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Australia Day, The Day we All Became Australians (not Invasion Day)
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a Captain Cook did not arrive in Australia on the 26th of January.The Landing of Captain Cook in Botany Bay happened on the 28th of April 1770 not on the 26th of January 1770.The First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay on the 24th of January 1788.The 26th January was chosen as Australia Day for a significant d...
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If you own a timber house/dwelling in SE QLD
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In our part of the Top End we receive (Brisbane News) on 7 and 9 and 10. Last week there was a story on termites "at the back of the Gold Coast"(???) that indicated they were "from Darwin" ie mastotermes darwinines There was a similar story "about 5 months ago" on the same subject in the same location. If yo...
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Pap diesel heater flame out
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We have installed a 3kw diesel heater in our fan was working fine. After being not used for several months having trouble getting it to fire up and when it does blows copious amounts of white smoke and the throws e8 error code which is flame out. Have replaced the fuel filter and the pump will prime but the...
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Stress remover pictures
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For all the dog lovers
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A bit mushy, but better than all the Covid crap ..........
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My Daily Gripes
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(1) Can anyone explain why people say, "enough is enough"? Why not some other meaningless tautology like "too little is too little", or "too much is too much", or "too much is more than enough"? (2) Why do native English speakers say "yeah, no"? A proposition can either be true (yeah) or false (nah), no...
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Benny Hill Unseen- 1991
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To cheer you up , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYezkvOQMEA -- Edited by Recoup on Friday 31st of July 2020 05:04:10 PM
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Whistling Turkeys
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Some Nomads have their own language.............lol
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Sydney Cahill expressway 3 -4 day closure.
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SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE: The Cahill Expressway will close from 8pm Friday 31 July until 5am Monday 3 August to remove these toll booths. While it's shut, you can use the other lanes across the Harbour Bridge or the Sydney Harbour Tunnel instead. Allow extra travel time and plan ahead. You can find more i...
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Economic Support Payment
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Buy Australian , we needed a new TV , no luck , all made overseas , Micro oven shot it self last night , we can't find one made in Au. The Gov. is handing money out so we can support the Australian economy , but the way it looks we are going to support overseas countries if we are going along and buy those items . c...
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For all the train/monorail buffs
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Mesmerising...........not really, but clever
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Hunter Valley Airshow 2021
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Hunter Valley Airshow is back for an absolute BLOCKBUSTER of a show in 2021. Now is the time to get your EARLY BIRD TICKETS with huge savings to be made. DO NOT MISS OUT! Visit http://huntervalleyairshow.com.au to get yours before September 30th when prices go back to normal.... The March 13th & 1...
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AliceSprings Father's Day.
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From Senior's News: The ultimate festival of wheels will return to Alice Springs this Fathers Day weekend, with the sixth annual Red Centre NATS to be held from 4-6 September featuring an amended program and ticketing structure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic... READ MORE: https://australians...
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Soccer
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Soccer.....five minutes of excitment.....seventy five of kicking a ball backwards and fowards to each other. AFL for me!! Collo.
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South Australians will be band from returning to SA
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Things are getting worse than trying to get across Europe in WW2. I had relatives saying how difficult it was to get home. 'Currently, South Australians are allowed to return home but must quarantine for two weeks and undergo two mandatory coronavirus tests.' 'South Australia is again strengthe...
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Running a marathon was never crazier or harder than during the 1904 St Louis Olympics
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-26/the-wildest-olympic-event-in-modern-history/12467362The 1904 men's marathon was so poorly organised, so rife with fraud, and so life-threatening to the competitors, that the organiser wanted the race abolished from future Games...
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Changing a wheel....
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Aircraft maintenance taken to extremes............not for you Doug with your jelly legs... -- Edited by Bobdown on Tuesday 21st of July 2020 03:22:45 PM
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LONG BEFORE CV19
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I was looking through some photo's from way back before all the doom and gloom of CV19 and came across this one from the good old days at GreenS Lake, North Central VIC. Edit....For all those newbies out there, these are or were back then members of this GN Forum. -- Edited by Dougwe on Sunday 19th of Jul...
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Face masks & facial hair options.
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Well some of us are stuffed in our household!
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Jokes
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Possum where on earth do you get those jokes? Just been reading a few of them and nearly piddled my pants laughing!!!!! The Goat joke had me in stitches but then, I have always had had a warped sense of humour. .
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