I just drove past on my way to the post office and all the signs have been taken down, the doors were all closed and blinds drawn.

Last week when I went in the tills werent working but they were still trading, and Tony was busy loading a truck with camping gear from the mezanine level which seemed a little strange at the time but nothing was said. They didnt mention they were closing or moving locations, so if they have moved, there is no forwarding address on the door and if they have closed it looks like it was pretty sudden.

Hopefully not another victim of the large chain stores.

Anyone know if they have opened up elsewhere?

That was my local I've been visiting for near on 15 years, so now I feel a bit lost.

Gday All,

I want to help out with the exxy comp, so i've decided to put up a blockmounted photo for auction. But i cant deciede which one, so im going to put a few up, and you guys can pick which one you would like to vote on, then i'll put that up for auction for about a week. I hope everyone can get involed. Winner will touch base with Adam and deal with all the money, i dont want anything to do with that side of things.

size (258mm x 610mm)

Size (406mm X 522mm)

Size (610mm x 352mm)

Size (610mm x 210mm)

  or either sunrise photo

Even if you dont intend on bidding, please pick which one you would like to see go up for auction. All for a great cause people!

Cheers,

Sheldon

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,28318,26203264-5002900,00.html

Would of had plums of steel jumping into that frenzy!!

I have a few seats (coushins) which need to be repaired / replaced on the boat.

They are covered in vionel / leather material, but not sure where to go to get some made up. And if they are expensive??

Does anyone know of any places i may be able to contact?

Cheers

I'm not sure who wrote this but I thought it was pretty good. Shows a few Aussies can think quite laterally. Shame I don't hit 50 for another 15 months or so.  

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Dear Mr. Rudd,
 
Please find below my suggestion for fixing Australia 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it The Patriotic Retirement Plan:
 
There are about 3 million people over 50 in the work force. - Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
 
1) They MUST retire. Three million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
 
2) They MUST buy a new Australian made car. Three million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
 
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.
 
4) They must send their kids to school / college /university - Crime Rate fixed
 
5) They must buy $50 of alcohol / tobacco a week there's your money back in duty / tax etc
 
It can't get any easier than that!
 
P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back
Their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances

Anon

Was just having a look at the numbers earlier and saw we had 106 members on at the same time, even some of the older members that have only posted a few times were on , looks like we are either all bored or just needing the fishing fix without getting wet or cold. its great to see so many older members still around, and lots of new ones

on atm lifestyle channel, looks pretty good, worth a watch i say

Was talking to friend of mine not so long ago when the subject of him catching sharks (Gummy's & Whalers) came up. He told me briefly how he processes the sharks after catching them, i.e cuting of fins/tail etc. He did mention also that he uses his high pressure hose (on boat) to as he said, "blow the backbone out of them." I have never heard of this approach before and was wondering if any members have or done the same thing. Im interested in any feedback and opinions on this, I had a fish burger some time ago with a whaler fillet (That's whaler, not whale!!) in it and was surprised how nice it was. I am assuming it tasted good because of how it was processed.        

With regards to the boat fire at Hillaries, I am amazed that there are not more misshaps like that.

I recently brought a boat, which had electric wires hanging down every where, the fuel tank sender unit had the hole in the tank cut out too large, would never sealed (factory fit).

Silicon holding the aluminium tank down direct on the floor, so it was corroded. The only thing that stopped the fuel cooming out from holes in the bottom of the tank was the corrosion.

There was no "Goose neck" on the fuel vent so water in the fuel.

I know from experience that when things go wrong, it all happens very quickly.

I have now rewired, and installed a new fuel system. Also serviced my inflateable life jackets. Found one where the cylinder was mounted up-side down.

Hi everyone, Can someone tell me if we are still allowed to fish from the jettys in Cockburn Sound, can't remember when the spawning season started and if there are restrictions or bans for the Cockburn area. Want to go fishing tonight and don't want to get into any trouble.

Man I just want to go fishing and catch something, any ideas?

Sorry guys but i just had to put up a couple of pics of the new bub

Well its come around again, so i thought i would be the first to say GO FORDDDDDDDD.

Heres hoping Lowndes and Whincup can make it 4 in a row and make history.

As im working sunday anyway looks like the tv and the shop will be on all day, bring it on i say. only downfall will be watching it sober lol 

Some of them are classics...

St Georges Terrace 1900

St Georges Terrace

Perth Foreshore

Perth 1960

Perth 1959

Perth 1948

Perth 1920

Perth 1868

Perth 1863

Mounts Bay Road

Morley Boans

Canning Bridge

1959 Opening of Narrows bridge

Driving along Wanneroo Rd Wanneroo this morning notice accident where a tray top ute towing a 25ft bertram had run into the back of a truck. Not serious but the boat had slid forward and was now resting half on trailer and half on back of ute. The Tray back did not look big enough to tow a vessel of that size. Could not stop but boat looked fairly new. Sorry no photo but may be seen in local paper

OK who's going to the boat show this weekend and why?????????

im going just to get some ideas and basically get out for the day, see whats new in boats etc, got no real plans to buy anything atm though.

i know its not in wa, but just shows the mentality of people etc, sucks the attitude of some people, expecting 4x4 owners to pay more for rego's etc

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/mp/6149141/ban-4wds-near-schools-shops-petition/

Closer would be...
"POPS" the sailor man......lol

There's a new baby on the block, first grand child for PaulG
I reckon it suits him :)

Congrats to the whole family

Oh yea....... and so that would make it 'Uncle Jesse' hehehehe

I am looking for a pod for aprox 150 hp.. second hand or new.. Cheers

i need some work but have no lic - was wondering if anyone on here would know any furniture trucks or companyies near kingsley that have any work i am 21 years old and dont drink or smoke - and have had over two years experience working as a furniture removalist .....cheers from matt - p.s. will work for low wages

Hi Ya,

Anybody around here collect or know of anybody that collects Duel Master palying cards?

I have two unopened packs my daughter got from the show that are about to go in the bin. If you want them, first PM to my PM box with address details gets them.

Cheers.

PS - i have no idea that Duel Master is but have seen enough to know it is a game of some sort.

gidday all has anyone got a silstar dr 70 longcast reel (rear drag) sitting around thats good for parts its approx 15 yo cheers craig

went out on the weekend set the gps for the trip .55nm at an average speed of 19.8 knots for the day used 60 litres not bad ,we were on 30 to 37 knots at times .

heard a rumour that there was a baby girl born yesterday, i would say tangle will be pretty happy atm, well done mate and congradulations

Looking for an aluminium bait board if anyone has one for sale or you guys know anyone that can make me one i have a 4.5m trailcraft ,i can get one from bait Mate in Bris but its a six week wait...

Where do you buy your maps and which are the best to buy?

Been working on these one for a couple of weeks just need help now with where to attach the line *LOL* 

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I'm so depresseed !!!

Our Baron Sportsman still has 4-6 maybe even 8 weeks until it hits the water again. Out of desperation to get anything wet, we had spent a couple of nights on the jetty at Woodmans point.

The first night I fished there had a couple of good runs, some boys caught a decent Gummy Shark, (1) big squid and we had a wrestle with a Ray, so this time (second time) we thought...preparation is the key... so we prepped the crap out of everything, even built a bloody trolley to take everything out to the jetty on, got a nice box of fresh squid, a big block of fresh Pilchards, some Blue Sardines and some White bait for good measure...... When we got there, we saw a lot of other people fishing from the jetty, crikey we thought we may have a problem getting a good spot. Funny enough, there was a spot right at the end of the jetty, so we trekked to the end and settled into our "Spot"

So we spent the next 6 hours feeding a Sea Lion, all with our lovely aforementioned bait. We kept hoping he would go away soon and he kept hoping we would be stupid enough to stick around and keep feeding him. He was a very healthy and cheeky Sea Lion whoobviously knew his way around the lines very well, at times it was hard to figure out whether there was only one, or a couple working in a bait snatching union.

It was a beautiful night, got a tad cold in the wind by midnight, but overall it would have been pretty good for fishing.

To anyone who is feeling even the slightest bit of sympathy for me, could they PM me with any place in the Metro area that I could catch a decent fish or at least have the chance to without the Sea Lion Training. As most of our fishing had been done from the boat, we are very unaware of spots and areas from shore for land based fishing. The reason for asking for PM is because if you have a secret spot, we WILL keep it a secret, so your spot will not get pilferred.

Cheers.... Darryl

With the weather warming up a bit now and you cant go fishing , im just curious as to where you take the family out , weather it be for a drive out to the country or just somewhere locally, breakfast , lunch or dinner, or maybe just getting out of the house and leaving all the chores behind for a couple of hours or the whole day

Hi Guys

I havent been around as much lately,busy converting my DIY off-road trailer into a DIY Camper Trailer.

Currently making the lift up frame for the top,about to takle a dinghy rack/solar panel array.

Have got a few ideas from mates trailers plus always looking at any I spot.Would appreciate any pics of any dinghy racks you people have on your trailers.

Thanks

Andrew

To the show....7 of them
I'm NOR
Must be good for someone :)