If this is the case which would be the better buy as the Windsor van seem a little cheeper in comparison. Also wondering what the catch is with transfer fees on vans in N S W as...

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Gday... For those who don't have this site http://131940.qld.gov.au/Home.aspx Cheers - John

Are both in a bad way, damage everywhere so please take it easy on these roads, some sections in many places are in really bad condition. I can't pick out sections, just take it easy as there is a lot of damage on these roads.

We bought a new 2kg gas bottle to replace our out of date one that we use for our small camping appliances. We tried to get it filled at the BCF store at Tuggeranong where we bought it but they no longer provide this service. So I spent half a day traipsing around the usual places like Bunnings, Fyshwick B...

To all of the solar gurus out there .... Was perusing some online solar stores and came across a site that gave an example, for very long wire runs, of connecting four (nominal) 12v solar panels in series to feed 48v into a MPPT controller to eliminate power losses and voltage drop. The controller would...

Does anyone know the amount of current the above mentioned fridge draws on 12Vdc. I've checked the instruction manual but no luck. Something tells me it's 150 watts but don't ask me where I got that figure from. Many Thanks

In Brisbane last night on the Port rd, my best mates son was on of the victims. RIP. JC.

A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, 'Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand up!' After a few seconds, Little Larry stood up. The teacher said, 'Do you think you're stupid, Larry?' 'No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by your...

I have been looking at FOR SALES on the internet and the term demountable or relocatable appears. They appear to be inside van park type areas. So what do the terms mean? I know what a permanent van site is, but the term demountable or relocatable, seems to imply that is what is going to happen to the dwell...