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If you would like to know the EXACT amount of water remaining in your tank/s consider a TOPARGEE digital display monitor. Simple to install - battery/house/flushmount/recessed models available and they are driven bu a small unit inserted into your supply line (after pump) and it will count down f...

hi alldoes any one have a divider for a 60 lt brass monkey fridge freezer they want to sell or know where i can get onecheers snap

From the ABC to my inbox today. Well known law firm charges class action clients $55k an hour,leaving some folks with less than $10,000. Not all crooks wear balaclavas.

What is good about Australia by a Yank !!This Bloke Sure Is Spot On with His readings.David Mason is a Writer, a Professor, and a Poet Laureate from Colorado, USAThere's a lot to admire about Australia, especially if you're a visiting American, says David Mason.More often than you might expect, Aust...

SCHOOL - 1950s v 2016Scenario :Johnny and Mark get into a fight after school.1950s - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends.2016 - Police called, and they arrest Johnny and Mark & charge them with assault.Both expelled even though Johnny started it.Both ch...

Just returned home from four months in the "bush" and I think it pertinent to comment on the seemingly reduced fringe coverage in country areas. I presume this is as a result of the cessation of G3 but do not know if this is so. I have a CelFi amplifier and have made comment elsewhere that we were previo...

Hello all, if you are travelling in the NT particularly near Tennant creek, and are as yet unaware, there is a large scrub fire burning in the area, its pretty serious so much so they have brought in volunteer fire fighters from S.A. with their appliances. If you come across any of the fire fighters, gi...

I've been using a handheld Uniden with a mag mount antenna on the roof for a while. The radio sits on the shelf above the sun visor and I have a handset on a velcro loop next to it. Not great, but it works. I'd like to get a "proper" radio install done but am struggling with where to mount the Antenna. Don't w...

In today's news, it states the ACCC are taking Jayco to court over misleading advertising. The article (and the ACCC web site) states Jayco have shown images in their advertising depicting their "off-road" products on 4wd only roads and undertaking water crossing. More, they have promoted RVs wi...

I have a 3 way Dometic fridge that wont switch off even with 240v disconnectEd, not connected to vehicle 12v, just operating on van battery now but still cant turn off. Has anyone replaced the on/off switch ? ( at top of fridge control panel ) it is operating normally on either gas, 240v or vehicle 12v. Tr...

Hi, has anyone used the gme window mount antenna. Looks like a demister. Just wondering how effective the reception is. Dont use the uhf much, just a bit of beach convoy or passing trucks. https://www.gme.net.au/au/antennas/ae5004/

With all the recent discussion about avatars, I thought that I would change mine. Hope that the change works - It was a Cane toad that I lifted from an old Utube Video. I changed it to a picture of a clay figurine that I purchased many years ago. Unique & no copyright I think. SWMBO says it's a goo...

Anything to watch out for on this route? I remember driving an underpowered rental car from Brisbane airport to Oakey years ago and struggling with some hills but can't remember where.

Woman comes home and tells her husband, "Remember those headaches I've been having all these years? Well, they're gone.""No more headaches?" The husband ...asks, "What happened?"His wife replies, "Margie referred me to a hypnotist. He told me to stand in front of a mirror, stare at myself and repe...

My apologies if these have been posted in the past. -- Edited by Dick0 on Saturday 2nd of August 2025 09:43:46 PM

The Wife wanted to serve her guests mushroom-smothered steak,But she had no mushrooms and no time to buy them.I suggested, "Why don't you go pick some of the mushrooms that are growing wild down by the stream?"No, She said, some wild mushrooms are poisonous.""Well, I see squirrels eating them and th...

An Australian, and Englishman and an American are on a cruise with their wives.Sitting at breakfast the first morning, the Englishman sets our to impress his neighbours with his affection for his wife.He says, "Would you please pass the honey, Honey?"With this the American chimes in, "Can you pass...