What's making News - 2023

[Bird]

I thought this was an April Fools joke but then notice the date.
https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/aussies-ready-for-hybrid-toyota-landcruiser-70-series-says-japanese-brand-139360/

I lost interest on the first line

"We embraced the 300 Series' downsized diesel V6...."
we had a choice?

[Black174]

I lost interest on the first line

"We embraced the 300 Series' downsized diesel V6...."
we had a choice?

Good to know that your reading skills are improving.
You may have an ice cream if you read the full sentence.

[prodigyrf]

Now here in Edward Gibbon Wakefield's free man's State we've heard you convicts are really struggling with house prices but this cutting corners is getting ridiculous and downright dangerous-
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/family-escape-injury-after-sydney-home-collapses/vi-AA19ySX3

[Bird]

FFS people take it easy out there....Drive to the condition...
theres nothing left of those utes..

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/five-dead-in-twin-crashes-on-good-friday/news-story/1f13976c3bfff31c9cd8591c215564b5

[prodigyrf]

You can say that again Bird- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KzB04LdDqc
Leave the Moose Testing to the experts. 

[Bird]

not good. plenty of vans up in flames....

Firefighters battle blaze at Moorabbin factory on Easter Sunday

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-09/caravan-factory-fire-moorabbin/102203682

[rags]

not good. plenty of vans up in flames....

Firefighters battle blaze at Moorabbin factory on Easter Sunday

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-09/caravan-factory-fire-moorabbin/102203682

Might be a good outcome for some who had vans in for warranty work

[NZMarkb]

Might be a good outcome for some who had vans in for warranty work

There'll be plenty of them, I'm sure

[Fizzie]

From their site https://www.pagebrosrv.com.au/, it's a massive complex, selling Jayco & doing servicing

[Bird]

They moved when Gov took the property they been on 50 odd yrs
https://www.caravancampingsales.com.au/editorial/details/big-move-for-major-jayco-dealer-129751/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5_RDuDIH7s


wonder if there'll be a fire sale... many damaged vans at auction..

[Bird]

Wow....



.. Customers at a collapsed building firm are furious as the appointed liquidators have flagged that they will pursue some of them over unpaid debts.

... But in a stern email to customers on Friday, Grant Thornton warned them that home owners with outstanding payments could be pursued for money.

"The Company hereby gives you formal written notice that the Company will not undertake any further work in performance of the Building Contract," the email from Grant Thornton, obtained by news.com.au, reads.
"We will be in touch with you separately in respect of the payment of any amounts that the Company might have been entitled to prior to the date of this notice. The Company reserves its rights in this regard."


https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/other-industries/liquidators-pursue-homeowners-of-collapsed-builder-porter-davis-homes-which-owes-25m/news-story/6721428314bda6b801b9757d090ccd74

[Fizzie]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/historic-quamby-pub-restored-by-gold-coast-tourists/102235284

Good on 'em!

[Hairs]

Beloved priest and social justice campaigner Father Bob Maguire dies aged 88

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/respected-and-beloved-priest-father-bob-maguire-dies-aged-88/news-story/b7a95d959a6193d2d5e9002daa75299e

You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

[xcvator]

Ha Ha, the bully brigade backed off pretty quick on this 1
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/lachlan-murdoch-drops-crikey-defamation-case/102251072

[Fizzie]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/family-rescued-from-remote-simpson-desert-after-five-days/102250778

"Senior Constable Pursell said the car's frame had bent at the chassis while towing a caravan, and likely occurred while driving over a sand dune or through rough terrain.

"The family's camper trailer was towed by police, but Senior Constable Pursell said the car had to be abandoned.

"[The car] will probably be there for another three or four months," he said."

Don't know if this is actually a photo of their car, but it's certainly not a dual-cab ute, which is what you'd expect to "bend"

[xcvator]

Blow it up by 200%. Looks like an old Toyota Land cruiser wagon

[Troopy_03]

Blow it up by 200%. Looks like an old Toyota Land cruiser wagon

from a bigger pic.

[Bird]

its just a stock photo
(file photo)(ABC Western Qld: Victoria Pengilley)

[xcvator]

And now for some really good news   

https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/news/rfds-establishes-major-national-partnership-isuzu-ute-australia/

[Bird]

... and for Shit news.. probably a rare pebble... **** em.

A popular campsite renowned for its surf beach and coastal walking trails has been closed over concerns an Aboriginal site and its artefacts were impacted by camping activities.

Bear Gully Campground, located within the Cape Liptrap Coastal Park south of Melbourne, has been closed until May 7 by the state government's peak body for the management of National Parks, Parks Victoria.

Beach access to the campsite has also been blocked.

The sudden closures comes after advice that camping and recreational activities within the park may have impacted an Aboriginal place and its artefacts.

https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/popular-campsite-closed-over-concerns-aboriginal-site-artefacts-impacted-by-camping-activities/news-story/18bb9233329a820d12ffde38c96dc2ac

[Hairs]

I notice many signs around here, when entering a National Park on the main road, it will also have another sign, welcoming you to xyz Country, right next to a Locked Gate.

You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

[xcvator]

... and for Shit news.. probably a rare pebble... **** em.

A popular campsite renowned for its surf beach and coastal walking trails has been closed over concerns an Aboriginal site and its artefacts were impacted by camping activities.

Bear Gully Campground, located within the Cape Liptrap Coastal Park south of Melbourne, has been closed until May 7 by the state government's peak body for the management of National Parks, Parks Victoria.

Beach access to the campsite has also been blocked.

The sudden closures comes after advice that camping and recreational activities within the park may have impacted an Aboriginal place and its artefacts.

https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/popular-campsite-closed-over-concerns-aboriginal-site-artefacts-impacted-by-camping-activities/news-story/18bb9233329a820d12ffde38c96dc2ac

WTF does this Shit stop ffs , that area has been camp sites for the last 40 to 50 years for anybody that wanted to

[Hairs]

WTF does this Shit stop ffs , that area has been camp sites for the last 40 to 50 years for anybody that wanted to

Welcome to the New Australia.


You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

[NZMarkb]

Welcome to the New Australia.


You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.

Your not alone guys
We have to deal with the same BS over here
We struggle to find enough dry firewood to light a fire but they're banned in most areas because they are afraid we're going to set the place alight
And don't even get me started on their SOP of closing areas rather than repairing things   

[Hairs]

Sad News.
"Barry Humphries, comedian and actor behind Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, dies aged 89"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-23/live-updates-barry-humphries-dead-dame-edna-sir-les/102236344


You don't use magic to disappear, ya use a 4x4 & Swag.