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I've been banned for about two weeks and the only one that missed me was Bigwave!! Thanks fellas! Shite, i hope you don't dance on my grave that quick :lol: :lol: No reason for the ban, just happened it seems and i couldn't do anything about. Now, where was i? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

A bloody miserable day here in Ballarat and i couldn't be stuffed going out. So i thought i'd stay in and do an illustration. goldtruck 59 suggested i do a Moray Eel the other day when he saw the angry trout, so i thought why not. I thought i'd incorporate a mermaid and do it as a tattoo...

Some of you may remember a 'rough' sketch i posted a few weeks ago. I've just been working on one of the designs up to a finished coloured work and thought i'd post the progressive shots from start through to completion. Hope you enjoy them.

I just thought i'd give those of you lucky enough to be living in, or travelling to Canberra over the next couple of months a heads up that the National Library of Australia in Canberra is having a massive retrospective exhibition of the goldfields artist S T Gill. The exhibition runs until...

Don't want to panic anyone, but it seems to me silver hasn't posted in a while and he's normally very 'regular' on here to use a medical term. Anybody know if he's OK or have i just missed his recent posts?

It's just started snowing here in Ballarat. Rug up if you're getting out in it around here this weekend.

Latest news being reported is that Britain has voted to leave the European Union. Counting is at 52% leave, 48 percent stay. Interesting times ahead methinks.

Started a new painting of a black bream with 'attitude' this morning and thought i post some progressive pics as i proceed. It's still very much in its raw stage even in the third pic. Hope it works out, fingers crossed. :lol:

I thought i'd post a few T shirt designs i'm working up at the moment. As can be seen they are only roughs at present and if i take any further i'll post up the finished artwork to view. These would all probably end up very colourful designs that are a bit 'out there' on black t shirts. Cheers...

I've had enough!!! This is a rant, so don't read if you don't feel like it. On the ABC (aka A BULLSHITE NATIONAL BROADCASTER CHANNEL) last night i watched as a so called 'intelligent' commentator tried to stir up some sort of conversation about whether or not the tree hugger loonies out there...

I know this is a prospecting site and not art, and it probably bores a few of you. But there are a few anglers, hunters and people that love the Aussie scrub on here and a few of you seem to enjoy seeing my artwork. So tomorrow i'm going to paint a black marlin that's on order for a boat...

I've started work on this painting of a Sambar deer head and thought i'd do another progressive posts thread like i did with the Wedgetail eagle. This one is in watercolours though, not pen and ink like the eagle. Hope it works out and you enjoy the progressive posts through to completion.

I thought a few of you blokes may be interested in these couple of shots i took over last weekend. They show the whole wash layer from topsoil down to bedrock.

I've finally almost got my wife to come around and get out on the scrub with me. I normally tent it, swag it or sleep in the defender when i go away, and I normally tow a boat or a trailer with my kayak on board. I'm considering something light to tow and with virtually no setup time, with...

I've recently tried detecting again with my sdc only using the speaker and i'm really struggling to eliminate those external noises such as wind and my footsteps on the undergrowth to the point i've gone back with the headphones despite the heat. The earphones are comfortable but bloody hot and...

Just thought i'd post a couple of pics of my son flyfishing the Upper King River around Pineapple Flat to the north of Mt Stirling in VIc high country. We spent just about all last week 4wdriving and fishing up around that area and i reckon if anybody's looking for a quick trip to do some dry...

Not gold related but plenty of people on here are also into fishing hunting camping 4wd etc. hence this question. My son and i (and a group of others) are looking around for a CHEAP bush block (not fully cleared or cleared at all), 15-20 acres that backs onto state forest within about 1.5 hours...

I think this is the year where the mighty magpies climb to the top and achieve the holy grail... ANOTHER GRAND FINAL FLAG go the mighty woodsmen :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's been 12 months (last March) since i took up gold detecting and bought an sdc, and i thought i do a tally up of the gold i've found. After reading Utbn's Gpz gold thread elsewhere my results for the year pale into insignificance, but overall i'm very happy and can't even remember the last...

I'm not sure if anyone here is interested, but i've just been sent a notice by Australian Book Auctions who are holding their next auction on Monday 21st March, and one of the items up for auction is Sands and Kenny, THE VICTORIAN GOLD READY RECKONER, 1857. There's also a lot of old books and...