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Looked like someone tried to fill the cracked slab with expanding foam, which then dripped and expanded. If so: why wouldn't they clean it up???

Oh, I see the webbing patch that is painted grey, and the that material dripping through.

I understand this reference. Have an upvote!

Tbh, the introduction of new regulations ( Design Building Practitioners Act) and Building Commission NSW will make it better moving forward. However, apartments and houses won't come cheap. There is currently big costs associated to constructing new apartments due to these new regulations.

Hi All I'm hoping someone can provide some suggestions and recommendations. My wife and I with our small dog want to do some camping not far from the coast so that we have access to the beach.

We're struggling to find any campsites that allow dogs and tbh most we've found are in national parks anyway.

We're in Syndey (central) and willibg to drive ~5 hours.

I'll always say Jimmy's Beach in that regard. It's the only one I've been to so my opinion may be skewed but it's literally a 2 minute walk from the campsite to the most beautiful stretch of sand you've ever seen.

ETA "only one I've ever been to THAT ALLOWED MY DOG"

valla, coffs harbour, or even a little further.. woolgoolga, red rock eg

[Mystery Bay Campground ](https://maps.app.goo.gl/LeTLP1pSsRHWrCw9A)

Beautiful spot, however this time of the year, dogs off leash are restricted:

"from 1 November to 30 April:

dogs allowed on or off-leash before 9am and after 5pm

dogs prohibited during the day from 9am to 5pm"

[Council website ](https://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/residents/pets/dog-friendly-beaches-and-areas)

These two are very solid options:

Jimmy's Beach: [https://reflectionsholidays.com.au/parks/jimmys-beach/](https://reflectionsholidays.com.au/parks/jimmys-beach/)

Hawks Nest: [https://reflectionsholidays.com.au/parks/hawks-nest/](https://reflectionsholidays.com.au/parks/hawks-nest/)

Both are dog friendly and close to nice beaches - could even try a couple days at each to mix it up because they're pretty close.

If you're serious about booking either, I actually have some credit with Reflections (after the recent Splendour in the grass cancellation) that I'd be interested in selling on to you at a discount. DM me if interested. Cheers!

Shoalhaven Heads - the Holiday Haven will allow small dogs on request

https://www.kiamacoast.com.au/seven-mile-beach-holiday-park/

We love Toowoon Bay Caravan Park which allows dogs and their is an off leash dog beach

Dear Call Centre Customer Service Representatives -I used to be an angry person and I used to be a financially unstable person.This combination of unfortunate circumstances resulted in me directing some of my anger towards Call CentreCustomer Service Representatives.For this I am truly sorry.It may please you to learn that I have dealt with my anger issues and I have also learnt to understand my emotions so I no longer direct my anger towards others.I wish you could understand how it feels to direct your anger towards a person who is professional, patient and understanding but I wouldn't wish a fit of rage on my worst enemy so perhaps you can take my word for it instead because even though I was delusional during these incidents I can clearly recall the patient, understanding and professional way you dealt with me. I know I didn't deserve that level of communication but I believe I needed it.Now that I have begun to understand the impact these experiences had on my life at a time when I needed to be understood more than anything but didn't deserve to be,I only hope my words can express how valuable your skills, behaviour and attitude towards me were in my time of need.In summary, while angry people most probably won't appreciate you in the moment and may unfortunately never come to appreciate you, your skills in dealing with them have an immense impact on them therefore you should be very proud of the way you handle these things.I only hope you can appreciate yourselves as much as I appreciate you

Yelling at the people who are there to help you is a great way to not get the help you're looking for.

I can’t tell the amount of times my (adult) child has called me after a harrowing shift in a call centre. She didn’t need me in her teens but boy does she need me now. She gets so much abuse and needs her mum.

It’s sad. I hate seeing her so stressed.

I guess I must have valued expressing my anger more than I valued receiving help which is pretty embarrassing!

Hey, listen to this. Do you think it's possible to take my MX-5 RF ND2 on a road trip to Broken Hill? I've been on some pretty long drives before, like from Sydney to Melbourne and up to Brisbane. I've even gone as far west as Bathurst and Orange. But I've always wanted to see if I could make it all the way to Broken Hill and check out that Mad Max scene. Do you think it's doable? I'd love to do some astrophotography and explore the area. What do you think?

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You don't want to be doing that section in the dark in an MX5. You hit a roo and you're stuck with limited traffic and signal, especially as you get further past Dubbo.

Schedule the trip to only drive in daylight hours, with a buffer if you get a flat etc. Make sure you have a real spare tyre and it is in good condition, an 80km/h spare will make it a really, really long drive, the Google maps calcs are done at 110kmh.

Depending on how long you've got, and if you're happy with how you've already done Bathurst/Orange, I'd suggest stopping at Dubbo. There is a bit to see there.

It is a doable drive from there, but if you have to split it, stop at Cobar, do some stuff in Dubbo and make the drive in the afternoon as there isn't much in Cobar. It's just the best (and safest) spot to stop between.

Yeah it’s a road you can drive it, watch out for Roos and take plenty of water and some spare food the roadhouse and cafes of western NSW are at times weird and overpriced—and that’s when they exist it are open. Broken hill is a nice town though

If you find yourself in Wentworth 2648 there’s a lot to see/do before hitting the Silver City Hwy to Broken Hill. The confluence of the Darling and Murray rivers. Mungo State Park. Perry Sandhills etc etc etc. Great coffee and food and the best local wines at Lock10&Weir restaurant.

Yeah I used to live up that way. Some people will panic you with bad advice but the roads are easy and well travelled. Drive slow or not at all at night to avoid roos and black cattle.

I did a similar trip in an Suzuki Vitara. - even smaller than an MX5. Done it plenty of other times in Hiluxs/landcruisers. I know a bloke who did it in a little holden barina and made it fine.

Really shouldn't be an issue if your car is in good condition.

Keep fueled up in the last few towns you go through and keep 10 litres of water in your car for worst case scenarios, but you shouldn't have issues.

It is good quality sealed roads all the way. Its and easy drive. It is a 2-day trip each way unless you are mad. Cobar and Nyngan are convenient stop-over locations. Wilcannia is not a place to stop overnight.

Watch out for beasties. Drive only during daylight hours. Kangaroos a problem during dawn & dusk, emus any time of day but are not ultra common. Both kangaroos and emus are unpredictable. Wombats don't seem to be much of a problem and again are dawn/dusk & night.

Goats are in significant numbers at the moment and active during the day but are far more road savvy. That said, on the drive up from Wentworth to Broken Hill today, came across 4 roadkills and that is unusual.

I did it years ago in a ‘91 prelude. You’ll be fine in an mx5 subject to following the other advice here.

Find an audiobook that you want to listen to - maybe two - and download them. The trip from Lithgow onwards can get a bit BAFU.

Thank you!

Ty.. for some reason I thought people will berate me for even considering driving my mx-5 to that part of the western ends

So I’ve been scammed on marketplace. I know, stupid.

I bought something from a normal seller with a real profile, and they were going to post it to me as I’m interstate. I paid direct deposit like a real moron.

She then upped the price on the listing (I got it at a good price so she would have had more people asking for it), and didn’t respond to me for a week. She’s now blocked me.

Her FB is linked to her and her partners business, and that business address is actually their residential address and also has their phone numbers listed. I also have her families FB accounts from them writing on her wall for her birthdays, so I’m tempted to send them all a little message letting them know she’s a scammer.

I accept that the money is gone because I’m a moron, but any suggestions on what else I can do to ruin her day? Keeping in mind she also has my address lol.

Are you certain that profile is their real profile?

Call the business number and ask for them by name.

Are you sure it’s them? The FB account could be hacked and used for this exact scam.

A friend got hacked and they did this. Had people after her making threats.

Not saying it is the case, but keep that in mind

Yeah it goes back about 15 years, links to heaps of other real profiles etc

And then just say, have you scammed me?

But the person operating it might not be the person in the profile

Account is probably compromised.

There's a heap of local scam accounts recently that have 10+ years of photos, their kids etc.

The account was scamming tickets sales.

Sorry. What I meant was are you certain that seller is that profile? Plenty of stolen profiles.

All their items are cash on pick up, it was me who asked if they would post.

Had a friend message about the item and they said yep they can buy it and pick it up tonight and gave address.

Just too good of an opportunity to scam me I guess, knowing I’m interstate.

Yup.

My name is, I bought this from you, whats up?

If they say I don't know ask them if they use Facebook and take it from there.

Also find out how much it costs to file at your local magistrates Court, can be worth it just to scare them

Sorry I misunderstood. You could be right. The bsb and acc were same name and it was a pretty obscure marketplace account - house plants with pick up only, toys, clothes etc all with same house background that matched the listing online.

They look pretty… rough shall I say. But that’s not saying you’re wrong!

Currently in Armidale, debating making a move within the next year and was hoping to see if anyone could give me suggestions similar to Armidale.

I was considering Tamworth but that’s too big for my liking, would love the town to have at least some fast food nearby and at least a Coles, not too fussed about anything else.

Colder the better as well!

Tamworth is too big? Interesting... It's got 44,000 people.

Armidale has 24,000

Goulburn has 24,000

Taree has 26,000

Nelson Bay has 28,000

Forster-Tuncurry has 21,000

Grifith has 20,000

I reckon you should drive down the New England Highway to the beautiful lower Hunter. There are suburbs around Maitland that feel like small towns. Once you hit Maitland, you are connected to Sydney by a 24 hour train if you want, the state's your oyster.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_cities\_in\_Australia\_by\_population](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population)

Blayney sounds perfect for you. Snows in winter, population of less than 3000 and it's an hour drive from Orange and Bathurst if you need something. No Coles though, but does have a little supermarket last time I went through.

Edit: It's only 30mins from Bathurst and Orange, not an hour.

Considering you said similar to Armidale, (my great uncle lives/lived there!) the only two small places I'm aware of are. Probably too small haha

There's Sofala, which is kinda near Bathurst. I've only been camping just outside town. So i only remember seeing like. A pub and a small shop. Population of about 200, according to a 2008 census

There's also Bundanoon. Been there a few times for the Scottish festival. It's quite nice, but apparently has about 2000 people. Quite a lot of shops though.

If you like the cold, Orange

Check out the nsw/Vic border region. Plenty of tiny towns spread around the bigger base of albury/wodonga. There's everything you could want and a nice central spot to go either north/south/inland to anywhere else

I hated living in Tamworth.

Have you thought of Orange or Mudgee?

If you want cold, try Orange. It's a bit busy though.

Glen Innes is small