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Bali, why bother?

Neptune — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:03:10 +0800

Apart from the very cheap cost of the holiday, what is the appeal of Bali?
The Dept. of Foreign Affairs & Trade has only just dropped the rating for Bali from �Reconsider your need to travel� to �Exercise a high degree of caution about you're personal security at all times and monitor the media about possible new safety or security risks�!
This puts it in the same category as countries such as:-
Angola
Gabon
Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Nicaragua
Sierra Leone
Some of the above countries still have serious civil unrest and waring factions.
Add to this the fact that members of the Indonesian junta have huge stakes in the hotel and �entertainment� industries in Bali and are also responsible for horrific human rights abuses and genocide, are you comfortable funding this regime?
As well as rampant bribery, high risk of theft and rabies.
So, what is the appeal of a cheap holiday in a third world country?

Selling my "Surf Van"

busterwa — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:26:42 +0800

Hi,

I have done a surf roadtrip around the east coast and i am now selling my campervan.
Its a Toyota Liteace -89. Road worthy and Queensland rego until end of september.
A lot of storage space...for example surfing equipment.

Call for more information
0426998539

Cheers Martina

Craig Thomson

baldrick — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:59:37 +0800

Well, I listened to the explanation.......and I just don't feel I know what the story is. He's gutsy, I'll give him that. But I'm not sure of his guilt or innocence. Maybe the only way we'll ever truly know is if he's charged and has to be prosecuted.

Yippee $29 bil

kk — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:52:01 +0800

Gina Reinhart on Track, Australia richest woman and on track to be richest woman in the world in the next 10 years....

3 cheers

Seabreeze in Rome

traveling123 — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:16:34 +0800

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/img/photos/other/6049851.jpg

Skydiving without a parachute

Chris6791 — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:45:31 +0800

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16233460

A stuntman has entered the history books to become the first skydiver to land safely without using a parachute.

Gary Connery, 42, leapt 2,400ft from a helicopter while wearing a specially made "wing suit" and swooped towards a "runway" of 18,600 cardboard boxes in an Oxfordshire field.
Five seconds before he hit the target he flared his suit to decrease his descent and glide angle before plunging into the boxes to break his fall.

I'm not sure it's quite ready to become a sport yet, but those wing suits are starting to make ridiculous things possible!

How long before he gets rid of the cardboard boxes?

Top Joke

Mark _australia — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:43:34 +0800

Reply posted by Mark _australia...

Two poms went to a bar after the cricket and sat down next to an Irishman.
After a couple of beers they were talking about how good it was back home and one of the poms said how at his local back home after you bought 6 beers you would get your next 1 free.
The second pom said his local was better than that as after 4 beers you got one for free.
"Dat's nuthin" says the Irishman, "back home der's a pub where as soon as ya walk in da door dey give ya a free beer, den 'nother, 'n' a nother if ya want. Not only dat but a free feed, a bed for da night 'n' even see that ya get laid.
Den in da mornin', free cooked breeky, what a great pub it is."
The 2 poms looked at each other in amazement, then thinking that the Irishman was having them on, 1 asked, "has this happened to you personally?"
"Well no, not personally" says the Irishman, " but I know it's true 'cause me sister's bin dere twice"

The Funny Images Thread

stamp — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:14:05 +0800

Reply posted by stamp...

Looks like a good rugby union game to me

This is a sour grapes post.

DUDE — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:36:14 +0800

First up congrats to the very lucky winner of the cocos trip!
However does any body else think its a bit strange that the winning cell was also the most popular?

Forgive my lack of observational awareness but H4 was not that blatantly obvious.
K4 my choice seemed very obvious.

I suppose that's why I didn't win the trip.
However we all are winners in different ways.

Looking forward to next years comp.

Here's more legal stuff spiraling into oblivion!

GalahOnTheBay — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:57:28 +0800

'Disfigured' former cadet sues Melbourne High School
Andrea Petrie
May 22, 2012 - 2:28PM

A former Melbourne High School cadet is suing the South Yarra school and the federal government for negligence after she fainted and fell into an open fire on an army cadet camp resulting in severe injuries.

In a writ lodged in the Victorian Supreme Court, Annie Louey, 18, claims she was enrolled as a member of the Melbourne High Army Cadet Unit on June 22, 2009, when she suffered severe burns and facial disfigurement in the incident.

The selective entry boys' school has some co-curricular programs, including army cadets.

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The writ states the then-16-year-old was attempting to prepare and cook dinner as instructed as part of the army cadet course at Heathcote-Graytown National Park, without adult supervision, when she inadvertently sliced her finger with a knife causing her to faint and fall into an open fire.

"The plaintiff was required to cut ...

Transgender miss universe contestant

GalahOnTheBay — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:48:35 +0800

Breaking news,she is to be allowed to compete.

Guys, fancy a bit of the opposite sex,err same sex?

''We have no doubt he was possibly suicidal,''

GalahOnTheBay — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:45:24 +0800

Police spokesman in The Age today:

''We have no doubt he was possibly suicidal,'' he said.

Huh??!

I have no doubt I could possibly triple loop...(if I was brave enough and could figure out how to do it and spend enough TOW!!?)

What do you have no doubt you could possibly do?

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/put-the-gun-down-chris-marathon-siege-ends-as-police-shoot-binse-20120523-1z3p5.html#ixzz1velJNFCj

20 yo to 27yo -$0 to $100 billion - Facebook.....

adolf — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:25:36 +0800

I don't know about you guys but I don't NEED Facebook or have an account where you can get 1000 "friends" within a week.

I prefer Seabreeze where most people hate me. It's more fun.

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/937894

White Zombie Electric Dragster

adolf — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:12:54 +0800

Green?

Looks like fun ay

State of Origin....do nsw'lers care anymore?

lotofwind — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:21:37 +0800

Just went to the local pub to watch the game here in nsw , so I could rub their noses in another ass kicking by QLD.
The pub only has 4 people in it,music playing,no tv's on.
Have the nsw'lers completely given up on following the origin from so many beatings?
Or is it because the game is in mexico(Melbourne)where people only watch footie if the players are wearing small tight shorts and still get a point,even when they miss,just for having a go.

The never ending conspiracy.

Bone43 — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:28:06 +0800

Reply posted by Bone43...

killing the fox hunters

12 Angry Men - Anybody Recognise Themselves??

myusernam — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:37:05 +0800

Two great movies. The 1957 original and the 40 year later remake.

In 2007, 12 Angry Men was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

George Greenough & the GoPro

DUDE — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:09:17 +0800

A statement of facts;
1) George Greenough was a very early innovator of water cinematography, including the fact that he encased a motion picture camera in a waterproof housing, strapped it to his back, and shot some amazing footage at places like Lennox Head, NSW.
2) Modern Technology took the best part of 40 years to catch up, and sell the concept to the masses via devices like the GoPro
3) George has stated that with photography and cinematography, image quality is secondary to content, provided you have original content... content that nobody else has...

This leads me to 4...
4) GoPro (and similar) cameras have saturated us with crappy quality footage, of relatively repetitive content, however there is still the odd diamond in the rough...
5) But I often still watch it anyway!

New build ..my plans..any comments

cisco — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:29:18 +0800

My first concern was the steering set up. I purchased a 550lb castor wheel ,fork and a bearing set up all in one..I have a boat traler axle a 2x2 T frame with 2x2
supports from 8" from the wheels going forward to the mast step..I am still in the assembly process..My plans are to use a boat push pull steering cable attached to
an extension of the axle and a boat steering adapter mounted to the frame...This will all come back to a bench seat with a steering wheel... a jam cleat to the sail board sail...I really am in the experimental stage...This site seems to be on top of all the particulars.....Looking for any help..

The Resecession

cisco — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:51:53 +0800

Just like I predicted a few months ago.

The mother of all recessions is finally taking a second bite - and there is little you can do about it, unless you act quickly.

Sell your house, sell your family sell your children and buy physical silver.

That's my tip - you can thank Adolpy later.

triple surface hanglider advancement flow on ...

skeatesy1 — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:28:10 +0800

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/img/photos/other/6048260.jpg
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triple surface hanglider advancement flow on ...
my name is on the moyes world champion hanglider the csx and prefixed part there of ..
and to go further with sail design which can help across the board for all wind sports ..lower wetted area is our only chance and to lower camber for lower incidence in the reflex for higher aspect ratios .. with more percentage of laminar flow .. as wind surfers are now getting to lower the boundry layer profile which lowers the gliders over all profile so a smaller glider can do the job of a larger glider with higher wing loading...

Schapelle Corby's jail sentence cut

Basecurve — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:43 +0800

So she has had another 5 yrs chopped off and some in the media are saying you will be free in August.......I think that 20 yrs was / is a little harsh for grass charge but you would have to be an idiot to not know the consequences of getting caught in that jurisdiction. So its hard for me to have too much sympathy. I read the book "sins of the father" and it certainly did not leave me wondering too much about her guilt!!!

Great barrier reef. -- in danger ?

evlPanda — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:32:50 +0800

Just watched this and thought I'd pass it on.

10,000 a year. That's the number of ships that will pass through the Great Barrier Reef if Australia's Overweight Mining Magnates get their way. Clive, Gina and co have got huge plans to get Queensland minerals out of the soil and onto boats. Watch and pass on...

??

doggie — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:57:56 +0800

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/karrinyup/antiques-collectables/my-left-foot/1002507026 $�25

Random or am I getting old?

Advice on buying a new sail

jamdfingr — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:27:58 +0800

I recently bought a tabou rocket 105 lt. 2011 model. Can u please advise me about the appropriate sail that I should buy? I am an intermediate windsurfer (planning harness-footstraps, waterstarting, tacking and trying to learn the planning jibe). I weight 70 kg.The conditions I usually windsurf is in choppy waters with winds from 15 to 25 knots.

Thx in advance!

Perth Rent Prices

SP — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:26:12 +0800

Are people really getting slugged up to $250 a week rent hikes, or is this Sunday Times reporting at its best?

There saying Burswood and Freo have almost doubled in rent for the past 12 months. Illuka is over the 800 a week mark!

I don't want to get all capitalist/socialist here, but if this is really occuring- this persist of profit at others pain is sickening.

Perhaps the Goverment could look after its population that doesnt have 100k wages and force BHP/RIO/Shell/Woodside to build homes for their workers rather than draining the rental market of properties. People in retail,sales,teachers,police can also need to be able to afford a place to sleep.

P.S I don't have anything against investors, but if you can justify massive rent increases -ie 30% I'm calling you a bit of a dog.

P.S.S. I don't rent.

P.S.S.S - Yes I said dog!

QANTAS and Australia

Revhead — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:10:15 +0800

The latest news is QANTAS is sacking around 500 aircraft engineers in Melbourne. Clearly this is part of management strategy to offshore the airline to Malaysia and the Phillipines where its cheaper to run an airline than here. Some of these jobs will go to Brisbane but it appears inevitable the jobs will go overseas to lower wage systems.

The government should put it to QANTAS management the following choice. Advise them they are free to base their operations overseas as its a free country. However if they do then the Australian aviation market will be opened up to foreign airlines with QANTAS and Jetstar losing its protected status in the Australian aviation market. This would create the added benefit of more competition and lower prices for most passengers.

QANTAS should not be allowed to have it both ways, overseas savings with domestic protection, and they should not call themselves Australia's national airline if the majority of their operations are based overseas.

Defence Force Air Show, May 2012

jbshack — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:32 +0800

If there's no wind in Perth this weekend here is a option;

http://www.airforce.gov.au/airshows/images/PearceAirShowLogo.jpg

I didn't know they had them here in WA so keen to go for an optic. It's hard to beat the serenity of sailing but a few thousand pounds of thrust comes close.

http://www.airforce.gov.au/

Northam refugees 5 stars resort

jamdfingr — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:35 +0800

Seen on the news last night, cost $ 170,000,000.00 to house 800 men???? no girls????

Top accommodation with rooms with ensuite, basketball and volley ball courts (indoor and outdoor) fast internet connections air con, phone!!!!

Wish they would spend 1/2 of that to give old peeps or street peeps decent accommodation in Perth............ But no... hang on... no brownie points from the United Nations if you look after your own poor peeps.

Should we have our priorities right??

Cut the foreign aid! Help our own with the saved money and then if there is some left spread it around!

Yes I know that is a redneck racist comment but I will not apologize for it!

How much water can someone drink?

shannon8888 — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:39:05 +0800

Anyone watching parliament .... How much water can Craig Thomson drink?