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[Bevlina]

The patrols in our Guide unit are named after Waratah/Wattle/Leschenaultia etc

Cool way to slip in a bit of Aussie knowledge without making a big fuss of it, hey?

Fantastic idea Lori!
Yep! Many suffer from hay fever when all the wild flowers blossom....oh boy! One could get drunk on the smell!

 

[Bevlina]

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Farming in Australia is done on a big scale.​

 

[The_White]

I think these guys are world wide, but we sure have a lot here

 

[KristianJ]

you know what i found to be really good that my doctor prescribed me... nasonex... only problem is its $42 for an 18g bottle of spray. I didnt know it was going to be that much when i handed it in at the chemist.

What???? And we complain about petrol prices per litre!!

 

[Workingmum]

I just got the shock of my life - I found a petrol station selling unleaded fuel for 85.9c/l!!!! I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't bought petrol for under 96.0c/l for months!!!! (Marduke - and anyone else in Brissie, hint for cheap fuel - apparently the Shell on corner of Sherwood Road and Oxley Road at Sherwood is always below 90c/l!!)

 

[lozzie]

yikes... lol

i know petrol jumps ten cents between tuesday and wednesday every week, and then back down again sunday night or something (i dont know the actualy days)... but then, i dont exactly know fuel prices in bris either

 

[Workingmum]

Here in Bris, it goes down 10 cents on Tuesday and back up again on Thursday/Friday!

 

[lozzie]

yeah, it probably the same here... dad buys my petrol and i pay him... so i dont know exact days

 

[KristianJ]

QLD's always around 10c/L cheaper than us down here, Lauren...their government taxes less on fuel. It was 99.9 where I filled up today, and this time tomorrow it'll probably be easily up 10...

 

[The_White]

Sheesh, I am getting $1.05 sometimes. Anyone wanna get a pic of the high petrol prices?

 

[feathergirl]

Sheesh, I am getting $1.05 sometimes. Anyone wanna get a pic of the high petrol prices?

I wonder what that is in the USA? Gas here is like $2/gallon.

 

[The_White]

how many gallons to a litre?

 

[marduke]

I just got the shock of my life - I found a petrol station selling unleaded fuel for 85.9c/l!!!! I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't bought petrol for under 96.0c/l for months!!!! (Marduke - and anyone else in Brissie, hint for cheap fuel - apparently the Shell on corner of Sherwood Road and Oxley Road at Sherwood is always below 90c/l!!)

thats a 15 minute drive just to fill up.. lol no thanks.. i get it for around 90c at the woolworths one on blunder road. i always fill up on a thursday as i find its the cheapest day (well lately it has been) the other day it was 87c/l

 

[feathergirl]

how many gallons to a litre?

1 gallon = 3.79 liters
$2 US = $2.85 Aussie

 

[Bevlina]

What are you all winging about? We pay $1.07 a litre for petrol in the bush! And...we've got no choice!

 

[Racheal]

Yeh im the same Bev... $1.12 the other day!

 

[marduke]

What are you all winging about? We pay $1.07 a litre for petrol in the bush! And...we've got no choice!

im not complaining... well yes i am but, i run on premium unleaded most of the time and thats around what you are paying.

 

[Racheal]

This is the 3801 steam train in action (near MossVale) that lives across the street from me in the tiny town of Thirlmere.
We have heaps of steam trains here at the nsw train museum.

 

[Racheal]

Here is another gourgeous pic of the 3801 when it used to be black.

 

[Bevlina]

Wow! Absolutely beautiful Racheal!