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This is a great thread! Something I'll be doing for sure. I love the craftsmanship of how the old timers shaped these mines. TBH I work underground on a regular basis, knowing what I know about how easy it is to die quickly in these tunnels you wouldn't catch me going in without a gas monitor...

Another plane ticket to Perth................back to work.............. :|

You need a Ball Mill. Most people use hand cranked Stone/Gem polishing machines. For me a cement mixer would be too heavy you would rarely fill it to capacity and turn it by hand. Using a 20L steel drum sized barrel clamp a screen over the opening so the rocks (balls) don't fall out but the...

Heh heh. You know it rains underground?

My wifes favourite Call me old fashioned but I believe your skirt needs to be longer than your vagina.

Artificial Heart valve. Think it was invented by that chinese surgeon that was murdered in his driveway in Sydney.

Thanks for the input Tails. Since making the original post I have found some info on the V3i on Treasurenet with mixed reviews. TBH I don't think enough people are using them to get a clear picture and since i'm only after natural gold it's a gamble. Only looking at them a they are the same...

Blue whale.

And one for the cat fans, cats do some of the funniest things.

Anyone using one for gold? They look pretty flash.

out past smyesthdale

this is another favourite not quite a pic, but funny.

this is a internet pic but I love it! The Photo bombing Cow.

Sorrento. Was also the first European settlement in Vic.

I can't be 100% yet I believe there was a dead line, pretty sure they (the gov) sent inspectors around after a while to check store rooms. My father inlaw has serviced the ballarat farming community all his life, I recall him telling me at some stage.

Yeah well......Many of these old shaft seep straight to the water table, farmers irrigate from bore water. Especially in the Ballarat area!

do you think that's why he didn't get to bedrock? maybe thought better of it.

Love using this one when people complain about some trivial thing. "It's not always about you, you know?" normally followed by "I don't give a ****......."

Most likely drums from farmers in the area, if you recall there was a nation wide dangerous chemical & pesticide recycling program and if the farmer didn't declare their chemicals straight away they had to pay for the disposal if caught with them. I think it's safe to say farmers don't like...

Plenty of little pubs that have rooms for rent in the smaller townships around the Vic gold fields.