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  • gmask1@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    Does anyone have any experience with changing owner’s corporations? It’s been two years since the townhouses on our block were moved in to, no AGMs or meetings, no responses to emails or phone messages.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    ffs, reddit is so full of paid political trolls it’s painful

    this place is a blessed relief

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
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      7 months ago

      I can never understand the anger people have on reddit. The cattiness and the back and forwards is just not for me.

        • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
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          7 months ago

          Some people take things way too personally and resort to name calling and derogatory terms.

          I have gone back and forwards maybe a hand full of times but I have since curbed my ways.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    Aussie Frugal seems to have died. I’m just in there alerting when hygiene products are half price because (other than occasional art supplies and basic necessities) I don’t really buy anything

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        8 months ago

        It’s all good. I think everyone else is also doing all the frugal tips already, so there’s not much new to contribute

  • bacon@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Oooo

    Mildura to Mallacoota by PT, 22 hours with the longest layover being a couple of hours. I’d arrive the next day, but because the last leg of the trip leaves the same day, the entire fare would only be the price of a daily

    • bananafungus@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      As someone who frequently caught the Tilt Train in QLD before moving here and had an alright time, I’m kind of curious as to what the route actually entails. Are there any swap overs, is there a decent stretch to get some sleep since it’s a 22hr journey, are there sleeper cars, and what about food options/amenities?

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        7 months ago

        • tilt train (and Qld in general) is ♥️♥️♥️

        • the route is mostly coaches but does have 1 train. I’ve done the Mildura night coach a few times (which is 9 hours and arrives at 6am), plenty of people do get a nap on that but being a coach there’s no sleeping areas, best you can do is put your seat back by about 30° and hope there’s not too many potholes

        The journey looks like this:

        8am coach from Mallacoota to Genoa (30 mins)

        Connect to a coach to lakes entrance (3hrs)

        2 hour layover in lakes entrance

        2:30pm coach to Tralagon (2.5hrs)

        5:20pm train to Melbourne (2.5hrs)

        2 hour layover in Melbourne

        9:10pm coach to Mildura (9hrs)

        Arrive in Mildura at 6am

        The train is fairly smooth but not designed as a sleeper, so you could get a nap but it wouldn’t be great

        • bananafungus@aussie.zone
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          7 months ago

          While not my thing, mostly due to the lack of trains and onboard amenities, I can see how it’d be fun little adventure.

          Not going lie, if you did do the trip I’d read a write up of your journey and how it went.

          • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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            7 months ago

            Getting to Malla is a bit of a trek so I probably won’t do it unless I’m spending a night there. I thought it might actually be a nice YouTube video, but I’m more of a writer than a filmer! I’ll chuck you a mention if I ever do (and I remember)!

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    keen to start planning my next camping trip. heck, I could even do tidal river again. Its just so nice down there.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    I went to the art site of the person running the youtube channel to see about the free colour wheels (it has a free stuff section). It looks legit but even with no cost it still wants your credit card details and address. That’s gonna be a no from me dawg. The ones being sold on art supply shops online are kind of different, not how I want.

    I’m sure I could make equivalents if I was determined but honestly not really seeing the point. I’ve gone off art a little bit lately and am just feeling like shit, sleeping all the time.

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    8 months ago

    My parents keep taking their dog away in the caravan then realising that taking the dog with them sucks because they can’t go out anywhere together because they can’t leave the dog alone. This leads to me being asked to house/dog sit at their place, which I’ll be doing from tomorrow until Monday. Doggy is being driven home from Yarrawonga and dropped off today. Sigh.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
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    7 months ago

    I will be unable to make the new thread at midnight for tomorrow if somebody else could do it, that would be great.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    I have only stepped out my apartment once in the past 3 and 1/2 weeks and that was to go to hospital . Can’t wash my hair and have mostly been subsisting on frozen food. I missed xmas and nye with friends and fam too.

    But I have recovered from depression so that is good.

    I have so much to do. :)

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    This morning kitty was sweet as pie, snuggling and resting her head on my shoulder. Tonight after spitting out her medication I’m being kicked out of bed

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      Kitties are so unpredictable. Yesterday Ted was biting me, today I am allowed to scratch behind his ear.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    hmm. Anyone played with home automation?

    realised when stashing something in the basement that I expected the lights to come on automatically like I set them in the laundry. Which got me digging at motion sensors, specifically ones that will trigger a connected socket (running 100m of LED rope light will light up anything) and now I’m looking for a motion sensor that will trigger a connected socket and preferably not need to constantly be connected to an outside cloud network because fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
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        8 months ago

        mmm problem is most of the time when they say “wireless” they mean “not physically connected but requires your wifi to tap into a gigantic backhaul that passes constant data back to our servers to operate”

        I’m gonna build a hubitat (I swear I am mum really!) but the box itself is backburnered atm, as is wiring up the basement network-wise so was hoping I could find even some cheap shitty plug in adapter like the remotes you can get for power points.

        • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          8 months ago

          I have a doorbell that plugs directly into a socket but is wireless to the akshul door. No web anything. Maybe something like that could be reverse engineered to work a light switch instead of a doorbell.

          • Taleya@aussie.zone
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            8 months ago

            no passthrough :/ the socket part just pulls power to run the receiver and noisemaker parts that pick up the signal from the buttonpress.

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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          8 months ago

          Yeah, that sucks. It really feels like a self contained “dumb” (ie not smart appliance) motion activated light should or does exist…

          There are those lights that are made for sticking in gardens beside paths (though often those are solar), or the outdoor lights that come on but it depends on how far you need the motion detected and the second one might need to be hard wired.

          Ikea does have self contained motion lights that run off rechargeable batteries and may be stick on (intended for cupboards or drawers) but they might not be powerful enough for a room and obvious drawbacks with batteries.

          There was a self contained outdoor light but it was meant to be attached by a bolt and was solar powered.

          Woolies/Big W also has a self contained battery thingy which might work for temporary use until you do the hubitat https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/1074588760/crest-rechargeable-led-with-motion-sensor-medium

          Or this little motion sensor emergency torch guy https://www.amazon.com.au/AP-Emergency-Sensor-Light-Rechargeable/dp/B00AC1K3Z4