It is an easy mistake to make lol
Good to hear that you are still camping and a member. Once camping is in the blood thats it I think 😂
Bit harder to enjoy it down in the icebox state though. I miss the sun!

Oops, ......... in my defence it was awhile ago  . But it's good to see your still out there camping and living the good life.
Cheers
Johnno

Hey JK,
Nice to hear from you - however, I am not Dean - this was never his account, was always mine.
Same thing happened last time I posted on here lol  I even added "Seasoned Camper - Mum of One" to try and make that clear 

Welcome back mate, it's been awhile.
We got old and bought a Crusader X Country 19.5ft off road van, still have to Cape York Camper ( but really should move it on ),.......... I remember your Trackabout Camper.
Talk soon Dean 

Hi everyone,

Have been a member in the past (long time ago) and have decided to come back to the MySwag Forum. 
I have just purchased a 2011 Jayco Swan Outback.  Prior to this recent purchase, I had and still have, as I haven't sold it yet, a Jayco Freedown 16" pop top.  I sold my Trackabout soft floor camper quite a few years ago and went the easy set up way with the pop top van.  Missed being able to take it offroad so that is the reason for the new Outback Swan.

I am sure I will have many requestes for tips etc in the next few months lol First time with one of these - hope it goes well for me.  Looking forward to talking with many like minded people.

But they have history of similar!

~15 years back, they replaced stormwater pipes under the road here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3siWGYp1psLArrSbA

Pretty simple job, I hear you say, but from closing the road, digging it up, removing the 3 x 18" round culverts, replacing them with 3 x 2m square concrete culverts, refilling it, resurfacing & reopening the road was just short of 2 years!

As I said at the time, give me a group of 20 blokes with picks & shovels, let alone machinery, & I'd have it done in a weekend!

Council are just about to replace a bridge near us, that's ~30 years old & has "reached end of life" (at 30? I'd be throwing it back on the developer to replace it at their expense!)

Here's one of the versions of blurb we've had about it: https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/Services/Projects-works/Burleigh-Waters-Cassowary-Drive-bridge-replacement & here's the bridge in question (Cassowary Drv) https://maps.app.goo.gl/NKZAA1rft5LWQfyZ6

Their range of published guesses for delay is bridge closed 31/8 till "early 2027" / "mid-2027" / "15 months" = ~Dec 2027 & "18 months" = ~Apr 2028

But the bridge was still open at 3.30pm, yesterday 1/9, with no equipment, barriers, signage or anything else visible, so 2 days behind schedule on the 2nd day!  

Hmm, a 3-day operation that's gone way over time? Where have I heard about that before?  

And the CRB was how we had our driveway bitumened (approx 20M) when I was a lad, Dads mate and his crew did it in an afternoon followed by a slab, all done in time for them to return to the depot by 1645hrs ready to knock off.

Yep. The CRB....Country Roads Board.
Every large-ish country town in VIC had a depot...

LOL