We all miss it to a certain extent.

But this is a better place now. No more is every single thread hijacked by the same handful of people, fun for some but frustrating for those who genuinely wanted to contribute.

Possible reason for slight decline in most online numbers is that many of the hijackers went to another place but not before we lost a lot of good genuine members because of the antics of a few. I had many dozens of emails from good members saying they wouldn't be back because of hijacking, drivel, nastiness and ganging up on to new members and a whole lot more.

Hopefully that is all in the past.

People can now do a W.I.P. without having it hijacked. Those who just pass through should maybe stick around for a bit and actually see the real difference.

By the way our numbers are much higher and more constant now by about 40-50% on a regular basis than they were then. That was just a freak number partly brought on by search engine bots which now visit a lot less due to different methods of disseminating info to them.

We now have 7,700+ active members back then it was around 2,000. We also separated Reno Forums from these forums which resulted in a loss of most on line numbers here. If you combine the numbers on line of both forums then we have passed the 2008 number on a number of occasions.

Cheers - Neil

PS Yes I miss the old days...... But in all honesty I prefer the forums the way they are now. It's still very Aussie, it's still fun, it's very much more welcoming and in the opinion of most visitors and members, it is by far the best, most free and easy forum of this kind in the world today.
i didnt think about teh renovate forum.


this is by far the freindlyest, best run and overall greatest forum on the net. i have joined others but you wait weeks if you evr get a reply and even then they are normally unfriendly.