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Welcome John, Plenty of info on here and the wider web. Probably start with a Google search on Goldfields of North Queensland. If you get stuck give one of us a yell and we'll help out. Hope you can make it down for our meeting tomorrow evening. Cheers, TGW.

Gday HH, Toyotas make some great 4x4s and theres so many things to think of when narrowing down the many decades of models to choose from. Have a read through this post from a few weeks back, might help a bit. https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19283[/*] Short list...

Ah sorry Jase, you probably need a few more posts to make it open up.

Their very odd dogs sometimes, some are highly intelligent easily trained and will follow commands well, others are complete boofheads but lovable through and through. Very much people dogs, our dog Zeus will follow us from the lounge to the fridge to the kitchen and back to the lounge even...

Our 9 month old english staffy when the wife let him onto our bed for the first time.

Also need to let you all know that we have sorted a date for the next meeting - nov 16th See details here https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19764[/*] Its free to come along, just put a post in the meeting topic to say so. If we have enough numbers Greg will fire up...

Gday all, good to see some more faces from around cairns. Gavin its about time you joined in the fun.

Good old Johno is still around, spends his days now busking on the Cairns Esplanade ever since his nightclub - Johno's Blues Bar was shut down in 2007 in a joint effott by qld liquor licensing and cairns police. :mad: Always good to hear him banging out his versions of popular rock songs...

Still have the Screaming Jets and plenty of other aussie rock in my weekly playlist! Just wish id been old enough to witness the golden age of pub rock in newie...

I stand corrected, cheers Bigwave. ;) Lol Old Fred, had an 80s mazda like that. Almost had more filler than metal in the rear quarters by the time I was done repairing the rust spots. :lol:

Its probably made of 316 stainless, which does contain iron but in very very low amounts. Theres more nickel and titanium in 316 than iron that coupled with the thinness of the needle to begin with would make it next to invisible to a coil or pinpointer. Cutlery grade stainless, 18/8 or 18/10...

Welcome back tone! We thought you mitve found something big and were living it up on a private beach somewhere.. Good to have you back online. :D TGW.

Welcome Pig55, Yep it has closed, as Greg mentioned we normally have a meeting every so often. Unfortunately our meeting place Nq Miners den has closed and so we are trying to sort out an alternative so that these things can still happen. There is a map shop at the marina, Cairns Charts. Great...

Bubbles are about right, had a classic one the other day right near work. Took several blocks of waving, hand gestures, light flashing and eventually pulling alongside her and shouting out to make her realize that there was a problem with her car. Her response was more concerning, she nodded...

An update on Mt Mulligan and Tryconnel, as of a month or so ago the Tryconnel Gold Mine has new caretakers and is re-open to the public for fossicking. Mt Mulligan and Tryconnel were purchased by the same developer, Mt Mulligan remains closed at present as I understand the new owner is in the...

Lol give hubby the spade! Its all about team work :lol:

Niiice! Thats all I can say. :cool:

No problems mate, happy to help. Let us know what rig you decide to get. :cool:

Pros and cons to every vehicle, personally not a huge fan of mitsubishis build quality in general but that said ive seen some pajeros get through tricky spots too. A well maintained diesel will cost you less in fuel, diesel patrol, prado, hilux or pajero are good options. Fuel economy is...

As I'm sure many cairns and local prospectors have heard the Miners Den Cairns will soon be closing. :( Friday the 30th of September will be Georges last day of trading. The business will be moved to townsville and merged with Gold city metal detectors from charters towers. For us prospectors...