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  1. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daddles
    He's not going to believe me about the snow suit now
    Richard
    Richard, I really hate to be the one to break this to you, but along with a few of us (me included) you do have something of a credibility gap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratbag Oz
    Wouldn't the best way to keep him in the dark be to shove him in a cupboard an not speak to him??

    Sorry, newbie I don't get it, but I'm gonna shutup now......

    Ratbag
    NAh Ratty, we tried that, he just kept whinging and yelling till we let him out again.
    Boring signature time again!

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    Quote Originally Posted by outback
    NAh Ratty, we tried that, he just kept whinging and yelling till we let him out again.
    How could you tell the difference between that and his normal behaviour :confused:

    Richard

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    If you need to get there Shane, I wouldn't start out from where you are.....:confused: :eek:

    (Irish version of Aussie directions )

    Cheers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wild Dingo
    Where the blazes is Cobar New South Wales? :eek:
    well it's about
    • 3hrs 50mins drive east of Broken Hill – assuming you don't stop for fuel at Wilcannia and can maintain an average speed of about 120 km/h
    • 7 hours west of the middle of Sydney – assuming your stops total less than 30 minutes and you can maintain an open road speed of about 105 km/h
    • a tank an a half of fuel from Sydney
    or it was when I was driving that route about 25 years ago. Used to leave Broken Hill at midday and get into Sydney 11 hours later having stopped for fuel at Cobar and Dubbo.
    But it was critical to time the trip to miss the traffic over the Blue Mountains.

    Today, I'd fly and spend the time saved doing something more productive!


    ian

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian
    • assuming you don't stop for fuel at Wilcannia




    ian
    Nobody in their right mind would stop in Wilcannia (or Bourke, or Cobar, or Nyngan for that matter) . Good places to fly over!
    Cheers
    Graeme

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    Whew!! Didnt think Cobar could cause such a ruckus!

    So its east of Broken hill North of Tassy and west of Sydney? about 3 - 7 hours as the crow flys right?

    Hot as hell but I must remember to pack my snow ski gear... ahem may have to miss that one as I dont possess any of that stuff having never seen snow never needed one

    Cheers all... Just waitin on the nod and its up up and away!
    Believe me there IS life beyond marriage!!! Relax breathe and smile learn to laugh again from the heart so it reaches the eyes!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wild Dingo
    Whew!! Didnt think Cobar could cause such a ruckus!
    Just wait until you go for a beer at the pub. :eek:

    Al

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozwinner
    Just wait until you go for a beer at the pub. :eek:

    Al
    and if you are very lucky

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    I spent many months on the road up around Cobar, Nyngen, Tilpa, Louth.
    I didnt encounter any trouble.

    Then I went to Wilcania..........:eek: , good place to stear clear of.

    Al

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    Ditto Oz Winner, My sister actually lives on a remote station a few hundred K's from Willcannia, but she actually fills the tank to the brim so she can go through Willcannia and shop in Broken Hill!
    She won't stop in Willcannia for any reason without her husband, and he doesn't like going there either
    I stopped in Willcannia for fuel only once, and I got hit up to do a drug run to Adelaide within 2 minutes of stopping!

    I have walked the streets of Cobar at night without even noticing any trouble, though I was a teen at the time, and didn't go near the pubs
    I know that you beleive that you understand what it is that you think that I said; But I am not sure that you realise that what you heard is not what I meant

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    Wilcannia. A place with so much history that is not dying but being murdered.:mad:

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    Its also east of Wilcania ... west of the Great Divide

    When I was there in 1974, they had a nice cinema - no roof, and canvas hammocks for seats. The proud owner gave me a guided tour.

    John

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