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My brother and his wife arrived from Queensland where they have recently retired from the Cape Palmerston Holiday park leaving it to my nephew and his wife. Of course we've been out playing with gold and they've each found their first couple of bits.
When visitors come you try to come up with something a little exciting but sometimes we tend to overdo that a bit. Yesterday I fired up the BBQ.
It was too hot for everybody to be outside so I put some meat on, chicken first because it takes longer than the steak, closed the lid and went for a stroll in the garden checking on how the plants are surviving the searing temperatures. I was under the passionfruit vine looking for ripe fruit when I heard the BBQ roaring so I ducked around the wall to see a big tower of flame leaping from the top of the 9kg gas bottle.
I let out a shout and met Colin coming from the laundry as I called for the fire extinguisher. He turned around and grabbed it from the wall and handed it to me, bracket and all, he'd ripped the screws right out of the wall. I quickly pulled the pin and extinguished the flame in one massive blast of green powder however it didn't last. By that time the BBQ base was alight and reigniting the gas flame each time it put it out. I dived in to try to turn off the gas. Luckily I never got to touch the cooking hot gas valve but successfully knocked the bottle over causing the flame to blast out sideways.
We were both at a bit of a loss of what to do next as we feared a massive blast that would surely have cleared all of our worries in a flash. I dived back around the wall into the garden, turned the hose on and rushed back blasting the bottle and surrounds with a shower of water. It worked, the flame was out, the chicken was cooked and all of our worries were over
Amazingly very little damage was done. The bottle is hardly scorched at all, the plastic looking hose and gas regulator appears to be undamaged but of course will be replaced but the bottom of the Coleman BBQ is a little overdone.
This morning we went looking for the fault. I suggested we just flash it with a flame but Colin preferred a bucket of soapy water. The cause of the leak was a crack through the O-Ring seal on the hose connection. It was in a well ventilated area and LPG is heavier than air so I don't know how it ignited in the first place but it did add a fair bit of excitement to the evening
I know Mrs M would like a replay for the camera but so far nobody has volunteered.
When visitors come you try to come up with something a little exciting but sometimes we tend to overdo that a bit. Yesterday I fired up the BBQ.
It was too hot for everybody to be outside so I put some meat on, chicken first because it takes longer than the steak, closed the lid and went for a stroll in the garden checking on how the plants are surviving the searing temperatures. I was under the passionfruit vine looking for ripe fruit when I heard the BBQ roaring so I ducked around the wall to see a big tower of flame leaping from the top of the 9kg gas bottle.
I let out a shout and met Colin coming from the laundry as I called for the fire extinguisher. He turned around and grabbed it from the wall and handed it to me, bracket and all, he'd ripped the screws right out of the wall. I quickly pulled the pin and extinguished the flame in one massive blast of green powder however it didn't last. By that time the BBQ base was alight and reigniting the gas flame each time it put it out. I dived in to try to turn off the gas. Luckily I never got to touch the cooking hot gas valve but successfully knocked the bottle over causing the flame to blast out sideways.
We were both at a bit of a loss of what to do next as we feared a massive blast that would surely have cleared all of our worries in a flash. I dived back around the wall into the garden, turned the hose on and rushed back blasting the bottle and surrounds with a shower of water. It worked, the flame was out, the chicken was cooked and all of our worries were over
Amazingly very little damage was done. The bottle is hardly scorched at all, the plastic looking hose and gas regulator appears to be undamaged but of course will be replaced but the bottom of the Coleman BBQ is a little overdone.
This morning we went looking for the fault. I suggested we just flash it with a flame but Colin preferred a bucket of soapy water. The cause of the leak was a crack through the O-Ring seal on the hose connection. It was in a well ventilated area and LPG is heavier than air so I don't know how it ignited in the first place but it did add a fair bit of excitement to the evening
I know Mrs M would like a replay for the camera but so far nobody has volunteered.
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Looks like a floor waste for the kitchen or was the camp a sardine and tomato sauce type?
If you could see a photo of the whole thing you might change your mind.
It was a rough bush camp, they used bush timber what was left of it and dirt floor, no drains. The old fellow that was with me when I found it said you use mine for cooking. The flower pattern relic could have sat in the top of a water tank to keep the leaves out.
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Well I did my usual Bunnings stint. I was looking for a replacement regulator for the BBQ.
This is what I wanted to buy....
This is all they had in stock. The rules have changed. The new regulator has an external thread and won't fit any of my bottles that are internal threaded as they have been forever. I decided to change the one in my camper too because that fire was a little bit scary. That meant either buy a new gas bottle for about $43 or exchange my freshly filled bottle for about $22. I chose to trade in my old/new full bottle for a new one of the new style.
The simple way to identify it is that the new LPG gas bottles have a black valve knob. The old ones have a coloured valve knob and both an internal and external thread.
This is what I wanted to buy....
This is all they had in stock. The rules have changed. The new regulator has an external thread and won't fit any of my bottles that are internal threaded as they have been forever. I decided to change the one in my camper too because that fire was a little bit scary. That meant either buy a new gas bottle for about $43 or exchange my freshly filled bottle for about $22. I chose to trade in my old/new full bottle for a new one of the new style.
The simple way to identify it is that the new LPG gas bottles have a black valve knob. The old ones have a coloured valve knob and both an internal and external thread.
Just read that Bunnings are recalling some gas hoses, so maybe check online prior to fitting mate.
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Those fittings are a lot easier to use my furnace uses that type and my bbq is the old type, the new gas bottles take either fittings though.
Do you swap bottles in Cue or manually fill as I’ve just swapped my bottles over for the new type when they ran out.
Do you swap bottles in Cue or manually fill as I’ve just swapped my bottles over for the new type when they ran out.
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I've got the small ones in the campers and just refill from a 9kg but you can never get all the gas from the bigger bottle.
The little ones are not available in town.
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Last week my brother and sister-in-law dropped in on their way from the central Queensland coast to Busselton in the south east of WA. I guess it was a bit of a diversion but if you want to pick up a bit of gold on the way through then that’s what you have to do.
They arrived just in time for my 70th birthday so that was nice. After a few days here they headed off to Busselton where another brother and sister-in-law reside. Sandra and I were heading south too but stopped off in Perth for all those things that need to be done on the rare occasion of visiting the big smoke. She had her couple of medical appointments and I dropped in for a hearing test, a bit of a waste of time really because there’s not a lot left to test.
We then made our way to Busselton where Merv and Karen were hosting a dinner on Saturday night and we were going to run through a few reels of Super-8 sound film from our around-Australia travels in the 70’s. Sandra had been joking about it being a surprise birthday party that is never really a surprise at all because it’s been chatted about for the last few months.
Well, they really did pull it off…the surprise that is. I knew Merv and Karen’s kids and their kids would be there and Colin and Katrina but the rest of the tribe came out of the woodwork upon our arrival. My twin sisters, I guess you’d have to call them antiques or at least a good vintage being ten years older than me, then my other sister, eldest brother and many more of their offspring and partners. We’re very fortunate for all seven of us to still be kicking up dust but I never realised any were capable of maintaining a secret like that since everybody except me chipped in to buy my twin sisters the flight over and luxury train trip back for their 80th birthday back in June.
Mrs M also invited some special friends too. I’d spoken by phone to most who turned up but nobody spilled the beans.
Saturday Merv had the spit roaster hot with lamb and pork and Karen had prepared a variety of roast vegetables and salads Their youngest and his wife have made career as tour guides so they prepared wooden slab trays of snacks and cheeses and there were drinks of every variety. What a night….
Sunday was recovery day for some and more of an opportunity for us others to stuff our faces while doing the catch-up with family we rarely get to see. Most I hadn’t seen since I drove over for Colin’s 70th birthday in July 2022. Monday two boats hit the water seeking tuna while others hit the beach and a bit of snorkelling. I was land bound because I was waiting for a Wardens Court audio link that eventually came through just after lunch - predictably to be adjourned until the new year.
Sandra shot back home to catch up on some prior appointments. Busselton had been a comfortable high 20’s but in Cue the temperature had soared to 42°C and something tripped one of the RCD’s, the one powering the big double fridge, the other freezer, the fish pumps and of course the garden irrigation. The first clue was the wilted plants that she spotted upon her arrival. The next was the stench of decaying meat trapped in a hothouse.
She did well cleaning up the mess. The Shire sent helping hands to move the big fridge out to the driveway and arranged for the rubbish truck to call in to dispose of all the rotting food. Of course, the problem wasn’t solved because we’d done the usual city shopping so her car was loaded with iceboxes of fresh food and nowhere to put it.
We have a little bar fridge out by the overcooked BBQ so she fired that up, well chilled it down anyway. Then there’s the fridge in the bus so she switched that on. The food in the small upright freezer had turned to slush but had been contained in the drawers so once the drawers were removed and the whole thing was wiped out with vinegar and vanilla it was re-turned on as well. There was also Sandra’s Mum’s chest freezer in the shed. The new food was saved but everything was still in quite a mess with the big fridge out baking on the driveway.
We’d been busy Friday loading the trailer in Capel so I decided to hook that up and head for home to give her a hand. At just over 900 kilometres back home it’s not quite like popping next door but I was home Tuesday just after lunch. We decided to turn the fridge on overnight to test it and amazingly it chilled down well. We then got to work stripping out everything that would move and surprisingly it cleaned up nicely. I think a good baking in the sunshine may have helped a bit but a fridge on the driveway in the middle of summer is not a lot of good so we set to work squeezing it back through the door and into the kitchen.
Life is almost back to normal. There’s not much in the fridge and freezers but everything seems to be working. I suspect the electrical fault is somewhere in the fishpond setup where the waterfall and sprinklers tend to spread water a little too far and wide particularly when the wind is blowing. Electricity and water do not mix well so I’ve run a temporary power supply for the fish from the shed as it’s on a different electrical circuit to the house.
Yesterday was auction day in Cue. The Shire seized a half a dozen properties for unpaid rates and put them up for sale. Most of the vacant blocks didn’t sell well but we took a liking to an old stone and iron cottage from way back. The exact era is unknown at this stage as the previous owner had left one day quite a few years ago, died and of course never returned. It appears he was a bit of a recluse, a hoarder and just a little untidy about the house. We’re not quite sure the full extent of what we bought but as Mrs M is into fossicking through old deposits of earlier civilizations I’m sure she’ll have a ball.
Anyhow, I have a set of hearing aids due to be picked up in Perth on Friday, I’ve arranged an eye test for the same day and a family still overcrowding the southwest so after unloading the trailer I’m off soon on another adventure…..
Wow, I don't know anyone that has broken 10 mirrors, but I reckon you have come close mate. Hope all works out well and that the new home is a winner. Maybe a B&B ? cheers Mackka
Looks like you and Sandra are going to be busy over summer Phil.
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Always enjoy your storiesPhil and Sandra, thanks for sharing.
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If today is an indication of what summer is going to be like I'll be hibernating until autumn
. I just took a run out to the dryblower but the gusts of wind stirring up the dust had me running for cover. I started assembling the shelving at 5:15am and by 8:30 the aluminium trailer sides were too hot to handle with bare hands. I heading south either tonight or early in the morning. I'll leave clear instructions for Sandra on what she can do with the house 
You are a very brave man Phil and good thing you bought another house as you might need it hahahahaha!
Do you turn the 9kg upside down Phil?
I think it’s time to start a renovation rescue segment on PA ?
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