My Dad nearly got scammed today.

Was in the woolies car park at Currambine shops when we were approached by two guys in a white Toyota HiAce van tring to sell us some high end audio stuff that they had spare from doing jobs installing them.

Very convincing stuff and they've got a website set up for it all. They were offering us a projector and surround sound for $500-1000 and very nearly got hus.

Luckily Dad went by his motto of 'if it sounds to good to be true......'

Checked it out on the net when I got back in and sure enough

www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Beware-speaker-scam/7573988/

Also, watch out for it on gumtree as some people are trying to sell it on.

If anyone is approached by them then get the rego and call 1300133408.

Hey fellas does anyone know of a good place to source limestone blocks and have them delivered? I need about 30 - 40m worth preferably 500 x 200 approx, just out of interest are they easy to cut and will they stain much with bore water? If they stain what the best way to wash / scrub off the iron stains?

Thanks in advance,

Old Salt

Hey fellas does anyone know of a good place to source limestone blocks and have them delivered? I need about 30 - 40m worth preferably 500 x 200 approx, just out of interest are they easy to cut and will they stain much with bore water? If they stain what the best way to wash / scrub off the iron stains?

Thanks in advance,

Old Salt

 up in coral bay at the moment

a big boat called predator2 blatant pinger

so frustrating...years of hard werk and searching for ground all for this dickhed to pull up circle

me and drift 20m behind me....hope u blow ur trailer tyres....

I"ve always thought that if I lost my son or daughter to a great white attack - I would want to hunt it down and kill it !

What would you do, if that was your family member - your son, daughter, father or mother ?

My logical side tells me, that the ocean is their domain, and we enter the ocean with risk ! But my emotional side tells me, I would hunt it down and kill it, so this happens to no other family.

What would you do ??

Hi all.

Just back from Gnaraloo after a week up there. Great trip and met a few more FW crew while we were there. (Report to come). I was wondering if anyone has any information on direction Island. My mates and i are looking for a new challenge next year year and Direction island came up. The water looks quite shallow on the navionics, so i guess trout would be the target species. Lots of macks as well i have heard. The shack i understand is still in commission after the Mackerel's closed. Any information would be appreciated.

Regards

Xtreme Dave

The wife was talking to a person at her work the other day about diving and the discussion turned to sharks, he mentioned that he had seen on a website that somebody had brought out a wrist shark shield that is similar to a watch. Our son is a mad keen body boarder and a surf board shark shield is not really appropriate for this type of activity as they are laying on the board all the time and the tail would give them a shock.  Has any one heard of these or knows of something that would work in this situation.

I dive and have a divers shark shield give me and the wife piece of mind when down under the water, but with the sighting and attacks we need to sort something out for these type of activitys.

Cheers

Colin

There is serious discussion going on in the Dept of Transport about rec fishers having their flare packs in date and not just in good condition.

They are taking submissions from those interested in putting their proposals in for the legislation changes so this can happen

 The reason for this is to solve the problem of "what is good condition?" The inspector cannot tell if a flare is in good condition and the only way to find out is to set it off and then you are left with nothing.

My proposal is that we be allowed a 2 year extension on what is shown on the flare pack expiry date, so if it shows a 3 year date  then we are allowed 5 years before getting a replacement set, same thing if it shows an expiry of 5 years then its 7 years for you to replace them.

hey ,

just picked up the new boat and ive been told i need an "activator" for my brakes on the trailer to work. does anyone have any idea what this is and how to install/who installs this?

cheers

Hey guys,

Going to Perth for a couple of weeks for some study and R&R.

Being a Broome resident, kayak shopping has been a long distance affair for me and a visit to the big city presents a great opportunity to checkout new technology in the flesh. Blue water and expedition kayaking are of particular interest.

Any recommendations on some ful kit shops down there. Same same for fishing tackle thanks.

A friend who is accustomed to big city traffic will be driving me around. Sharks I can handle but big city traffic scares the hell outa me!

Anyone into big game? Would love to checkout your setups. PM or email me and maybe we can catch up while I am down there.

Will probably be at a loose end this weekend.

~

Caught a couple a weeks ago now but never had my camera aboard and had to wait on mate to send to me. Enjoy

The pool has recently turned into a pond.

We've been having trouble with it since Christmas. Water is fine (pH, salt, phosphates etc) as it's been tested several times. Replaced the cartridge in the filter which needed changing anyway, had the cell tested which is three years old and that's running at about 80% chlorine output, pump is on for 2x3hrs a day, normally we have the cover on.

I have two problems:

1. The control box fell off the mountings in Feb, I've had this briefly tested and it was ok, however, I suspect its not and this is the chlorine output problem
2. When I clean the cartidge filter, the pressure would normally run out about 20 for weeks, for the last couple of months it starts at 20 and then goes to about 100+ within an hour. When I clean it, this happens every single time. The only thing I haven't looked at yet is the pump, it sounds fine and the last time the pump got clogged the pressure went down, not up. This pressure going up thing is doing my head in.

I just wanted some second opinions before I splashed the cash on a pool guy, because I know good trustworthy ones are hard to find.

Cheers

John

Dunno how many of you saw this last night but I thought it was a crack up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-1NK4a5Cys

 Hi all,

Just after some places myself and the girlfriend could get a way for a couple of nights of camping.

I have a 4wd. Looking for some where max 2 hours from Perth.

Hills? Beaches yanchep/ Moore river direction?

Thanks in advance

James 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2bCIyus

Gopro falls off around 3:35 also.

So we are moving back to the Pilbara, cant wait.  Brisbane and the big smoke just insnt for us.

be there in time for barra season all going well

Hi guys

I am looking for anyone with a boat that may be able to help me out. I am looking at doing the Rottnest Swim by myself next February (23rd). As part of the race each competitor requires a support boat (5m or bigger) to chug alongside over to Rotto. I am coming over from NSW for the swim and it's a little too far to drag a boat over. I know other members in this forum have helped others out with a support boat so I thought I would try my luck here. I am willing to pay for all expenses and chip in more to cover your time, beers etc. Let me know if you or someone else may be interested to help out. You can direct msg me here or email -   thanks

Cheers

Waza

Hi guys

I recently bought a new Nikon D5100 DSLR and lens kit (18 - 50mm and 55 - 300mm) and I've been madly taking photos of anything and everything....sunrises, sunsets, close ups of anything, etc. I've also added a few more things to my camera bag, which required a new camera bag!

I've added a 10 - 24mm wide angle lens and a 150 - 500mm telephoto lens to my arsenal...for now, I've pretty well got most situations covered...well, that's what I've told mrs gates...shhhh.

Here's some pics, hope you enjoy them....some have been cropped to highlight the subject but none of them have been enhanced in any way....I prefer to present the image in it's 'as shot' format. Maybe once I get further along with my photography, I'll look at that side of things.

1. Mountain ducks on the wing.

2. Fire

3. Magpie

4. Full moon last week...across the Harvey Estuary

5. Full moon framed by windmill...taken before it set on Thursday morning

6. Full moon...taken with a 500mm lens

7. Juvenile male Blue Wren

8. Juvenile female Blue Wren

9. Western Honeyeater

10. Grevillea flower

11. Honky nuts

12. Wood beetle

regards
rusty...

Good come back by the coasters, not a high in the skill level But how good is the BIG COX

 Hey guys 

Just wondering if anyone has ideas of mounting Gopro to a handline. I want to start using it to see what sort of ground I'm fishing on. Any help would be great. 

Cheers 

Pies supporters quiet after a bottom side loss.

Putting my tub up for sale, it is on boatsonline. 2010 model with Yamaha 4 stroke, 380hrs just serviced. Set up with furuno 295 sounder,lowrance combo sounder plotter, outriggers, downrigger etc. 48k. Cheers

As you know my crew and myself have been putting tags into fish for the last 18 months we have had 14 recaptures .and I know of a few others that were not reported.so good signs that if treated right the fish will have a good chance of survival.

Dhu fish /tagged 28/5/11 size 515mm recaptured 23/7/11 size 525mm

Dhu fish/      "     28/5/11    "  630mm       "          12/7/11        640mm

Dhu fish             2/5/11          425mm                  7/5/11        same  425mm  caught again 7/6/11         425mm  caught again                 26/6/11         430mm                                                                                                                                three times and vented twice in good condition on each release.

Dhu fish             7/5/11          780mm                  28/5/11          780mm no change

 Dhu fish            20/12/11       590mm                  5/3/12            600mm

Dhu fish            22/5,11         810mm                  27/6/2011        Was kept by others was not measured this fish had a double hook in its throat and one in its                                                                                       gut bag not in good condition on release did not think this one would be recaught but it was and in good condition .

Dhu fish           23/12/10        540mm                  15/4/12            665mm

Dhu fish           23/5/2011      585mm                   7/7/11              585mm no change

Dhu fish           23/5/11         495mm                    7/8/11             510mm

Dhu fish             23/5/11        745mm                   7/8/11              755mm

Dhu fish             8/4/12            635mm                 8/4/12

Dhufish             20/12/11          560mm                2/1/12             same560mm

Dhu fish            22/5/11            440mm                12/1/12            460mm

Breke sea cod.           23/7/11            415mm                 1/7/12            430mm kept

Wanted to buy furuno 585 send me a pm if you have one your looking to off load.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14144813/fishermens-close-encounter-with-great-whites/

How good was the last origin last night.

Even better that QLD won and the excuses have started again from a sore losing NSW team.....

Now they gotta wait another year......

unlucky cockroaches

 Would just like to say thanks to the crew at the Shack

My Tairyo rod broke unexpectedly on the weekend,unsure why as only using 3kg line and this outfit has knocked over some good tuna and dollies through summer. Walked in this afternoon with rod in 2 pieces, and walked out with brand new one in a bag

Thanks again           Cheers Rick

couple of world records , enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6PQ49B5Gpw&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7SjX7A_FR6g

hi,

   I have a 60 litre evakool fridge, i plugged it into my aux point in the back of my 100 series recently for a day trip up to moore river. I had it in there for about an hour to cool down, then went out to put some food in it just before i was leaving and it hadnt cooled down at all and the fault light was flashing but it still sounded like it was cycling. I brought it inside and plugged it in and was working fine so must be something to do with my car, i checked my batteries and aux point with multimeter and they all read over 13 volts. Anyone else had this sort of problem before, thought id ask on here first before i go see an auto sparkie.

cheers

Have had some trouble servicing a couple of lever drag reels. Normaly just give them a dip in warm soapy water leave them to dry then inox the external moving parts. but for some reason decided to strip them right down layed everything out neat cleaned everything up lubricated and reversed them back together. looked great and looked like i knew what i was doing however now they both are stiff to wind when the drag is up, if i back the drag right off they wind like normal but when setting the drag up to 5kg they can hardly be turned. Does anyone have any ideas of what i have misplaced / needs replacing or what i have done incorrectly? Any feedback is appreciated and can hopefully save me sending them away