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I was listening to a talkback segment on the ABC radio tonight and the publican from Eulo rang in. He was on his way back home from Roma and mentioned that when he bought the car in Roma, the dealers offered a free 1,000 kilometre checkup. That's about 60 k's short of the distance to drive it home from Roma to Eulo and turn around and drive straight back to Roma.

onetrack, I'm assuming W.A. Day marks the date of formation of the colony if I'm right. Qld. Day which marks the date of independence is next Saturday but we don't as yet have a public holiday for it. It's a big mega sport and event day. The Premier has floated the idea of making it a public holiday so we might have it marked as a holiday next year.

Do they use a lot of finger gel? 😄

Same here. We had quite a bit of rain and some very heavy downpours and high winds, but could have been worse. I'm not far from Mundaring and our area had a pretty widespread power blackout overnight but it was restored again by midday. We've had a lot more damage in the past.

Victoria has been losing a small number of people to other states, but not on the scale seen during the peak COVID years. In the year to March 2025: Victoria's net interstate migration was -2,318 people. That means about 2,300 more people moved from Victoria to other Australian states and territories than moved into Victoria from elsewhere in Australia. For comparison: State Net interstate migration Queensland +24,015 Western Australia +11,675 Victoria -2,318 New South Wales -26,560 So Victoria is still seeing a net outflow to other states, but it is relatively modest. In fact, recent government analysis noted that Victoria recorded positive quarterly interstate migration for the first time since the pandemic, suggesting the trend has been improving. According to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria’s population reached about 7.05 million people by March 2025, up by roughly 124,600 people over the previous year. That was a growth rate of 1.8%, equal to Queensland and above the national average of 1.6%. Victoria had: +33,730 people from natural increase (births minus deaths) +93,176 people from overseas migration −2,318 people from net interstate migration (more people leaving for other states than arriving from them) So the interstate migration loss exists, but it is relatively small compared with the gains from overseas migration and natural increase. Victoria is still adding well over 100,000 people per year overall.

I thought Victorians left Victoria to go find some liveable weather?? Most of the Victorians that left, went to QLD because they wanted decent weather, not specifically because of their Labor Govt. Victoria has gained in population every year since the pandemic ended, so your numbers are BS, just like Hansons regular BS. If Labor f**** everything it touches (as you're claiming), how come W.A. is doing quite well under a State Labor Govt? The Liberals here on the Left Coast have disappeared up their own arse. They keep on producing leaders of the Party who are total dropkicks and unelectable. Now they have a former dropkick disc jockey/cum Lord Mayor (and he stuffed up Perth City Council, too), claiming he can lead the Liberals back into power. He's a legend in his own bathtime.

I know where they've all gone. I can just about see them from my place.

Willie, the storm had little effect on me. We ended up with a fair amount of vegetation trash, the big Jacaranda in our backyard lost a small branch, and the fruit trees took a pounding - but there wasn't a huge amount of rain in the storm, we ended up with a whisker over 33mm from Saturday evening to this (Monday) morning. It's a holiday here (W.A. Day) and many people are at home, having cancelled trips and events due to the storm warning, so everyone seems to be out and about now, picking up limbs and leaves and trash. The low-lying areas and the river estuarine areas are the ones that went under water. The River backed up due to the storm surge, coupled with a king tide, and it put a lot of areas under water that I haven't seen submerged for years. The buildings on the coast take the brunt of any stormy winds, the houses and apartments near the coast always seem to lose parts of roofs when a big storm comes through. I'm about 6.5kms inland from the coast, as the crow flies, so the winds are moderated by the time they get to my neck of the woods.

There you go Nev, there's a post for you that's not generalised. Very specific I woud say.

like all the people that have left victoria while labour has been in power.

if you took the time to listen you would realise she is not rascist. thats just a word lefties like to throw around when they have nothing better. you still love albo and snake chalmer even after all the lies and the damage to our land and economy with the stupid net zero plan that most countries have abandoned. hopefully labour are out at the next election and the country can recover. go one nation . out with the left and the woke clowns.

Yes, correct. I'm giving generalised opinions and not expecting them to be taken as anything more. I prefer making general observations rather than picking sides and pushing one particular political wheelbarrow.

Yes, that led to the much more widespread use of stainless steel brick ties in coastal areas. This is a map of the earthquake hazard areas in Australia. The closer contours highlight the more earthquake prone areas. By and large Australia is a pretty stable landmass compared to many overseas places, but we still have a number of significant hot spots.

Nev, I'm a 4th. generation Queenslander so what you're saying is no news to me. It might be to others on the forum. I think by now most know what the LNP is. I started explaining it here on the forum two or three years ago when forum members were mistakedly referring to the Federal coalition as the LNP and you've mentioned it many times as well.

I knew a lot of bricklayers that went to Newcastle for the reconstruction work. One of them told me that a lot of the cavity brick walls that fell down had almost no wire brick ties left due to rusting away in the salt air environment. Whole sections of walls weren't tied together.

You'd generally Be Jewish, no? Nev

You are Giving a lot of generalised opinions, Nothing More. Queensland has always been another World Polliticaly to other Parts of Australia. Campbell Newman was another soldier" Mad person". His Mother was far more reasonable. Remember the Fitzgerald Enquiry? Qld is the Only Place where the LNP is ONE Party and the State Gov't has no Upper House. Newman was so bad people Began Leaving the State. Nev

The extent of the damage was related to the Undermining of the Most Affected areas and the Proximity to the surface of the extracted coal Most Had the Plllar coal removed and was water filled. I think the scale IS NOT LINEAR as you also say. I'm FROM Newcastle so I'm aware of the Nature of the damage. Newcastle experiences a lot of subsidence damage without any seismic activity. Recently there has Been seismic activity west of there. I wouldn't suggest the Area is Particularly prone to earthquakes. We have had a few shakes Here Near Mt Macedon with the Epicentre maybe 100 Kms east. Nev

Nev, the Newcastle earthquake was a lot more severe than quite a mild tremor. It was a magnitude 5.6 event. Meckering in WA was 6.5 and Australia's strongest ever recorded earthquake was 6.6 at Tennant Creek. Granted that on a log scale, 5.6 represents a lot less energy than 6.6, but Newcastle was a significant event and Australia's most costly in terms of property damage. It killed 13 people, hospitalised 160 and damaged over 35,000 homes, 147 schools and 3000 commercial buildings and cost about $4b. It also led to the Earthquake Design Code being substantially overhauled to make buildings more resilient. Unlike other types of loads such as wind (including cyclones), and live load where the aim is to prevent any significant damage in a worst case event, the aim in earthquake design is to prevent loss of life, not to prevent damage to the structure. The aim is to have the structure fail in a predicable way but hold together long enough to allow people to get out. The structure may well be uninhabitable after the event and need to be demolished.

There's no doubt about that. It's a Pun on Time heels all wounds. Nev

Unfortunately a lot of people are being killed, wounded and having their futures adversely affected in the meantime.

Why not PMC? You purport to be a geologist and the Oblate spheroidal shape of the Earth is due to the earth spinning, then why wouldn't the Sun and Moons gravity affect the surface of the earth which is only about 40 miles thick? Tensions build up in the crust and changes can trigger movement. That's why you get aftershocks. Underground Mining magnifies the effects like the Earthquakes in Newcastle at the end of the 80's, 45 years ago. People died then from quite a mild tremor. Nev

onetrack, are you typing that with your mudboots on? I've been looking at the weather over there.

When it comes to big majorities I always think of our classic Queensland example of how a government with a huge majority can totally stuff up and lose government. Point in case is can-do Campbell Newman where an opposition numbering seven members beat him and formed government. There's no such thing as an unbeatable majority if the voters decide they want to wield a big stick.

It looks like someone's buttons are being pushed.