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Lovers Beach

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 13 March 1997 by Chinwagger10 January 2016

The previous night Al and I feel asleep early around 9.30 on the couch. It must have been all the riding, fresh air and generally healthy living. You would think a snooze like that would have us up and at ‘em fairly early, but that wasn’t the case it was after 9.30 by the time we were finally up and … Continue reading →

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Feels like growing up in the 50’s

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 12 March 1997 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

We finally managed to drag ourselves out of bed around 8.30 and after breakfast we headed into the shop to buy the necessary for our evening meal. While we were standing at the counter in the shop the power went off. This meant we had to leave our veggie shopping until later, the weighing machine wouldn’t work, it was electric. … Continue reading →

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Arriving at Lord Howe Island

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 11 March 1997 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

We arrived at Lord Howe Island no problem, the flight over had been in a thirty six seat Dash 8 aircraft. Some of the seats had been removed to install life rafts,   a very comforting modification especially as you fly out from Sydney Airport to a tiny speck in the Pacific in this aircraft with only one propeller spinning around … Continue reading →

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1997 Lord Howe Island

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 11 March 1997 by Chinwagger21 October 2019

<img “=”” title=”Lord Howe Starting” src=”http://goodoldchinwagging.com/wp-content/uploads/1997/03/Lord-Howe-Starting.jpg” alt=”” width=”720″ height=”200″ style=”display:none”>This is a journal of a visit that Mrs H and I made to Lord Howe Island in 1997. check out the journal for this trip. This was one of our early holidays in Australia, it was a great destination that was relaxing and interesting. You can find further information about Lord Howe at Lord … Continue reading →

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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

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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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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

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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