fiji sounds good
much better than NZ anyway
fiji sounds good
much better than NZ anyway
Fiji’s shit, I’d go fly fishing in NZ for the week.
:rolleyes:
Bali. I flew there from Bisbane via Singapore. Some craic and you’ll live like a regent for next to nothing.
Bali is utter shit.
Fiji IS shit. Bali is amazing, once you bother your hole travelling outside Kuta. Kuta is a hot, busy, over-commercialised dump.
Bernard Brogan was on the radio a minute ago talking about how amazing it is the way there are so many Irish in Bondi. Twat.
I hope Tintin doesn’t check FB tonight.
Seen it already mate. Bump the seething thread there for me.
:lol: I saw that earlier and was thinking the same.
Livin The Dream!
four corners, kind of an australian prime time investigates tv show, had a programme about the collapse of the Irish pyramid scheme during the week. interesting enough view. nice enough shot of near enough turfcutters country. load of houses built up against a derelict castle near new quay in the burren. that ghost estate in leitrim looks absolutely shocking. local government truly disgraced itself during the boom times. for those who want a look, the link is below.
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/03/08/3448633.htm
Sad news coming out of Australia, statement from the Sam Stynes, wife of the late Jim http://www.adelaiden…3-1226304802142
RIP
Jim Stynes death: Full statement from wife Sam
From: Herald Sun March 20, 2012 8:26AM
Jim Stynes died on Tuesday the 20th of March at 8.20am.
Jim was pain free, dignified and peaceful. Matisse and Tiernan were present.
Not surprisingly, in his last week of life Jim continued to defy the odds and lived his life to the fullest attending the Melbourne vs Hawthorn football match, his son Tiernan’s 7th Birthday celebration, the MFC Blazer Ceremony and a casual Friday night dinner at Toplinos in his much loved suburb St Kilda.
In his final days Jim was immersed with insurmountable love and tenderness surrounded by his family and some close friends in the comfort of his own home.
On behalf of Jim my heartfelt thanks to all those who have so generously cared for, guided and supported Jim throughout his challenging cancer battle.
The list of people to thank reaches far and wide but for now I would like to make special mention of those that went far and beyond the call of duty, Dr Grant Macarthur from The Peter McCallum Centre, Dr Grahame Southwick from the Australian Institute of Plastic Surgery, Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld from The Alfred Hospital, Dr Peter Sherwan from Freemasons Hospital and the team at Cabrini Palliative Home Care that combined with Jim’s fighting spirit resulted in Jim’s extended three year life journey.
It is an incredibly sad time, however Jim in his passing, has made us see that in our grief that we can smile in our hearts for a beautiful man who will forever hold a special place in the hearts of many.
Jim’s lesson is that life was to be challenged and treasured.
Sam Stynes
Australia’s most wanted fugitive - a survival expert and suspected murderer who outwitted police for seven years by living in rugged forest - has finally been captured.
Malcolm Naden, whose ability to evade police evoked comparisons to famous 19th century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, had been on the run since disappearing in June 2005 from his grandparents’ home.
He went missing days before mother-of-two Kristy Scholes, 24, was found strangled in his bedroom and was also wanted for questioning over the indecent assault of a 15-year-old girl and the disappearance of his 24-year-old cousin.
The 38-year-old was charged with Scholes’ murder, two counts of aggravated indecent assault on the teenage girl and the attempted killing of a police officer when he appeared in court.
“He’s in reasonable health but he’s very tired,” his lawyer Michael Jones said after Naden was refused bail and the case adjourned until 24 April.
“He’s got serious bite marks on both legs inflicted by police dogs at the time of his arrest. Other than that, that’s all I can say.”
Mr Naden was arrested just after midnight local time when officers swooped on a private property near Gloucester in the hinterland of New South Wales state’s north coast following a tip that he was there. No shots were fired in the raid.
“I am very pleased to be able to confirm for you today that Australia’s most wanted man is behind bars,” New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione told reporters.
Assistant Commissioner Carlene York, the commander of the strike force set up to capture him, said she never doubted the operation would succeed.
“Our people were operating in extremely difficult conditions and we had to adapt our strategies along the way,” Ms York said as pictures showed Mr Naden with a shaved head, wild beard, shackled, handcuffed and covered in mud.
“However, we always understood that every day brought us closer and that our tactics would prevail.”
Mr Naden previously worked as a shearer, skinner and boner in an abattoir and has been described as a “master bushman” with an intimate knowledge of the rugged terrain in which he was hiding.
According to earlier reports, before he disappeared he lived behind a locked bedroom door where he read the Bible, encyclopaedias and survival manuals.
Other reports said he often set up crude but sturdy camps on hilltops, giving him the widest possible field of vision, and survived on whatever the bush provided while breaking into remote homes to steal weapons and supplies.
His exploits drew parallels with Kelly, Australia’s most famous bushranger whose life was made into several films. Kelly was seen as a working-class hero despite murdering three police officers.
The father of Mr Naden’s missing cousin Lateesha Nolan told ABC radio he hoped the arrest would shed light on what happened to his daughter.
“I sort of felt like falling to the ground on my knees, I didn’t know what to say,” Mick Peet said about hearing the news of Mr Naden’s capture.
“I’m just glad we’re on the road to some kind of recovery to find out what happened to my daughter and some closure.”
An uncle of Scholes said the family were overcome by the developments.
“Overwhelmed, I’m just so shocked, we didn’t expect it,” Tony Scholes told the Seven Network.
I saw a BBC World report about this last night, being protrayed as some sort of romatic Ned Kelly type. Its far from that. This fucker has allegedly killed two women, the remains of one have never been found, and raped a 15 year old girl. He’s far from Ned Kelly.
Some bushman though. He’s been living off the land and breaking into houses for 7 years, 2 hours up the road from me he was captured. Going to prison for life.
Heading to the south this weekend for a 5 day break, absolutely bate from work. Any tips or advice from anyone. Will do a wine tour, but any particular place to go or anything? Will be with the woman but also meeting friends of mine and her family, so its a mixed bag. Could be mad one night, quite the next, so all suggestions helpful.
Kev, have you done the tim tam challenge? If so, how did you go?
I don’t know what that is, but if its something that could be undertaken after a bag of weed then this weekend could be the right time to attempt it!
A dumbass on Facebook just posted the “second visa, living the dream” status. Having looked at his page one of his previous status updates was “18 hour working day down, sunburnt and in pain”. Sounds good, hope I get to live the dream some day.
stick to eating stodgy spuds on that rain drenched foggy rock you fuckwit