kmcrosby78

Just trying to make it interesting ....... yawn ....... .

14 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Thought I thought I saw you and the boys feeding your faces at one of cafes near the cinema but couldn’t stop to say g’day. 

Ah yes the sushi place. Oh and I believe you mean 'sampling the succulent cuisine with distinguished elegance' ...... .

3 hours ago, ellicat said:

Same for me with Qld and Origin games. Only been there for one win. So, I sacrifice myself and stay home. Working out just nicely for umpteen years now. haha

I'm 0/2 in Sydney so will have to go back for 3rd time lucky sometime. A fella with the surname Johns has since retired so our chances are a bit higher these days ..... .

Apart from 2 years living in London in 2006 & 2007 and then two years at some point through our 8 years in a row reign where we couldn't get tickets, I've gone to every other game in Brisbane since 1997. Plenty of good memories (and wins) .

3 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Nah, probably because I was there. Broncos haven’t won a game when I have been there for years. I think I will stay at home for the rest of this season. 

The boys and I went too Steve - VERY disappointing 2nd half!!! 

Cracking field goal on a soggy field. Good game and good grit to hang in there by the Qld girls as the Blues were on top for most of the game.

Did you watch the Tigers women’s team on Friday night …. ?

4 hours ago, Neil Stratford said:

Going to be needing the Southside vs Northside June icon for the Southside soon , I’ve  turned him ! 

Plenty of sushimi if you can land him …

Nice one @burger .

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Two good looking Origin sides. It'll be a close contest.

Yep - as always, whoever wins the forwards battle has their nose in front. I think Madge has picked some sort/style of players that NSW haven’t a lot over the years (eg. McInnes). I’ll back is though - will be interesting to see Cobbo come on as a forward - would love to see him fired up and hitting hard in defence .

On 22/5/2024 at 6:34 PM, Gad said:

here we go again..
this is an interesting round of match ups... out of forms v outof forms... injury hit v injury hit... and a couple of hopeless v hopeless matches.
good luck tipping, guys

ROUND 12

THURSDAY MAY 23

Bulldogs vs. Dragons Accor Stadium 7:50pm AEST

FRIDAY MAY 24

Cowboys vs. Tigers Qld Country Bank Stadium 6:00pm AEST

Sea Eagles vs. Storm 4 Pines Stadium 8:00pm AEST

SATURDAY MAY 25

Raiders vs. Roosters GIO Stadium 3:00pm AEST

Sharks vs. Panthers PointsBet Stadium 5:30pm AEST

Rabbitohs vs. Eels TBC Sydney 7:35pm AEDT

SUNDAY MAY 26

Broncos vs. Titans Suncorp Stadium 2:00pm AEST

Warriors vs. Dolphins Go Media Stadium 4:05pm AEST

Bye: Knights

Oh come on @Gad, the Cowboys aren’t completely hopeless …

Welcome back Simon, hope you’re well mate. Grinners are meant to be great snapper bait in the bay so give them a try .

Manly's first try was a forward pass. Good close game though and good confidence builder for the Broncos to win when down a few of their top players.

17 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Kelvin, I'm coming for you.

I actually just noticed that half an hour ago … see you at the finish line …

On 16/05/2024 at 1:35 PM, Gad said:

Tonight we get the first of the women's, 3 x SOO Games
good luck to all for the magic round, but bear in mind, magic is fickle, and for some it could be poo round...

Oh come on @Gad, that's really unfair ...... at least let the poor bugger enjoy Friday and Saturday's games before waking up and dreading another loss, this time to the Dolphins ....... . Besides, they're having a good season so far, there's TWO teams below them ...... .

On a more serious note, two cracking games (I listened to Dogs v Raiders) to start Magic Round. Go Broncos!!

6 hours ago, mzaakir said:

Hey guys just a quick question, Is Manly Rock Wall on google maps called Norfolk Point?

Appears to be . Seems like there's a few tailor about there lately.

5 hours ago, ellicat said:

@benno573 and I came upon a huge, thick school of herring at the Pin one day. We made the mistake of throwing the castnet. We got about 200 in one cast. 7 out of 8 of them were stuck in the net. It took us a good hour to get them all out. Never again. haha

The old Xmas tree ...... 

That's an impressive growth rate!!  I'm yet to catch one - maybe next weekend .......

Nice win by the Titans Steve and I’m licking my wounds after tipping the Dragons …

4 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

When you said the island is closed for pest eradication I immediately thought they might be getting rid of grinners, in which case they could have waited for you to take care of that for them. I can’t talk, though. All my recent fishing trips have been dominated by grinners and sharks! Enjoy the planning!

Cheeky bugger!! Yes sounds like there’s plenty of both in the bay ATM. Yes planning on taking the boys. Going to have to buy some spear fishing gear .

44 minutes ago, Huxstang said:

Looks amazing.  A great adventure.  How do they get your boat on and off the ferry or do they just tow it under a bridle?

Be an awesome 4 or 5 days I bet - but how the heck do you camp with eskies and ice these days  - I am so stuck on 12v and a fridge its not funny.

Haven't worked any details out yet - first job is for one of us to call the ferry company and get an idea of cost and ferry timetable so we can work out how long we should stay. I'd guess 7-10 days to make it worthwhile, both from a cost (I don't think the ferry will be 'cheap') and effort perspective. That will also determine our plan as far as keeping things cold/frozen - I think it will be a combination of eskies, probably with dry ice (none of us have used it before) and 12v fridges, batteries and solar.

They load the boats and trailers onto the ferry using a forklift - looks like they can fit about 5 boats from the videos I've seen, possibly more. Then when you arrive they lower the ramp, secure the towball of the trailer to some sort of hook point and you launch your boat from the ramp (ie. off the trailer). The've got large storage 'boxes' (from the videos, I'd guess maybe 2m high, 2-3m long and 1m deep, something like that) that you can load other gear into for travel on the ferry, plus you can have some stuff in your boat. On top of that they have drums of fuel and water and I think can provide ice - there seems to be large 'fridge trolleys' that you can use on the island to pull them up above the shoreline.

Lots of logistics to work out - I think once we do one we'll do it a few times. One of my brothers noticed the island is closed this June for a while (til Sep from memory) for pest eradication - seems there's alot of mice on the island so hopefully they get rid of plenty ..... .

On 05/07/2019 at 7:57 AM, kmcrosby78 said:

Have a great trip mate, would love to get there one day. I was meant to go there on a school biology trip/camp in 1995 but we missed out after some high school students from Brisbane killed a heap of mutton birds earlier that year so I feel I have unfinished business there ........  

 Aaaannnndddd my brothers and I have decided to look into going next June/July or Sept/Oct holidays . 30 years later I'm hopefully going to get there .