Yeah bugger, standard gumtree shit though isn't it...lol
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Yeah bugger, standard gumtree shit though isn't it...lol
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Yeah pretty much. Bought a bed & tall boy last year and the people were over the moon said how refreshing it wad to deal with someone normal. You'd think it pretty simple to coordinate a transaction but there's a quite few knobs out there. . . Plenty of decent people too still thankfully. . .
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Thank you to the mod who wiped all the political BS threads that were posted last night.
Massive appreciative thanks going out to @PeeBee Philstar here old mate!
Top bloke and his better half too kindly together dropped off in our absence a double set of ‘Maxtrax’ originals for our upcoming family heavy underpowered GU highly unfamiliar sand needs ;-)
NO instructions left though @PeeBee’s :-)
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No problem Mark, hope you don't need them. Have a great trip.
Using Max traxs??? ...well... It's like using a Deck of Cards to find help when you are totally alone miles form anywhere...
Sit down and deal a game of patience... within 1 minute someone will appear and say "Red 10 on the Black Jack"
For Maxtrax... get one out, put it upside down and sideways against a tyre, stand back and scratch your head... within 1 minute someone will appear and say "Thats not how you use a Maxtrax".
Then you put the Maxtrax away and get the dude to snatch you out... simples!
Big shoutout to the CFA, Forest Fire Management and Police.
Late season fire near my daughters place which caused a bit of panic as the primary school was evacuated and the school bus diverted. Daughter was at work about 80km away and son-in-law law working near Darwin, lots of frantic phone calls to collect the grandkids from two different locations and evacuate a couple of BIG dogs.
Have to say I’m all in favour of kids having mobile phones if they live in the country, would never have found where the bus was diverted or what parent had taken the 5 year old with them.
Lots of roads closures and diversions but finally collected the older two and got to their house as the wind changed so no longer under threat.
Impressive effort by the fire crews as the wind was howling here, 60 CFA trucks, 25 Forest Fire Management, 3 choppers (including the Sky Crane), and a fixed wing were fighting it. There were three fires in the district and crews came in from quite some distance away. This was really out of control and heading towards a populated area. A shower of rain helped slow it down and get it contained.
Unfortunately some houses were lost and 5 people hospitalised (including 3 CFA Members).
And a big shoutout to Jack who kept us informed with what was going on with the fire. Our place was within the declared emergency area, but thankfully the efforts of firefighters plus a timely drop of rain & wind change all came together to ensure our place stayed safe. It's a pretty helpless feeling with lots of 'What if's' going through your head when you are so far from home. Brought it all back from when we went through similar whilst we were travelling 10 years ago on Black Saturday. It makes so much difference to hear from folk 'on the ground' whom you trust.
Thank you kindly @katwoman for babysitting the old Safari for the last twelve months, really appreciate your patience with our slack efforts :-)
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Back home safe & sound now and please also thank again SteveO the Legend for fixing the carby & pump for us [emoji106][emoji106]
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so is it an operational firefighting pump now mate!!!Quote:
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Meant fuel pump sorry mate, I left the Mogas in there too long and it turned to Orange Juice as good old SteveO would say :-) [emoji106][emoji106]
Whole fuel system gummed up on me en route to their property last year with a temporary VR permit stuck to the window:-)
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Worthy of a thank you good blokes I believe in Tuncurry passing through again this week.
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Our old GQ faithful A/C sprung an O ring compressor leak and started pumping warm air in-cab :-(
With nearly 2,000km round inspection trips to go before home again the blokes only charged a mere $200 for labour/O/+gas and thankfully rolling again immediately ready for blizzardly Newell bliss tomorrow :-)
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@taslucas LEGEND!!
Humble Bloke drove some serious Tassie kms to welcome/guide us Victorian wankers on his wicked West Coast home turf!
Honestly learnt about upcoming ‘Quicksand’ adventures ahead and what to visually look out for which we all found to be so true, THANK YOU LOCAL BLOKE[emoji106][emoji106]
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Bloody hell MB, putting your trust in Taslucas,, you sure are brave, gotta give you that.Quote:
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Last time I was over that way I couldn`t find the young fella.
Most probably didn`t want a Tryhard any where near LMAO.
Hope the young fella`s going Ok. Top bloke.
My pleasure MB!
I knew I had to make some effort to catch up with you all. I just wish I could have spent a couple more days.
Thanks for the rumbos too!
I'm glad to see you all had a great time [emoji106][emoji106]
Conical rocks is a cool place hey?
Oh, and sorry if I missed ya last time piercey, better come over and try again!
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Bit of a Bummer that you guys couldn`t have taken those two Europeans Normi and Bianca out for a bit of fun.Quote:
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I have no idea what you're talking about pearcey!Quote:
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Mate they are a couple of great folks who just spent twelve months do a lap of Australia. Met them just before Christmas. They caught up with MB and co not long after. Their plans were to head back to Sydney and head home, but then they did a short stint over your way. They did a bit of dirt over here but were not confident in doing the hard stuff on their own, SMART.Oh,Oh, being German they new how to drink, just saying.
I reckon it's you that makes people drink,just saying..I never use to drink as much as I do until I met you.....bwhaaaaaQuote:
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Well bugga me, I thought it was you who was the bad influence LMAOQuote:
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Bianca (an industrial chemist) tried a wee drop or should I say my last drop of ZIN, gave it the big thumbs up. Reckoned it was one good lubricating drop.
Be afraid, be very afraid I`m trying to work out when to head over your way.