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The Traditional Game

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 16 December 2002 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

After a recent sales education seminar we designated the last day as a team exercise, in case the exercise is a game of golf. Golf and  I are not well-known partners, I don’t embarrass the Scot’s by bringing the game into ill repute and I only ask the evangelists of game not bother me with requests to “at least try it”. … Continue reading →

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First Fish on the Caboolture River

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 13 July 2002 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

We went out in the boat for the first time in months this weekend, before any launching of the boat, even a little aluminium dinghy like ours takes a while to prepare, this time it took a  couple of hours,  however when finished I thought I had organised it all. We had intended to get away around 9am but didn’t actually … Continue reading →

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So this is Korea

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 11 March 2002 by Chinwagger7 January 2016

The ride from the airport to the Holiday Inn was very interesting, my driver would drive up behind other cars in his lane at about 110 Kilometres and then turn on his hazard lights and head lights and flash them until the car in front would move over. I never understood why, but it did help move through the traffic … Continue reading →

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Barossa Valley for a change of pace

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 5 January 1999 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

We decided not to stay the full distance in the Innes National Park, the weather was far too hot and dry and our camping conditions were far from ideal.  We decided we needed a place with a little more sophistication and luxury so  we packed up and drove to the Barossa Valley. It was the right day to leave for this for this … Continue reading →

Posted in 1998 West from Canberra, Road Trip | Tagged Attractions, Barossa Valley, Borossa Valley, Camping, Canberra, Innes National Park, Tanuda Barossa Valley, Vineyards | Leave a reply

History everywhere in the park

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 4 January 1999 by Chinwagger11 July 2017

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Posted in 1998 West from Canberra, Road Trip | Tagged Cable Bay, Camping, Ethel, Ethel Beach, Innes National Park, Inneston, Pondalowie Ba, Shipwreck, Shipwrecks, Snorkelling | Leave a reply

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Houseboat on Caboolture River

Buying a House Boat

The phone call came late in the evening. I usually leave calls after eight at night. The phone played that stupid noise I had assigned the ring tone. Who the hell is this bloody phone bloody scam? I thought I'll ...
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A pair of Ugg Boots

Carpet Laying by Gazza

Through my life my close friend and ally in the sometimes serious and sometimes mischief passage of our joint existence has featured in a number of incidents that somehow become known as the Gazza Curse, I will leave the reader ...
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The Forklift

My son and I own a small flooring store, part of a bigger franchising network. He runs the store and I get to do all the jobs that are not selling flooring. There appear to be a lot of these ...
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First Red Claw Catches

First trip for our camper, we  travelled very west of here, to a place called Lake Boondooma . This is a man-made lake which has a huge area for camping. The camping is "bush camping", off grid no power, no ...
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Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

After my assignment in Taipei Al and I decided to brave the wilds of inner Taiwan and find somewhere to spend a few days doing very little other than a some walking and perhaps some bike riding. Our destination is ...
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Coast Guard Rescue

Coast Guard Rescue

Sometimes things just don't go as right as they could and sometimes when that happens particular people are always present. You feel that perhaps, just perhaps they have a little bit influence, it could be some sort of bad air ...
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Caught by a Lure

Caught by a Lure

“Bugger it’s got me” The sound of a fisher that’s just been hooked by their own lure. Fishing in the Upper Noosa we only use lures. Mostly traditional lures, although we have tried various squidgy soft baits and this time ...
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Is Easter fishing cancelled again

Its Thursday 21st April 2011 and its been raining for three days, our back garden has had 24cm, 23cm and 19cm, Harley tells me there has been more further north at Cooroy. Great as Cooroy is close to where we ...
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Toilet paper and snorkelling

The morning constitutional, is always a ritual taken with some trepidation when camping. The facilities can vary from nothing at all, that's the dig your hole and bury your own business,  to full clean flush toilets with hot and cold water ...
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