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The deactivated and drained old reservoir contains a nice bush walk and bike track as I discovered recently. There are many old rivulets and feeds into what is now a dry clay pan. And I can't help but think of the lots of gold bits that must have been sluiced down the hill over the years...

So one of my other interests is diving...walking up the Turon river recently I thought to come back in the warmer weather with a wetty and diving gear. Surely this must be a good way to get in among the bedrock crevices? I've not heard anyone doing the same thing so thought to see if anyone's...

FYI any keen geologists .... https://mailchi.mp/f67a1f614747/geological-survey-nsw-exploration-data-workshop-register-now?e=9cc23f226d

A few bits of junk from an old Army training ground in Sydney. The coagulated lump is a buckle and the dangly things are radio/electronics dust caps. Most impressive is the 55 gram lead projectile - sure wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of that!

Hi not sure where to put his post.... Gotta be in / around Katoomba tomorrow for the day tomorrow and thinking of chucking the defector in the truck.... Other than the obvious off limits Nat Park and usual no-go zones - if there anywhere up there worth a swing? Will be driving up from Manly...

Insane checmicals but impressive results....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhz0sgfYD8M

Turon Gates property has drystone walls running alongside and higher than the river. The property owner says they were built by the Chinese miners in the 1850s to carry water. But for what? I walked and follwed the line of wall for 5=KLMs and it must have taken a whole lot of $ to build. So why...

After severe pesterings fro the Minister for War and Finance about me going bush with no comms I bought an InmarSat "Satphone 2" on a pre paid basis. It's $1,000 with some credits thrown in but I reckon it will pay off in reduced resistance to my wanderings. One neat feature is you can send it...

Today I converted my wired Headphones on my ATX to Bluetooth Wireless....I like headset audio but dislike full blown headphones in the summer heat and plus the wires get in the way There are lots of ways to do this and I'm not saying this is the best....for about $75 using Jaycar parts and a...

I'll be in the Sunny Corner/Turon state Forest area the week of Monday 16 October. 4WD camping and with a topo map full of MinView Gold sites to evaluate. Will have UHF monitoring CH40 and callsign TopDog. Anyone welcome to drop in. TD

I was in the UK last week and visited old disused Lead/Silver Mines around Derbyshire....in one of the museums was an interesting story on the term "Nicked" or stolen. The story goes that in the heyday of Lead Mining when demand was high for the Lead, the Guild of Miners directed that every...

Mint condition ATX stolen - police informed and trying to locate serial num from garratt meanwhile notify any dodgy super cheap ATxs to me at [email protected] thanks DAve

Hey inmates! Check my treasure from my first hour on the beach here in Singapore - total victory eh!? :) I'm and expat splitting time between SG and AU and when in AU last month decided to try a new hobby.....you guessed it! My mate's just bought 300 acres near Mudgee NSW and there's plenty...

I'm planning to make an adaptor so I can use earphones rather than a headphone.....but have never seen this type of connector before. Does anyone know its type name/ or who makes it? if it's a proprietory Garrett one or not? Cheers! Dave