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. This is one fantastic railway Richard, I just love what you have achieved. Rgds......Mike

Mal, so sorry to hear this, hope for you things are better than what you have heard......beyond my comprehension is that our good leaders can spend zillions on things that can kill people than spend zillions on things that can cure folks. Mike

Good one Andy, his sort of garbage does no god at all! Mike

Just picked up a Bachy Mk1 for 17quid including postage..........looks like it's hardly been out of its box. Well pleased. Mike

Snake swallowing another snake spotted on farmer's property in South Australia ABC South East SA By Glen Moret Updated 8 Jan 2019, 1:49pm Who'd.be a Joe Blake, if the Kookaburras and the farmers don't get you..........your best mate wll PHOTO: Is that an extra long snake? No, just a snake eating another snake. (Supplied: Shaun Taylor) RELATED STORY: 'Really big' brown snake shocks Canberra shoppers RELATED STORY: Cane toads hitch ride on Monty the Python's back RELATED STORY: Found a snake in your yard? Unless you want to get bitten, put down the shovel A South Australian farmer has stumbled across a brown snake eating another brown snake. Shaun Taylor, from Bordertown in the state's south-east, was testing moisture levels in hay bales when he almost stepped on the snakes. "Initially I didn't know what was actually happening because all I could see was one head and two tails," he said. "On a bit of a closer inspection I realised that one of the adult snakes was actually eating the other, fairly large, adult snake that was not that different in size." Mr Taylor said snakes usually slither out of his way before he has a chance to see them. "The biggest scare was that it was actually still sitting there only about two or three metres away from me," he said. "The snake was definitely aware of my presence, so I kept a safe distance and just let it do its thing." PHOTO: Brown snakes are known to eat other snakes, but it's not common for the action to be caught on camera. (Supplied: Shaun Taylor) Mr Taylor said when he first came across the eastern brown snakes, one was curled around the other and the second snake was not moving. He said when he returned to the scene after about half an hour both of the creatures were gone. Brown snakes often eat each other James Nankivell, who is studying snakes at the University of Adelaide, said it was not uncommon for snakes to cannibalise one another. "The most unusual thing about this is the fact that the snakes are pretty much the same size," he said. "More frequently you would see a larger snake eating a smaller snake that it comes across. "Snakes in general are quite opportunistic. "Brown snakes are large, they're generalists, they'll try and eat anything smaller than them. "Brown snakes have been recorded eating other snakes reasonably frequently, both the same species or other, smaller species, and have been recorded being eaten by other species." Mr Nankivell said the snake may have found the animal too large to process and could have regurgitated it at a later stage Mike

I don't actually think that's a bad thing, they are tightening up here in South Aussie too, a worrying factor though, is that drug driving is increasing exponentially. When I first came to Australia in 1971, the first thing you would put in the car in preparation for a long trip would be a carton of cans or stubbies, the second thing would be an esky full of ice to keep them cool for the journey........How times have changed, thank goodness!! Mike

My dad also built my first baseboard using hardboard.and one inch square pine, the pine went round the edges of the board, with just two pieces across at two foot intervals.Once all the tracks were in place, peanut brain(me!) decided to build a hill with a tunnel through it made of chicken wire and wait for it............PAPER MACHE!!!, the result reflected the pictures in the earlier post, dad wasn't happy and trains never ran properly again. Mike

Never needed an excuse for having a beer......in this instance just took away the taste Mike

Best option is to just throw up(chunder}, that gets rid of the bast-ards..........did it years ago on Mount Buller in the summer when the air was thick with them!!.......then have a beer Mike

t’s not what you expect to see on a walk along the beach. But visitors to a popular Western Australian beach made a terrifying discovery after coming across a hungry snake making a meal of a massive lizard. The snake was spotted feasting on the lizard at Little Beach near Albany by Holly King and Sinead Hart. Disturbing pictures show the snake, believed to be a dugite, in the middle of devouring a huge lizard. Ms Hart told the Albany Advertiserthat the pair were on their morning walk along the popular beach when they spotted the unusual sight. “It already had the lizard in its mouth once we got a picture,” she said. “We kept walking and it was gone by the time we got back.” Dugites are native to Western Australia and have a highly venomous and potentially lethal bite. These snakes are responsible for around 70 per cent of all snake bites reported at Perth Hospital. Social media users were horrified at the sight of the massive snake. “That’s a nope from me,” one person said. “The size of the snake is enormous, this is why I don’t do camping,” another wrote. One added: “Think you’ll find the scientific name for that is a nope rope. Bloody long one at that.” This isn’t the first time people have had close encounters with dugites in Western Australia. Last year a Perth wildlife photographer was forced to ditch his camera after a close-up photo shoot of a snake got a little too close for comfort. Ross McGibbon, photographer and professional snake catcher, was filming the dugite moving through grass at Lort River near Esperance, when the snake took an interest in his camera. “I had to surrender my camera to the snake while it explored it with interest,” Mr McGibbon wrote on Facebook. Just another tourist drawcard!! , saw one of these many years ago at Kambalda WA, on the Durkin Area Nickel Mine, albeit a lot smaller than these blokes, one of the guys aimed a small stick at it(like you'd throw a spear), bloody thing went straight through the snake, he was only trying to scare it off, not harm it. Rgds.......Mike..

Yep got 42'c in Inman today, fortunately no wind, talking to big Dan from DeRails yesterday, he said he would love 90 degrees of what we have got................wish I could give it to him Great guy to talk to incidentally and totally sympathetic to my situation. Rgds.......(sweltering) Mike

Can anyone please tell me what time this announcement takes place, I can't seem to find it anywhere. Rgds......Mike

If it takes time to design and produce high spec models.............so what!!, I, for one am prepared to wait for quality items such as those beautiful Atlantics, Stanier Moguls, LMS Twins etc. etc. Patience is something that has almost disappeared it seems but then I remember the times when we were happy for one new loco per year to appear. I'm sure Bachmann would love to have all of their announced products on the shelves and turning a dollar right now. Anyway after the great Hornby announcements, I am really looking forward to seeing what the blue box folks can come up with. Rgds......Mike

Hopefully it's on a hiding in Queensland given recent performances!!

Oh dear!!!, credit card just melted!!! Well done Hornby, Mike

Only an occasional visitor to this thread so just caught up with this, fantastic transformation, it really does look the part............great work. Rgds.......Mike

Dick Heads.........I went down to Yankalilla yesterday, parked the Prado(it's white and reflective) for fifteen minutes or so just in time to get a couple of things from the shops...........42 degrees!!!..........when I returned, I could not get back in the car before running the airco for 5 minutes or so before I could get back into the vehicle.........to leave child or animal in that environment is tantamount to manslaughter or worse!! Brain dead is almost the norm!!!!!!! grog/drugs?? Mike

but judging by the comments on here, too many are not. I know this is a Hornby thread but I didn't think it was too out of place to make a general comment and also, relate to a personal experience.. Rgds............Mike

Tassie is a magical place, been there twice, once in the Winter and once in the Summer, both times beautiful but Summer is more comfortable to enjoy the bushwalks and outdoor activities. Rgds..........Mike

What the heck is going on here ..........lots of money being paid out for things that are not up to standard...........reminds me of the time I bought a Midland Compound a few years ago,(apparently split from a set, from Rails) got a slip saying run and tested before despatch, it could not have been, sand pipes wrapped around the drivers, brake gear snapped in a number places, broken buffers and lots more, I emailed them but never got a reply so I guess it was too hard(I am in Australia). Quality has been very hit or miss over the last few years, it would seem, either product or service. Mike

Many thanks for the Christmas card............Great photo, but whats that white stuff on the ground?? Have a great and successful 2019.............Rgds. Mike

Just a quick thank you Andy for all of your efforts in restoring this site so quickly. Rgds.....Mike

Where is Ivan.............everything OK? Mike

I remember many many years ago going to Derby Museum on lots of occasions and I always as a child made a bee line to the model railway there, very rarely did I see anything operating but to me it was fascinating.....the detail was reminiscent of a real railway, oozed atmosphere, made you think you were lineside, that's what LLS looks like to me...............still when it comes to Adelaide I will be able to verify Mike

Would not touch this mob Mike