EvilDaifu

Sorry to hear. Fully understand though. Hope something comes up soon that you like.

Mazda SP23 hatch - handy hatch for my son on Ps ...

Mental note for self - don't buy another sleeping bag - BRING ONE ALONG Also have booked into Strahan Village for 2 nights - Fri 8 Mar check in and Sun 10 Mar check out - thanks for checking which nights where

Spirit of Tassie booked - farrkn left it a bit late so prices high. So I'll be bunking with Rab cos like his company and cash strapped ...

Yep 2 nights Triabunna and 2 nights Strahan is good. Let's explore both East and West Coast better in my opinion. What's 98 like in Strahan again? I forgot.

Bumped into Trentus in Brissie yesterday. Asked if he was interested in coming along but he has other plans at that time.

Annual Leave is approved But hope work doesn't get in the way - like need me interstate or something. We have a few sales opportunities that may start to develop in March. I like 1 night in Strahan (quiet but roads fantastic) then spend 1 night maybe in main Hobart town (we will be buggered from memory that 2nd day and I like the pubs in Salamanca) then 2 nights in Triabunna to explore the East Coast?

Sounds good

Annual Leave Request submitted ... Just checked on Spirit of Tassie sailing costs and its $816 return for 1 passenger, 1 car and 4 berth cabin for the dates of the cruise. From past experience, those who have just booked a recliner on the boat can stay in the 4 berth cabin as they provide enough linen and towels for 4 people even if 1 person is staying in the cabin. Cabin is $139 per night. Just to let people know - I snore something bad ... For 1 person with 1 car one way - it's probably $160 + $109 i.e. $269 one way or about $535 return. Not sure about accommodation costs as I don't think we've settled on where we will be over the days yet.

Here are my opinions. We have an BMW X5 and I like its looks and the interior is very comfortable though its not my daily. Not as big inside as the Volvo XC90 we used to have. But smooth as to drive. I think its very true what they say about the X5 - feels like driving a sedan even though its a large wagon (just washed it this evening and takes me twice as long to wash as the F6 - but you know what they say about happy Wife ). Yeah its the misses car. But farrrk me the servicing costs However, no mechanical or electrical issues so far. I drove a Merc C250 rental in the UK 2 years ago and have come to the conclusion I dislike them to the point I'd never buy one or even rent one. My sis has a Merc C class and yeah it looks large on the outside but feels a bit to snug for me on the inside. But what I really don't like are their brakes. Long time ago - used to have a Audi A4. Really liked the look of it and had no mechanical or electrical issues with it. But once again as it got older the running costs (servicing, insurance and so on) just didn't make financial sense to me relative to the cost of the car. It was also a bit small and I needed something larger back then.

I'm good for either Rab but prolly prefer steak - had an issue with brisket before ... couldn't finish all of it

Done - bought the set auto and handbrake leather ones with silver stitching (had to double check this afternoon) - both synthetic ones that come with the car were fraying. Thanks @El Andrew

Ha ha ha - yeah that partially finished road on the map near Ben Lomond National Park ...

Thanks mate - yeah was goin down path of rubbing some leather conditioner into them but hadn't done anything yet cept buy the conditioner (for my work bag actually - Toowoomba is a real cowboy town - bought a genuine Akubra there as well as got my leather bag repaired twice there).

Thanks k31th - yeah its funny how I gravitate the similar footage each year to show case I had to look at the two on YouTube itself to pick up any difference. Anyways - I exported the vid at steady state 25 fps and I think there is marginally less distortion of faster moving scenes in my opinion when posted on YouTube. The actual mp4 files I don't notice any difference. But somehow I prefer Version 1 though - seems to be smoother with the Samsung S8+ vid footage. So I put it back up in an earlier post

No observable artifacts (but I'm a bit biased ) I was thinking maybe I set the frame rate wrong used NTSC instead of PAL for YouTube. From memory - I usually use PAL which just so happens to have a frame rate of 25 fps which happens to be what I shoot in on the GoPro for the avi/mp4 file output. But here's something that interested me - the stark contract between snow and dry in the same month November in the same spot - wow - just goes to show that nature is so volatile in the alpine regions

Thanks k31th Yeah I noticed that as well. The actual mp4 I generated is about 750MB which is bigger than normal. I used the same process and software as previously - maybe Google (YouTube owners) feeling the pinch and have decided to be a bit more aggressive on processing files to squash them down more for their storage purposes

Happy New Years guys Here's a vid - hope this brings back some memories (and smiles) for some of the guys who went on the cruise and others like it who are thinking of coming along to one Enjoy

Happy New Years to you Puff How can we convince you to come along to the Tassie Cruise in March?

In my ol' BA XR6T I used to get loud diff clunk when changing into reverse. Diff clunk is pretty common. I gotta admit though in my FPV FG F6 I haven't heard it (or maybe I've been conditioned )

Think I'll start helping to sussing out some prices (but we ought to decide on the routes) - did that come out wrong Come Feb the good places to stay out will be scarcer and I think it would be good if we could all stay at the same hotel/motels where possible (if anything to make it easier to find our rooms at the end of evenings ) May get myself another GoPro or similar as well farrk been bingeing in Grand Tour on Amazon Prime Video - those old English farts just keep getting better as time goes by in my opinion

Happy New Year !!! Watched it from upstairs window from a far ...

Just reviewing some of the footage and saw this farrkn big rock on the road around a blind corner on the way to Omeo If memory serves me well - I wasn't feelin so good by this stage of the cruise ... (mental note - no pie and donut at Tallangatta next cruise ) And another (don't remember that there last time @Rab ...)

Some more of my pics - Enjoy Sorry about the delay again - was working right up to day before Christmas then fell sick as dog (still am - heavily dosed on Amoxycillin and Codral right now) Day 3 Jindabyne Lakeside Hotel Tallangatta Lunch Pitstop Omeo - Golden Age Hotel Day 4 Falls Creek - Wallace Hut Falls Creek - near Rocky Valley Storage Falls Creek - top carpark Bright Brewery

Ha ha ha so farrkn analytically El Andrew- expect nothin less Merry Christmas everyone I did most of my gift shopping through-out the year wherever I saw some bargains. Good thing as well as I've been traveling alot for work past several weeks (just got back from Mooloolaba yesterday). So had zero time to do any last minute shopping. Probably one of the best things recently is signed up for Amazon Prime and not only do I get access to a stack of vids through Amazon Prime Video (Grand Tour and Ken Block Gymkhana) but also stacks of free kindle books through Amazon Prime Reading all for $59 per year !!!