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The last leg home

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 3 September 2007 by Chinwagger21 November 2017

Only a publican for nine months, this ex-Sunshine Coast guy had taken the turnover from $5000 a week to $11000 a week. His was almost always booked out.

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Posted in 2007 Red Centre & Back, Front Page, Pub | Tagged Attractions, Barcoo Hotel, Blackall Queensland, Historic Significance, Morven, Morven Hotel, Pubs We Stayed, Warrago Highway | Leave a reply

Outback Pub Crawl

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 2 September 2007 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

She came out with a fabric shopping bag, which had in it a beanie and inside the beanie was a baby Wallaroo. This little guy was tiny, and had simply been hanging around in a bag on a hook by the bar, while she worked behind the counter

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Posted in 2007 Red Centre & Back, Front Page, Pub | Tagged Attractions, Banjo Patterson, Barcoo Hotel Qld, Blackall QLD, Clanceys Overflow Hotel, Crocodile Dundee, Historic Significance, Ilfracombe, Isisford Qld, Longreach QLD, Pubs We Drank, Pubs We Stayed, Wild Life | Leave a reply

A night at Walkabout Creek

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 1 September 2007 by Chinwagger4 June 2021

We called in at the pub, entering the bar, the first thing that was apparent was emptiness. Just empty, no tables or chairs, no people only high stools around the bar. It was a long building with paraphernalia around the walls and on the rafters, and at the far end the one piece of furniture was a pool table.

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Posted in 2007 Red Centre & Back, Front Page, Pub | Tagged Attractions, Crocodile Dundee, Croocodile Dundee, Historic Significance, McKinlay QLD, Mount Isa, Pubs We Drank, Pubs We Stayed, Steven King, Tennant Creek, Tennant Creek Northern Territory, Walkabout Creek Hotel | Leave a reply

Plane on the road, Mungerannie hotel, finished with a spar

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 21 August 2007 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

We were up reasonably early and we both wandered off for our showers. The morning was freezing and everybody even the rally blokes had their beanies pulled tight down over their ears. They were standing around their brightly painted cars sipping from steaming hot coffee mugs instead of the frosty tubes of beer their drink yesterday afternoon. Conversations were a mixture … Continue reading →

Posted in 2007 Red Centre & Back, Front Page, Pub | Tagged Attractions, Birdsville Queensland, Birdsville Track, Camping Free, Charles Sturt, Clayton Wetlands, Historic Significance, Marree South Australia, Mungerannie, Mungerannie Hotel, Oodnadatta Track, Pubs We Drank | Leave a reply

Birdsville

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 19 August 2007 by Chinwagger30 September 2019

Last night was really cold we went to bed in long johns and T-shirts. I set the alarm for 5.30am however when it went off it was too cold to get up and still dark and very quiet. It was one of the quietest nights I have experienced. There was no insect or wildlife noise and certainly no humans. The … Continue reading →

Posted in 2007 Red Centre & Back, Pub | Tagged Attractions, Birdsville Queensland, Camping, Historic Significance, JC Pub, Pubs We Drank, Quilpie Queensland, Windorah, Windorah Queensland | 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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