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I hope you are all safe and dry, as I am, but I thought I would put the rainfall in perspective. At my friends house on Magnetic island, they have had 6.5 inches, 165mm of rain since 9am friday, and its still pouring down. This is the reason I hit the track at this time of year as normally this will continue t...

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I was thinking of heading down to see family in Victoria.I used the new Road conditions thread to check out the flooding and road conditions. Not easy with the flooding and road closures. Then it struck me. There are hundreds if not thousands of people with their lives disrupted and sometimes in dan...

A beautiful thing happened to me today. Went to the mailbox, letter addressed to me - posted here in town, no return address. Opened it up, wrapped up in a sheet of blank paper was a $50 note! I was overwhelmed at the generosity of an anonymous person. Have written to the local paper with a thank you! (N...

Hi everyone, Kathy and I are on the verge of retirement by taking our LSL and remaining annual leave as a "trial" retirement for the next 12 months. We plan to do lots of travelling with our Caravan which we hope will be much more pleasant than the 3 week trips we have had to confine ourselves to...

I found a link today to abc wetern qld facebook. I was going to add the link for you but it appears inserting links has changed and I can't be bothered fiddling with it to work it out.

So if you just google the above and like it, its rather interesting. Lots of photos of the floods etc but general info as w...

If you come to Tasmania and you do absolutely nothing else a MUST DO is the Gordon River Cruise on the Lady Jane Franklin II. We had the best day, probably helped by beautiful weather, great commentary by the Skipper Graham, and boy did he have a sense of humour, nice buffet lunch and two shore excursions...

These photo's are from one of my cousins in Mitchell. For those who Haven't seen the Maranoa River, it's very very deep. I'm told it's the fastest flowing river in Australia.

Do you want a members Buy, Swap and Sell thread on this forum for members to trade. Just a simple yes or no answer. -- Edited by goinsoon on Saturday 28th of January 2012 02:34:51 PM -- Edited by goinsoon on Saturday 28th of January 2012 02:36:13 PM

After getting my new (to me) Prado and my upcoming trip I decided to upgrade my RACV Roadside cover to Total Care. Well, unfortunately yesterday I had an occasion to use RACV for the first time in 40 years, The top radiator hose came off as driving along at 90kmh clip and all. When I checked, the clip and ho...

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just got the call from mildura.our new van has just arrived. delivery the 21st. all going well, the big trip starts 11th marchCAN'T WAIT!!!!

I actually thought this section was i.e. The road from A-B is in a state of disrepair, full of rather large pot holes and could cause damage to your van etc OR road from C-D is flooded as of 2/2/12 and looks like it will be for some time I suggest you take route E-F. Something like that anyway. I could be wron...

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# How do they serve alcoholic drinks on Italian cruise ships? - On the rocks # What vegetables do you get with dinner on Italian cruise ships? - Leeks # What's the fastest way to get off an Italian cruise ship? - Follow the captain # When the captain of the ill fated Costa Concordia was asked if he knew where...

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I did not know this... When you drink vodka over ice, it can give you kidney failure. When you drink rum over ice, it can give you liver failure. When you drink whiskey over ice, it can give you heart problems. When you drink gin over ice, it can give you brain problems. Apparently, ice is really bad for you...

The English Plural According to .... We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes; One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese; You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house is houses, not...

Might pay to avoid this part of the Newell for the time being. Read this in the paper.Flood evacuation warnings issued in NSW Thursday, February 02, 2012 » 10:41am LIVE: Breaking News More than 550 properties in northern NSW have been issued with a flood evacuation warning after heavy rain E...

Newell Highway north to Moree is impassable Kamilaroi Highway west to Wee Waa closing 6.00 pm tonight Newell Highway south bound at bridge over Narrabri Creek closed 4.00 pm today