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  1. nucopia

    Today I BOUGHT

    Bought this today for a bit of plinking fun.. Daisy Powerline 880 in 177 cal A bargain at only $75.
  2. nucopia

    Time spent watching TV

    My mom is house bound and no longer able to walk with out assistance, so watching tv is all she can do. During evening meals , i sit with her as she watches her shows, we talk a little and sometimes i search for an old Hollywood movie to watch on youtube together, other than that i never watch...
  3. nucopia

    Intro & Question - Visiting Sydney end of this month

    Yes it really is a beautiful place. Nikko especially, hope to go back one day , so much to see and do.. Todd , next trip please send me a P.M so we can arrange to take you out for a pan and or detect 👍🏾
  4. nucopia

    Intro & Question - Visiting Sydney end of this month

    Places you can research that are about 4.5 hours travel time from Sydney would be Stuart Town Ophir and Hill End. But like others have mentioned, a week really is cutting it very close. So is planning to do it by the end of this month. If you had have given us a little bit more notice, i could...
  5. nucopia

    Intro & Question - Visiting Sydney end of this month

    Not much around Sydney , you would need to travel at least 4 to 5 hours to reach a gold bearing area..
  6. nucopia

    Today I MADE

    Just waiting for the corner protectors to arrive once they do , it will be complete.
  7. nucopia

    Today I MADE

    Thanks Pa I bought another piece of ply wood to cut down to the size as you have suggested. When the next door neighbour gets home I’ll ask him to cut it on his table saw..
  8. nucopia

    Today I MADE

    Pa you have a special gift , very nice. 🥰 Thought l would try a new look for the chest Dark brown vinyl… just made a mock up to see how the vinyl blends with the natural colours of the wood.. 🤔 thoughts ?
  9. nucopia

    Green Laser Pointers??

    Many different uses for lasers. Laser levels, for building trades Lasers on telescopes. Lasers on range finders used in golf and hunting Lasers pointers on IR night vision scopes, even some shops have them at the entrance when you walk in and break the beam.. Its the idiots abusing them and...
  10. nucopia

    Today I BOUGHT

    Bought this on lay-buy before Christmas Tikka T1x 22LR with 4-12x50 scope bipod and sling.. picked up today 😗 Diggers reaction “wow nice, we can gets some rabbits now” 🥰🤣🤣🤣 Also brought a piece of brown vinyl for the hope chest.. 👍🏾
  11. nucopia

    Today I MADE

    Bought a lock from fleabay for the chest , it looked a lot bigger before it arrived 🙄 Oh 💩 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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    Land features and insect bites Castlemaine Vic

    Sounds like what you are discribing could be a water race. As Northeast suggest they were used to capture water and directing the flow to a place to wash and process gravels. Recently we were detecting around Gapstrad and the March flies were very agressive biting bare skin and through clothing..
  13. nucopia

    Whinge of the day thread...

    When my children were in primary and my son in 1st year high school , we lived in Wellington NSW for a few years. Every Monday and Wednesday we would walk from home to Judo practice at the masonic hall in town. Often on the way home around 8-8:30 we would pass by the main park in the centre of...
  14. nucopia

    Just a great show, Les Hiddins.

    Les Hiddins is 76 years old His house in Townsville is up for sale Bloody nice looking place too 21 Hooper St Belgian Gardens QLD 4810 Australia Added by mod: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/forget-the-swag-the-bush-tucker-man-lists-his-north-qld-stunner/
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    Whinge of the day thread...

    Back in 1982 my eldist sister started looking for her birth mother, who was also the mother of myself and 4 othersiblings. She was born in 1949 both my parents were her parents but she did not know that at the time she began her search. My father was born and grew up in Everleigh st Redfern. Mom...
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    Whinge of the day thread...

    Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 marked the first time the term ‘Australian citizen’ had been used in any legislation, including the Constitution. It became Law on 26th of January 1949 . After this date we were no longer British subjects but natural born Australians or could become...
  17. nucopia

    Today I MADE

    Thanks Pa As i said to Mackka , Im just trying this out to see how it all goes together. Appreciate your feed back and suggestions. Im also partial to the idea of leather or vinyl, just havent had the time source any leather/vinyl yet.
  18. nucopia

    Today I MADE

    Just trying this mackka Added bronze daisy head upholstery tacks…
  19. nucopia

    Today I MADE

    Updat on the hope chest Hinge supports are on Cut the ply , bought some fabric to try and the lady at our local carpet court gave me some foam underlay.😘 I’m not sure if l like this or not .. 🤔
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    Who was Patrick Dunlea?

    An interesting indicator of some ones wealth in 1894 in todays terms. In 1894 £18,778 GB pounds is equivalent to £3,122,655.19 GB pounds in todays money or $ 5,862,575.87 AUD For an Irish immigrant farmer of 23 that arrived in Melbourne in 1854 to a wealthy family man business man and...
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