Hang on, you are still travelling so do not know that yet...
Regards,
Steve
14th May 2023 8:23 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72931
Shhhhhh, don’t give those scallywags ideas!!
14th May 2023 8:43 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 14169
I think Nine is on the case. I've put an order in for a load. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
14th May 2023 9:42 am
Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2468
Moo I take it you mean Nige? Although I’m happy to change log liberating partners to Nine
No offence Nige Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
14th May 2023 9:52 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72931
Deffo a Freudian slip!
14th May 2023 10:14 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 14169
Haven't you seen Nige at the weekend....... New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
14th May 2023 10:19 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72931
Shhhhh, what happens at Nige’s place, w/end or otherwise, stays at Nige’s place.
14th May 2023 10:42 am
Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2468
Moo wrote:
Haven't you seen Nige at the weekend.......
Yes Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
14th May 2023 12:11 pm
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4193
Tony, if you tell someone to dress for the occasion but don't say what the occasion is then what do you expect ? How was I to know it was a dinner party for your wife ?
I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
14th May 2023 12:42 pm
Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2468
Just remember to go the bathroom before you get here next time I’m not zipping you up again Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
14th May 2023 2:48 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72931
A few more pics from recent travels. Not a lot to report on the drive from Barossa to Richmond so here’s the best.
We’ve seen a fair few wineries in our stay but for shear volume this one in Riverlands area takes the biscuit. Looked impressive from the road.
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And even more impressed from above! That’s a lot of VC!
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And the RAAF Memorial Museum in Wagga Wagga (pronounced Wogga Wogga), so good they named it twice. Nice little museum.
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Deffo needed a pano for the ‘vark.
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Then to the cabin in the animal sanctuary near Bathurst. That’s us back in NSW.
Great steaks on the barbie when we got there.
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And a bit of a bush walk, first proper walk after ending up on my face after badly twisting my ankle in Wagga (x2).
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEET Red necked wobbleys, (not Brush Tailed Rock Wobblies as reported above), they were everywhere and weren’t too worried by our presence. Great waking up, opening the curtains to see them munching away, keeping the lawn in perfect shape!
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We had an evening walk (well felt like mid-afternoon as it was dark by 5:30pm) to see the dingos, potoroos, Bettongs, sugar glider and the elusive Brush Tailed Rock Wobblies. Didn’t see the Palma Wallabies or wombats. I had a bettong sniff my jeans (not recommended) and had a little nibble of my left boot. Lovely little things! SWMBO had a bandicoot run over her feet, I’m not saying there was a girly scream but …….. No pics, also no pics of the stunning star scape with Milky Way and Southern Cross.
And then across the Blue Mountains. Which aren’t very blue.
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Fab botanic gardens, that did a very nice lunch!
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And back to Windsor NSW, within spitting distance of Sydney from where we leave Aus next week. I know we’re heading off but I’m not sure we really needed a flyby, a ticker tape parade or marching band would have been enough.
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And even more today! The crews for the Singaporean Hercs are staying here at the hotel so SWMBO’s going to give them suggestions to pep up the display, incl more centred on our balcony and doing a couple of loop-the-loops.
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Back up to the Blue Mountains either tomorrow or Friday, weather dependant.
17th May 2023 7:56 am
ianm27
Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
Great pics Del
DSL wrote:
And a bit of a bush walk, first proper walk after ending up on my face after badly twisting my ankle in Wagga (x2).
However - we need more details - How much VC was consumed? Was it Mrs Del's fault? Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
Limo Tint
Blackvue front & rear dashcam
Cruise control switch pack
Bodsy's remote for FBH
17th May 2023 9:54 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72931
No VC was consumed before said incident, and it was just after we started a 5km walk round Lake Albert near Wagga x2. And it was a nice flat piece of tarmac, I just happened to not notice my foot wasn’t fully on the tarmac.
Oh and no, it deffo wasn’t MrsDSL’s fault, she did offer to help me up but I’d also managed to put sizeable holes in the skin of my hands (bad landing) so she didn’t want any blood evidence on her hands.
17th May 2023 10:03 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23583
Hope your ankle recovers quickly Del.
In the meantime, have you considered something like?:
2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
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