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Banka Banka
We depart the Tropic of Capricorn rest stop on the Stuart Highway and headed North 777 km to Banka Banka Station, stopping off for a peak at the Devils Marbles. So far we have journeyed some 12,770km...
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Is There’s Someone on the Line?
Its good bye to Banka Banka Station as the charabanc motors 558 km north up the Stuart Highway to Mataranka. Stopping off for lunch at the Daly Waters Pub. Then a look see at Frews Ponds between...
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Blow Ins Developing the North
With all the build up on having our say on our future in developing the north I was somewhat filled with dread at the sound of the excitable hype hot air about our future. We have been through this...
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The End of Flexible Solar
This is an expensive lesson in quality control and Australian standards. It does not matter what warranty is given or legal protection is provided in another country. Goods bought on the internet are...
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"Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"
On a rainy day in Frankston, Victoria the sight of a two tone 1962 Compact Fairlane parked up outside the library was enough to make my day. This beauty was in excellent condition as I the watched...
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Scotland the Brave
As an English expat it came with great relief when Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom on Thursday the 18th. August. The West Minister System we all live under can be complicated to explain in...
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No Vintage Cars From The 1990’s
After getting over the shock of coughing up $11,000 for a new transmission for the 2008 Mercedes Sprinter motorhome after only 184,000km on the clock. A squeak in the deferential has turned into...
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The Black Flag Puts The “Willies” Up People
New Zealand is going through the “change the flag debate”. The newly re-elected Prime Minister John Key said there were ‘strong arguments for change’ and wants a referendum on the issue. The often...
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George in the Jungle
In pursuit of the magnificent sailfish my brother Les and his motley crew of mates from the Old Dart (George)and Western Australia (Rob) were the cane toads won’t even go. Are trying their luck off the...
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Something About November
Just after midnight on 13th. August, 1961 East German soldiers raised the beginnings of the Berlin Wall with barbed wire and bricks between communist East Berlin and the democratic western section...
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