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Point of no return.
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Hi everyone both wife and I have sold our van and our 2010 Paj. We were finding it very hard now to even get in and out of the truck and there was very little maintenance that I could do, gammy knees and not allowed up a ladder not to mention a couple of nasty falls. I have been a member of the GN since 2009 and hav...
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Advert Engineguard
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Engineguard advert he says they blew a fan belt. I think you chuck or throw a fan belt, which is correct.
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Gundog
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Byron Bay and Cyclone Alfred
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Just sitting here and thinking what happens if Cyclone Alfred hits Byron Bay really hard. Has our good old mate Dougwe done the right thing and made that all important phone call? I am very concerned that if the wind blows tooooo hard and it rains toooo much what will happen to the TWINS. Please Dougwe le...
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Southern Cruizer
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Bollon Pub.
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It may have been under reported as I haven't seen any footage on regular news outlets. The Bollon Pub and attached Cafe' has been totally destroyed by fire, (7.30 pm Sat 22nd Feb). It has always been one of our favorite places to spend a few days R & R.
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Possum3
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Wikicamps Problem
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Is anyone else having issues with Wikicamps. For some reason it won't work. I get this message saying "to check my internet connection" but that is fine. I have tried removing and then downloading the app again but nothing.
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DMaxer
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Big Purple Phone
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My mother in law is computor illiterate and is terribly afraid of technology. She has problems using her phone. They have no land line. Recently, her husband was admitted to hospital for a few days. She had issues using her phone, which caused some issues. We have been looking at the Big Purple phone an...
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Collo
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Gobsmacked.
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Yesterday I attended my Doctor for annual medical check to keep my driver's licence. (I passed). During my time with Dr he advised me that the NSW Govt has indicated to him that he will now have to pay RMS to utilise the forms required to be filled in on-line. He was unaware of the cost as it was handled by th...
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Possum3
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Dads..
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aussie_paul
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The RAIN has headed north BUT
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For anyone who might be considering heading north beyond Ingham, Greenvale - DON'T unless you have enough provisions to bide you through extended stops. The Bruce Highway is still closed at the Seymour River - in might be opened later today. The Burdekin River is still over the road near Greenvale. T...
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RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY, COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!!
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I guess many of us sung this ditty when we were kids but we who live in the "Dry Tropics" are getting sick of it! Since January 27, Townsville has had its annual rainfall of 1200mm in two weeks & I suppose we have to count our blessings as we ourselves were not flooded unlike others in older, flatter sub...
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Wow..
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aussie_paul
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ARRIVED IT HAS
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Well, I've finally reached the wonder years. Wonder where my care is parked? Wonder where my keys are? Wonder where I left my phone? Wonder where my glasses are? Wonder what day it is?
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Dougwe
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Insurance
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We live on a bush block twenty five minutes west of Ballarat. We are surrounded by bush, so our fire risk is high. We built our house eight years ago and although we can get insurance, at a fairly high cost, we decided to install a sprinkler system on the house and free standing garage. It wasn't cheap at 20...
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Collo
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Inadequate sentencing.
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We have just had here in Vic, a court case involving a speeding driver who's actions resulted in the deaths of FIVE people. What was the sentence? 3yrs,3measly years for killing five people. How long do we have to wait and have more deaths, before mandatory sentencing is introduced for these crimes? S...
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Magnarc
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La belle France.
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Just read that the current resident of Buck house has had the name of their latest submarine changed. It was to be named HMS Agincourt after the battle in which Henry V gave the French a hiding but, he has changed it to HMS Achilles so as not to upset them.It would have been the sixth vessel to have this name...
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The Tennis
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I am not a fan of watching tennis at the best of times but some of the antics displayed in the Australian Open have become quite hilarious. I find a lot of top level sports people, especially tennis players, are totally one dimensional with rewards far exceeding actual ability. Millions of dollars for...
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DMaxer
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Spanking..
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Alldocube iPlay 30 tablet - follow-up
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Pretty much exactly one year past I posted this review of a 10" Android table I'd just bought so I though a brief follow-up was in order. The tablet has performed well, no problems no troubles of any kind. The battery is still, as best I can tell, providing the same capacity it did when new. I have been usin...
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IT GOESWRONG
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-- Edited by Dougwe on Wednesday 8th of January 2025 05:32:34 PM
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Our Dorian Gray is in Austria
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Visiting our son and family in Innsbruck, Austria. Will our Dorian be sitting at the computer while the ballet company dances around him on stage. And no, we will not be here for the.play.
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