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A man was driving when he saw the flash of a traffic camera.He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit, even though he knew he was not speeding.Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, and again the camera flashed.Now he began to...

Last year brought the Pro series tow ball weight scales, haven't used them yet, but I noticed that my max tow bar ball weight is 350kg, the max weight marked on the scales is 350kg. But has anyone questioned the accuracy of these, and how would one go about testing it to see how accurate it is. Its basicly j...

Almost makes sense..enjoy....Hoo Roo

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Looking at purchasing an Inverter. The items that will be powered from it are: A 150w coffee grinder, a battery charger for a Dyson portable vacuum cleaner, a battery charger for an Olympus Stylus camera (both lithium), and a Surface Pro Computer. Will a modified sine wave do, or should I go for a pure s...

On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher. The super market manager's daughter brought the teacher a basket of assorted fruit. The florist's son brought the teacher a bouquet of flowers. The candy-store owner's daughter gave the teacher a pretty box of candy. Then the...

Centrelink in it's generosity has increased my wife's Carer Allowance by 19 cents a fortnight !!!! When half of these idiots are voted out next election, they will be on 6 figure Pensions !!! Please keep any response non political or this thread will be closed..

A family from a rural small town head to the big city for a holiday. While they're there, they visit a shopping mall for the very first time. While the mother is shopping the father and his son stand in awe in front of an elevator, with absolutely no idea what it is. As they watch, an elderly lady walks throu...

How embarraskin'......Hoo Roo

Just in case anyone is wondering .... we havent been washed away by wet season floods or eaten by crocs. However the blog is on temporary hold as my laptop died. Estimated date to get a replacement is 2nd week of January. Last night we had our first rain of the season which really was quite an exciting even...

Nephew and his newly wedded Bride camping at Valla Beach NSW (Tourist Park), last night, thieves entered their camp at night, stole food and liquor from their fridge. He just finished apprenticeship, she just finished Uni so they are not flush with funds. There are some horrible people that deserv...

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Cape Leveque, Some photos of another beautiful area.

In mid Feb we are heading north and the one road we know little about is the Monaro Hwy. We are towing a 16ft van with a Pajero Diesel and curious about the climbs, should be OK but wondering has anyone done it recently and the Camps book doesn't list any stops along the way. So I guess we will just hope there...

Hi Brimhunter from Pingelly WA here Just got my new Vehicle getting it kitted out suspension n roof top tent ETC Wondering the earliest i can head to Karajini then on to Cape Levique .Gibb river road.No rush all the time in the world Any pointers please Brimhunter

Going back to the sixties, we drove road trains with semi sealed headlights. (Alice Springs/ Darwin NW Qld. and NW WA.) They were backed up by Lucas "Flame Thrower" spotlights. Point is, we had a switch on the dash' to turn the spotties off when we saw another truck coming. I don't know if this is law to i...

I have a projecta solar battery charger in my new caravan, it is making a noise like an electronic bomb dropping in a children's video game, can anyone tell me what this means. Thanks again for all your help

Whilst boiling away in the summer sun I was thinking about investing in a car cover for the tug. I have been told that all I need to do is cover the windows as the paint is treated to withstand UV. I was also informed that some covers let in UV in. Also I was told that after the covers get a bit dirty they cause m...

Hi All, I have an Apple Ipad wifi only tablet and a Motorola Android phone with built in GPS. I was led to believe I could get the phone to connect to the I pad via WiFi or Bluetooth. This should in theory show my location on Hema 4x4 maps and or topo maps. Unfortunately I havent had any success with any serve...