Saw mud crabs for sale in Albury, " on the hoof " for $59.99 per kg. At least claws tied with synthetic string. Not like in my days of taking them from Maryborough to Brisbane Fish markets. Rotten string, rotten spud bags, had to often do a round up at 5am once the truck was untarped.
Mobi Condo said
08:57 AM Apr 21, 2021
the rocket wrote:
Hi mobi condo, hope you get to go crabbing.
regards rocket
Why - thank you Rocket, we did go crabbing at Pt Hughes, got one legal sized Bluey,
Been once more since at the outer Harbour platforms and got two legals.
Nice new pots work well, will end up with five pots when the three old ones are renovated with wire mesh bottom rings.
the rocket said
10:23 PM Apr 24, 2021
Craig1 wrote:
Saw mud crabs for sale in Albury, " on the hoof " for $59.99 per kg. At least claws tied with synthetic string. Not like in my days of taking them from Maryborough to Brisbane Fish markets. Rotten string, rotten spud bags, had to often do a round up at 5am once the truck was untarped.
Thats funny. Would have liked to seeyou untarp the truck.
mobi condo, good to seea few of you on here enjoying crabbing
regards rocket
Craig1 said
09:23 AM Apr 25, 2021
Stopped one morning at Gympie for a 4am cuppa, did my walk around the truck, and there was one hanging on the back gate, out from under side/back curtain tarp.
Corndoggy said
06:55 PM May 21, 2021
Pulled out all the old lettuce plants, planted some garlic bulbs, pulled out most of the tomato plants, still had plenty off tomatoes on the plants, new growth and flowers, threw in some weeding, took the picked tomatoes over to the neighbours, finish off the rest tomorrow.
Wannabe nomad said
08:12 PM Jun 3, 2021
Did a meals on wheels shift, came back to my car to find a woolf spider on the drivers seat, nice hunky guys (young enough to be my grandsons) tried to catch it but it ran under the seat, they said they could see it but couldn't get to it so left me to my own devices. Had to walk to the shops and buy some spray and get a taxi back (supposed to be staying off my right foot) . Sprayed half the can and eventually it crawled out slowly and I squashed it.
This might not sound that eventful unless you know me, just ask my son or my husband; I've been know to jump out of a moving car. So there was no way I going to get in the car with a spider and drive the 30min drive home at 100km speed limit. Sooo glad I found it or I might still be in the car park. At least only my arm pits got wet lol
Mobi Condo said
12:12 PM Jun 24, 2021
I, me, myself, moi and MUITS sat down for a morning coffee and chat with my partner in crime and other adventures (commonly called my wife) and I re-established contact with this beautiful forum/website on my "new" laptop - read redeemed juiced and broken touch screen device.
Was juiced (a small cup of fruit juice spilt on key board & screen cracked when dropped) and therefore judged useless. A good friend told us that he makes a lot of similar devices workable again and so has done so.
it is nice to be back on line.
journeygirl54 said
02:33 PM Jul 13, 2021
We also looked at the same option and came to the same conclusion. Lining someone elses pocket.
We initially wanted to just sell everything and travel to the end of our use by dates but realised that we may not be able to do the caravan thing when we became old and physically unable. So what then..? We then decided that we would buy a house outright with few overheads and still have the means to travel and that when this time of unable came along we had a home to go back too. continue to enjoy looking but be wary of the fine print
86GTS said
05:15 PM Feb 16, 2022
Had our Navara serviced at our local Nissan dealer, went to the PO & put a 3 week hold on our mail for a trip away during March & bought some Tank Cleaner from BCF to clean our water tank in the caravan & three 20 litre water bottles.
Heading way out bush, camping with no-one else around next month. We find our own campsites, no neighbors.
AndyCap100 said
02:22 PM Oct 28, 2022
Picked the wife up from work for the last time ,as she handed in her notice 2 weeks ago ,and now we are free to do and go whatever ,and whenever we want . Bliss after a lifetime of bloody toil for us both .
Mines a Guinness or 2 and the wifes a bottle of fizz !! Andy .
watsea said
09:16 PM Oct 29, 2022
AndyCap100 wrote:
Picked the wife up from work for the last time ,as she handed in her notice 2 weeks ago ,and now we are free to do and go whatever ,and whenever we want . Bliss after a lifetime of bloody toil for us both . Mines a Guinness or 2 and the wifes a bottle of fizz !! Andy .
Congratulations on the occasion. It's great feeling, isn't it. Good luck for the future.
Possum3 said
06:09 PM Oct 30, 2022
Congratulations to you Andy & Wife; we may see you out there on the wallaby.
AndyCap100 said
09:49 AM Nov 1, 2022
Thanks guys, were based in NZ but hopefully now we have the time we can do a `1st visit over to you . We were actually gonna book a holiday(significant anniversarry) just before covid and a few other health issues hit at the same time ,Few days on a Murray river cruise was on the ittinery and explore around Adelaide .Keeping everything crossed for later in the year . Rock on, Andy .
-- Edited by AndyCap100 on Tuesday 1st of November 2022 09:50:14 AM
Tony Bev said
06:52 PM Nov 1, 2022
Possum3 wrote:
Congratulations to you Andy & Wife; we may see you out there on the wallaby.
X 2
RickJ said
09:12 PM Nov 1, 2022
Pretty average day for me.
The need to replace the anode in my water heater came as a task in my diary.
I replace it every six months and this is the second cheaper anode I have fitted. I think that I am getting about the same degradation from the cheap ones I am now using as I was when I was buying the expensive ones from caravan sales outlets.
Works out about $26 compared to $40
86GTS said
02:41 PM Nov 9, 2022
Beautiful weather today. We travelled up to Red Hill/Main Ridge for lunch at Ye Olde English Pub, The Pig & Whistle. Clear views of a very calm Port Phillip Bay from the summit, chair lift was busy.
AndyCap100 said
06:26 PM Nov 23, 2022
Hi .well couple of days ago actually, but fitted a replacement small hinge(only half) on the front locker of our Jayco c/van .2nd this yr and there an absolute bugger to do!! Made of what we used to call `monkey metal`,some useless cheap alloy crap that just breaks down and splits off . You can only get to replace the door part as the frame is glued as well as screwed on and this hides the other screws. Couldn`t undo the screw that held the hinge to the actual door so had to grind the rest of the hinge to bits .Then chisel a small portion off the frame to get an Allen key in to undo the tiny(3-4mm dia)grub screws,which hold the centre pin in place.
Jesus, over 3 hrs toil just to change half a damn hinge!
Was told by supplying dealer that having the locker door vertical down puts too much stress on the hinges ,so i then fitted a wire check strap to stop this happening ,another half hr. or so .
Heaven knows why these cannot be fitted at the factory when new ,eats into the profit too much i suppose .
Rock on people .Andy .
Fit new element to oven, then discover junction box looks very ordinary between 240v cord and back of oven wiring. Oh well, text my sparky and wait.
AndyCap100 said
02:48 PM Jul 15, 2023
Hi ,Set to and made the concertina door between the bedroom and bathroom on our Jayco c/van move smoothly .Been sticking lately and allmost got locked in too .Time 10am .
It was a challenge !! All well and good Jayco`s putting them together ,but no thought if you need to dismantle anything .
First sort out how to remove door and top slider ,remove u shape piece of vertical channel where door closes to, easy a few screws only .
Next remove the side where the door attaches to frame ,not so easy as plastic strip hides any fixings ,in the end a thin `putty` knife inserted near the top and slid briskly down detaches the 2 pieces of plastic so you can get to these screws too ,so removing this channel .
So far so good as the door is now swinging about freely .Wedge door up to stop it swinging.Undo the 4 self tapper screws that hold the track up ,but, the track will not just come out as the in built furniture on one side and a plastic edge strip on the other side of door frame protrudes to stop this .Try holding the complete door at an angle ,won`t work ,Chisel a bit off the plastic strip ,that worked ,so door now all out .
Strip door off track ,grind bit of the nylon end block and also a bit off the top track to give clearance .
Fit door back on ,but completed the above 3 lines again four times before the door was gliding smoothly again .
Gave a final spray of CRC dry lube onto all moving bits ,and thankful thats done . AND NOW ITS BLOODY TEATIME !!
Rock on people ,Andy .
Gundog said
08:44 PM Jul 29, 2023
A few weeks ago I decided it might a good idea to replace the front disk brake rotars and pads, why you may ask, as we were driving through Gympie. I had an occassion to brake very heavily, thus the anti locking activated, it appeard to harsh and grabby.
Initial thinking was to replace the pads, but I decided to do the rotars also, because just new pads may not resolve the issue if the rotars need machining. While in Brisbane I picked up a pair of rotars and ceramic pads.
Today was the day to do the job as the weather for the last week was bloody wet, sunny day today simple job jack up the front whip the wheels off, acouple of bolts undone and caliper lifts out of the way, slide the old rotars off, used a spreader to compress the pistions, fitted the new pad in place, put the new rotars on calipers bolted back in place.
Start up the ute pump the brakes to get a firm peddle, check the fluid level, ok. wheels back on, check brake peddle again, time to road test and and bed in the pads.
Road test a few K's with light brake peddle pressure to bed the pads, then a couple of medium to heavy braking applications and the two very heavy emergency braking to activate the anti locking braking to see the effect, the harsh grabby feeling was gone, now its a smooth on/off/on braking action.
The old rotors and pads are 13 years old with 260,000 k on them, there appears to have about a quarter of pad material left comparred to the new ones, as for the rotars the wear looks reasonable, I suspect one of the rotars may be a bit warped.
Aus-Kiwi said
06:40 PM Oct 20, 2023
Moving all my belongings to Darby Queensland from Blue mountains NSW . Resting for a few days . Will B&B or have parking up there if anyone is interested . Just done one trip . Taking all my fabrication, welding gear up there . 8 hour drive ..
Cupie said
06:47 PM Oct 20, 2023
Is that a typo ... DALBY not Darby?
AndyCap100 said
06:12 AM Nov 9, 2023
Removed the non working sensor in the Jayco waste water tank ,cleaned ,and gave the tank a good hose out too . Its become a regular 3 monthly job as the sensor arm quickly gets gunged up and doesn`t read either at all or wrong . Easy enough job though . The plastic nut that holds the sensor arm in the tank is only hand tight ,simply loosed off and the whole arm can be lifted out of the tank . A basic hose sprayer i made up with tap can then be wedged in the hole ,spray pattern adjusted which works well.
Why - thank you Rocket, we did go crabbing at Pt Hughes, got one legal sized Bluey,
Been once more since at the outer Harbour platforms and got two legals.
Nice new pots work well, will end up with five pots when the three old ones are renovated with wire mesh bottom rings.
Thats funny. Would have liked to seeyou untarp the truck.
mobi condo, good to seea few of you on here enjoying crabbing
regards rocket
This might not sound that eventful unless you know me, just ask my son or my husband; I've been know to jump out of a moving car. So there was no way I going to get in the car with a spider and drive the 30min drive home at 100km speed limit. Sooo glad I found it or I might still be in the car park. At least only my arm pits got wet lol
I, me, myself, moi and MUITS sat down for a morning coffee and chat with my partner in crime and other adventures (commonly called my wife) and I re-established contact with this beautiful forum/website on my "new" laptop - read redeemed juiced and broken touch screen device.
Was juiced (a small cup of fruit juice spilt on key board & screen cracked when dropped) and therefore judged useless. A good friend told us that he makes a lot of similar devices workable again and so has done so.
it is nice to be back on line.
We also looked at the same option and came to the same conclusion. Lining someone elses pocket.
We initially wanted to just sell everything and travel to the end of our use by dates but realised that we may not be able to do the caravan thing when we became old and physically unable. So what then..? We then decided that we would buy a house outright with few overheads and still have the means to travel and that when this time of unable came along we had a home to go back too.
continue to enjoy looking but be wary of the fine print
Heading way out bush, camping with no-one else around next month. We find our own campsites, no neighbors.
Mines a Guinness or 2 and the wifes a bottle of fizz !! Andy .
Congratulations on the occasion. It's great feeling, isn't it. Good luck for the future.
Thanks guys, were based in NZ but hopefully now we have the time we can do a `1st visit over to you . We were actually gonna book a holiday(significant anniversarry) just before covid and a few other health issues hit at the same time ,Few days on a Murray river cruise was on the ittinery and explore around Adelaide .Keeping everything crossed for later in the year . Rock on, Andy .
-- Edited by AndyCap100 on Tuesday 1st of November 2022 09:50:14 AM
X 2
The need to replace the anode in my water heater came as a task in my diary.
I replace it every six months and this is the second cheaper anode I have fitted. I think that I am getting about the same degradation from the cheap ones I am now using as I was when I was buying the expensive ones from caravan sales outlets.
Works out about $26 compared to $40
Beautiful weather today.
We travelled up to Red Hill/Main Ridge for lunch at Ye Olde English Pub, The Pig & Whistle.
Clear views of a very calm Port Phillip Bay from the summit, chair lift was busy.
Jesus, over 3 hrs toil just to change half a damn hinge!
Was told by supplying dealer that having the locker door vertical down puts too much stress on the hinges ,so i then fitted a wire check strap to stop this happening ,another half hr. or so .
Heaven knows why these cannot be fitted at the factory when new ,eats into the profit too much i suppose .
Rock on people .Andy .
Nothing !!!
It was a challenge !! All well and good Jayco`s putting them together ,but no thought if you need to dismantle anything .
First sort out how to remove door and top slider ,remove u shape piece of vertical channel where door closes to, easy a few screws only .
Next remove the side where the door attaches to frame ,not so easy as plastic strip hides any fixings ,in the end a thin `putty` knife inserted near the top and slid briskly down detaches the 2 pieces of plastic so you can get to these screws too ,so removing this channel .
So far so good as the door is now swinging about freely .Wedge door up to stop it swinging.Undo the 4 self tapper screws that hold the track up ,but, the track will not just come out as the in built furniture on one side and a plastic edge strip on the other side of door frame protrudes to stop this .Try holding the complete door at an angle ,won`t work ,Chisel a bit off the plastic strip ,that worked ,so door now all out .
Strip door off track ,grind bit of the nylon end block and also a bit off the top track to give clearance .
Fit door back on ,but completed the above 3 lines again four times before the door was gliding smoothly again .
Gave a final spray of CRC dry lube onto all moving bits ,and thankful thats done . AND NOW ITS BLOODY TEATIME !!
Rock on people ,Andy .
A few weeks ago I decided it might a good idea to replace the front disk brake rotars and pads, why you may ask, as we were driving through Gympie. I had an occassion to brake very heavily, thus the anti locking activated, it appeard to harsh and grabby.
Initial thinking was to replace the pads, but I decided to do the rotars also, because just new pads may not resolve the issue if the rotars need machining. While in Brisbane I picked up a pair of rotars and ceramic pads.
Today was the day to do the job as the weather for the last week was bloody wet, sunny day today simple job jack up the front whip the wheels off, acouple of bolts undone and caliper lifts out of the way, slide the old rotars off, used a spreader to compress the pistions, fitted the new pad in place, put the new rotars on calipers bolted back in place.
Start up the ute pump the brakes to get a firm peddle, check the fluid level, ok. wheels back on, check brake peddle again, time to road test and and bed in the pads.
Road test a few K's with light brake peddle pressure to bed the pads, then a couple of medium to heavy braking applications and the two very heavy emergency braking to activate the anti locking braking to see the effect, the harsh grabby feeling was gone, now its a smooth on/off/on braking action.
The old rotors and pads are 13 years old with 260,000 k on them, there appears to have about a quarter of pad material left comparred to the new ones, as for the rotars the wear looks reasonable, I suspect one of the rotars may be a bit warped.
Is that a typo ... DALBY not Darby?
Removed the non working sensor in the Jayco waste water tank ,cleaned ,and gave the tank a good hose out too . Its become a regular 3 monthly job as the sensor arm quickly gets gunged up and doesn`t read either at all or wrong .
Easy enough job though . The plastic nut that holds the sensor arm in the tank is only hand tight ,simply loosed off and the whole arm can be lifted out of the tank .
A basic hose sprayer i made up with tap can then be wedged in the hole ,spray pattern adjusted which works well.