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Wrapping or enclosing an EPIRB/PLB in foil, tin or whatever defeats the purpose of carrying one in the first place. A totally foolish notion - one that could possibly cost you your life. The reason you carry an EPIRB is so you can summon help (RCC) in an emergency (life-threatening) situation...

It is a bit GT centric. Maybe they have some criteria in place re size of lead/deposits before they add it to the map? There is a lot of well-known gold mining areas that don't rate much of a mention on there.

There isn't a real lot close to Warby. Most is between Woods Point and Jamieson. If you have all available layers on, the map would be incredibly cluttered - taking a guess you may mean the default layers on load. You can add additional layers by clicking on the green + button. These are the...

One thing a lot of people don't put much thought into when buying a EPIRB/PLB is replacement batteries. Whilst you can purchase many models with very good battery life times, getting a replacement battery is not as easy as walking into your nearest electronics or battery shop. ACR for example...

Not sure where you are located. What kind of gemstones are you looking for?

Exactly right, both EPIRB and PLB's use the same technology (save water immersion activation and float free) and frequencies as each other. Both have a homing signal on 121.5 which is the IAD to allow for planes/helis to assist in location. This is low power, I think around 500mw and with an...

Have to agree. I used to like watching some of the Australian 'reality' shows (not going to name them but you can guess) and lately they have just divulged into people chasing each other around or yakking on radios. I might be well wrong, but I just can't see two (or more) people calling each...

Sorry must have got it wrong, thought you were looking for books on geology.

I have a fair few ebooks on Geology, if you want to send me a PM with your postal address I can whack them on a USB for you and send it off.

I wouldn't be to concerned about snakes unless you are in long grass/vegetation or rocky areas. Then a set of gaiters may help. Usually they move on before you have even seen them, make a bit of noise - bang the pick on the ground now and then should ward off most of them. Speaking of gaiters...

I was scouting around a patch awhile back with the detector, and in one particular spot it made a sound/wailing similar to that of a siren, like you would hear on a home security system. Anyone have any ideas on what this type of sound means? Never heard it before, and in all other areas of...

You can do exactly that in Google Earth. Save it as a KML file on your drive or USB and you can open/view/edit it on any computer your heart desires.

Be the best (early) Christmas present her parents could ever wish for :)

Portland eh. Least you would know all about Aluminium ingots. Haven't seen one of the ingot trucks go past in years now.

One thing that is impressive with Oppo is that you will receive updates to the OS (They call theirs ColourOS), basically their adapted version of Android. Not many phone companies provide (after purchase) updates of the OS, I know Samsung do, I am not aware of any others though. So you will...

I have an Oppo R15Pro and never had any problems with it. Oppo have a service centre in Sydney and are very good to deal with.

Thanks for the info.

They certainly do not make it easy to find and access this information. From what I can determine after sifting through the act (which made no mention of a specified time period, 50, 100 or 200 years etc), the term "archaeological relic" appears to relate predominantly to aboriginal remains and...

I am taking a wild stab that there was most likely stables etc attached to the building, or around it. These were all found in the area of the foundations. The thing concerning me now is this 'relic law' here in Victoria. I read (on a gov website, just can't remember which one) that the...

And the wool shears...