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I was considering a 12V kettle for my coffee kit, & in doing some research I found this Waeco 12V_180W x750ml kettle< & I thought wow, beauty, that'll do the trick. I fully expected around 15-20A power draw, but what blew it out of the water (pun intended :playful: ) was the half hour needed to...

worth a read https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-25/china-and-australia-trade-relations-who-really-holds-the-power/12281608

I have lost my marbles nugget. if you find it please send it to me :playful: :goldnugget: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/offbeat/wubin-motorist-loses-50000-gold-nugget-on-great-northern-highway-ng-b881588258z

So this genius group from the University of WA's Australian Urban Design Research Centre, made an astounding revelation that it would be a good idea to connect regional towns to the cities with rail. Why hasnt anyone thought of that before? ok ok I'm being just a bit sarcastic :rolleyes: The...

I think many will like seeing this "Chinese billionaire sells huge Australian cattle stations to Queensland family" https://7news.com.au/news/qld/chinese-billionaire-sells-huge-australian-cattle-stations-to-queensland-family-c-1011388

I just wrote this up in another (unrelated) thread, & thought it would be handy to have its own thread, for people to more easily find, & add their own tricks & ideas. I have an older laptop (that I like) but it crashes occasionally. When typing a long winded email or similar, I open Windows...

This thread is intended to be informative of charities & organisations helping people in need from the Bushfires, in all states. Mods, can this be a sticky thread for an appropriate time ? Please comment if you see one listed that isn't REPUTABLE please add any worthwhile REPUTABLE charities...

they poured first gold in june, but now its 'offically' open https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-04/gruyere-biggest-goldmine-officially-opens/11763156?WT.ac=statenews_wa

so very proud of my niece. yesterday her & her horse took out WA's most prestigious jumping event. She has worked long & hard to reach this, the highest grade, coming 1st in the Grand Prix class for Equestrian in the Park, on the Swan River foreshore in Perth, competing against WA's best, a...

As a beach/coin/jewelery/relic detector is the E-Trac good or great, or is the EQ600/800 that much better? At $750 for the E-Trac (yes, I rang & confirmed, $750 for the bundle) is it worth it?

kicking this topic off with an interesting article in todays ABC News, turning plastic back into oil. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-20/scientists-may-have-found-solution-to-plastic-recycling-problem/11679326 . on a side note, where I live we have had a 3 bin collection for a few years now...

I thought this an interesting story, on how pastoralists in the N/West of WA are changing practises & irrigating feed production for livestock. They are fortunate in the underground water they have available, but it shows what can be done, with adequate investment...

this is probably old news for those that live in the region Kings Plains, north-east of Blayney https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-14/mcphillamys-gold-mine-proposal-divides-locals/11702370

have a shot, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, or just copper https://thewest.com.au/business/public-companies/strategic-ready-for-big-reveal-at-mysterious-geological-site-c-547245

truck crashes with a load of beer :beer: :o :argh: :awful: 8.( https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/massive-cargo-of-victoria-bitter-destroyed-in-nsw-truck-crash/news-story/2c3dfeceab5a657e8a650a89caa3cecb

This is the view from our camp that we woke up to last Sunday morning while out camping & trail riding in the S/West WA, in an area of State Forest & Pine Plantations (was a long weekend here). Just on sunrise the fog was sitting on top of the hills (this is in a fairly steep valley), but as the...

came across this article today. Says its updated at the start of October 2019 https://www.smarterhobby.com/metal-detecting/best-metal-detector/ Doesn't cover all detectors, but gives a sampling of what a newbie might look for.

apparently this guy reneged on an agreement to pay half the value to the church who owns the grounds https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/treasure-hunter-sued-by-church-of-scotland-over-36-million-haul-of-viking-relics/news-story/ccbc381ad454f9c92ab9e003fe6350a0

my dog will be in raptures when he sees this :o https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/massive-500kg-bone-from-worlds-biggest-dinosaur-found-in-france/news-story/9ec78d96efcda37c82ba7d5990ca5f07

chasing a Detech 8x6" &/or 10x5" SEF DD for the Whites MXT Pro cheers DED