Try adventure outlet - I haven’t had a course from them but they were very good when they had a retail front. Now they just do courses.

Otherwise, the Queensland sea kayak club do a lot of training, as well as offering organised trips.

Sorry to hear. It is hard, but dogs adapt well.

Our 11yo had to have about the same amount amputated earlier in the year due to a skin cancer. After the wound healed and off meds, she was as happy as ever. Wags at a faster rate now.

As long as you were wearing a jumper. Got down to 19 degrees today… miserably cold weather.

First step for trouble shooting I would take, is to have a look at the gcode. Open in notepad, and scroll down the bottom to where the final layer is printing. What is the z value?

If they are the same between the gcodes, it is a printer issue. (Likely z steps per mm)

If they are different, it is a slicer issue.

Try Kinovea

Edit: sorry, might only be windows. Missed the Apple requirement

Reliable, economical, capable, cheap - unfortunately, you are going to have to compromise on at least one of these.

My pick would probably be a late 90s early 00 Hilux single cab v6 petrol (cheaper than diesels and dual cab). But, dont expect fuel economy (or safety or comfort).

On reliability, anything in that price range you have to be prepared for the risk of an expensive failure. At least the Hilux you will be able to get fixed anywhere. Make sure you get decent roadside assistance that will cover you in more remote areas.

Ecco have a good range of casual shoes and sneakers. Bared footwear have a wide range. Merrell used to have some decent sneakers, but look like they have been discontinued now. If you need something more formal, Rockport or Ascent.

But, I would also suggest chatting with a decent podiatrist.

I dont think I have come across a parmy out that comes close to a home made parmy. They are also brilliantly easy.

Contrary to the name, the hero of a chicken parmy is not the chicken, nor the parmesan (but both are important). The heros of the parmy are the sauce and ham. Here is my recipe:

1. Sauce: leave the jar sauce at the bottom of the pantry collecting dust. You gotta make your own. It is simple: get about 300-400g of fresh whole tomatos per serve. Chop roughly, throw in a saucepan with some butter, salt, and pepper, and stew until it turns to chunky liquid then cooks down. If you are fancy, saute some garlic in the pot with some butter and deglaze with a splash of red wine before throwing the tomatos in. Note, make sure you cook it down enough, because a soggy schnitty is a sad situation.

2. Ham: go to a butcher that smokes their own ham on the bone. Christmas ham is perfect. Get as much as you want. In a perfect world, the ham should be cut imperfectly, or even roughly - not with a slicer - the different thicknesses give some extra crunch and texture. Then, cook the ham. Ideally bbq this ham, but for convenience, you can shallow fry it. Cook until lightly caramelised and slightly crispy on the outside (not burnt, but definitely cooked). Formed ham should be outlawed.

3. Chicken: chicken thigh only. Beat your meat until flattish. Crumb with panko. Fry until crispy.

4. Cheese: parmesan. Aldi parmesan is inferior as it doesnt melt together as a blob.

5. Assembly: get your cooked chicken. Chuck on your sauce. Chuck on your cooked ham. Put on a little more sauce. Cover with grated parmesan. Cook in oven until cheese has melted and is starting to change colour. If you have any liquid in the pan you didnt cook your tomato down enough.

Never again do you have to regret ordering a parmy and getting some disgusting concoction of processed frozen chicken, jar sauce, slimy formed ham and a slice of processed cheese on a bed of soggy chips.

My delta 17 sit in sea kayak is fantastic, but, a sit on is much more practical for fishing. I have a stealth fusion and Viking espri for fishing. I have previously owned a few other sit in and sit on kayaks. Most of my fishing has been in semi-protected bays, tidal estuary, and offshore.

A few key aspects: * Accessible storage: on the delta I have a tiny hatch between my knees. Sometimes you will also get a small hatch behind you. But, by the time you have fishing gear, rods, landing nets, sounder, anchor or drogue, as well as something insulated to store the catch, there is simply not enough space in any sit in I have used. So, if using a sit in, you have to go very minimalist. With the sit ons, there are generally wells behind the seat you could take an esky, and you can leave stuff on your lap between your legs. The Stealth has a massive hatch between the legs that allows storage of rods for surf zone transition. * Stability: the delta is fantastic to paddle, and when moving, I have never felt unstable. But, if you stop, and end up side on to any waves or chop, it is quite a bit narrower, so rocks quite a bit more. Sitting side on in any of the fishing kayaks is a lot easier. Can also swing your legs over the side if needed for extra stability * Comfort: when I go fishing I will generally be out for 3-5 hours. I can’t sit in one position for that long - with the sea kayak, being able to wiggle around and adjust position is a lot more limited. The the fishing kayaks, I can shift a lot more.

Generally, if the majority of your use will be fishing, I would go for a sit on.

This may vary depending on what type of fishing you do: Probably the exception is if you are planning on fishing really skinny creeks that requires portages. In these cases, the reduced weight of a sit in, as well as having all your gear inside the kayak may make a short sit in a better option.

Also, a lot of variance with sit on top and sit in class.

We put down quick step pulse hybrid about 18 months ago. It has been pretty good so far - no damage from day to day life. Main downside to it has been that the dogs claws are very loud on it.

Before you buy anything, I suggest you get a good idea how level (or not) your floor is. We only realised after we ripped up carpet how out of level our floor was, so we’re living with bare concrete floors for a while until we could get someone in for levelling It was also a significant unexpected extra cost.

It probably depends on how they judge such an award and how much you get to sell your self.

If they only look at the overall ratings, then it may affect your likelihood of success. But, that is unlikely. Student evaluations are a bad measure of teaching quality generally.

Facilitating learning is much more. I suspect the awards may be much more interested in things like innovation in teaching, scholarly activity related to teaching, developing engaging learner communities, reflective teaching practice, supporting disadvantaged student groups etc.

I recently sold a single cab version of this with the same engine. I would get around 14-15L/100km on average, including a lot of stop start. Not sure where some people in this thread are getting their fuel consumption figures.

If your budget is 8k and you need a 4wd Ute, you could probably buy worse.

They are a great engine. I always found it had plenty of power for anything I needed it for. Sure, you won’t drag people off at the lights, but never felt like there wasn’t enough. Plenty of torque.

Main downsides are that they are very agricultural: no safety aids (stability control, abs, airbags), unpleasant to drive (no cruise control, ridiculous cabin noise, not very comfortable seats, agricultural suspension). Fuel usage is high compared to modern utes, diesels, or any car. It is also difficult to find one that hasn’t been thrashed, filled with rust, and ruined with crappy eBay mods.

The argument also misses survivorship bias. Kia and Hyundai are the examples of the international manufacturers that made it.

People don’t talk about other international entrants that did try and fail over the last 20 years: Proton, Chery, Opel, Geely, Foton, Tata, Dodge and so on…

Maybe in 10 years, MG, GWM, LDV etc will be around and producing quality cars.

I was looking for a vehicle recently, and watched marketplace for a while.

Biggest hint is to check out the sellers profile. I wouldn’t bother if: * They have no other active or past listings * They have numerous vehicles for sale (unless you are okay with backyard dealer - but numerous bargain buys suggests a scammer) * Their profile is empty or overly generic (very few friends, no profile pic) * Their profile lists them as somewhere other than where the ad suggests * The vehicle has been listed for an unusually long time

I am with RACQ. I just speak to the person on the main new policies line.

Its a bit more stuffing around as you have to talk to a real person, but racq have been easy to deal with both times I have had to discuss it.

Hey I had a similar issue: bought a vehicle from a family member unseen and arranged insurance through suncorp. When it was dropped off, there was some preexisting damage. I called up suncorp to advise and they cancelled the policy on those grounds.

Since then i have arranged insurance on that vehicle and another. I disclosed the circumstances of the cancellation and was told both times it is not what they mean, and have had no increase in premium. 

Certainly disclose it, but dont stress over it making you uninsurable or increasing premiums.

Thanks again, that is really helpful.

Thanks, this is really helpful.

With the reverse camera, does it retain the adaptive guidelines? The stock head unit also has a few different selectable camera views - are these retained?

Does it change the way the miniature screen functions?

It is 25 years old, so Hilux or not, problems are going to crop up,. Plan for fairly expensive maintenance items with some regularity. Definitely get a mechanical inspection.

These are very agricultural vehicles. You miss out on any safety features, including those that are pretty much a given in modern vehicles - abs, air bags, traction control. I suspect these don’t have a lot of engineering in crumple zones. You are more likely to crash it given the lack of abs and stability control, and if you are in a crash, you won’t have a fun time.

You also miss out on comforts - cruise control, sound proofing, comfortable seats. Things that are very nice if you are doing much distance driving.

They are unpleasant to drive in the city. They are large, and don’t have good visibility for parking.

If it has been lifted, you can safely assume it has been used for off-roading - not necessarily a problem, but do a thorough check for rust in case it has been used on the beach and not well cleaned.

It is worth doing some digging into the vehicle and seller. They look like qld plates, on a vehicle sold in vic? Find out why - at the very least it will be more stuffing around to transfer rego.

If you aren’t planning on going off road, probably don’t buy a 4wd. If you are only planning on going on graded dirt tracks, a more modern awd suv will be much more comfortable, fuel efficient, affordable, and safer.

I have just purchased a 2015 crv - roof racks were my first purchase (ordered, but not yet arrived). I went for the rhino ja9704 kit. I limited my search to either Rhino, Thule or rola (haven’t been impressed with prorack in the past). The Rhino was on special and quite a bit cheaper than the equivalent Thule.

You can buy as a kit, or the individual components (cross bars, legs, vehicle specific fitting feet/base/adapters). I suspect for the kit the retailer just packages the appropriate components. The bits are sold separately as the only vehicle specific bits are the feet.

I will probably get a tray in the future. I had a Rola Titan in the past and was always pretty impreased with it. Had no problem fitting a Kings awning to it and carrying kayaks. The tray just sits on the cross bars and bolts into the T-slot tracks of the cross bars. My preference is Rola Titan as they have accessory slots that run along the length and across the car, so gives more flexibility than the Rhino Pioneer tray. Last Rola Titan I had for 5 years, and it was still good when I sold it on Marketplace (had a Ute for a while and didn’t need the tray)

I also think that for the crv, there are no tray options that don’t require cross bars

Biggest issue with the post 2007 gv for 4wding is the lack of rated recovery points. For the rear, best option is a tow bar with recovery hitch. For the front, I think your only option was an xrox bullbar.

For storage, I had a rola titan tray on mine. Made camping much easier.

You are not going to get a reliable, safe, capable, low km, 4wd hilux for your budget. You may be able to get a pre 2004 petrol single cab, but these won’t be particularly safe (no abs or airbags even), and will chew through around 14L/100km of fuel.

Perhaps keep an eye out for Suzuki grand vitara (2007-2017). You might find an okay one in that price range. But be aware that repairs can be quite pricey, and issues with the head cracking in pre 2011 are not uncommon (which are not worth the cost of repairs)

This is probably something you already know, but it is important to clarify what you mean by third party insurance:

Compulsory third party is the minimum legal insurance, and in qld, is paid with registration. It only covers injury to third parties. It does not cover anyone’s property. If you write off a Porsche, you will be paying it off for years.

Third party liability (third party property) is the practical minimum insurance you should drive with. This is arranged sperately to registration, and covers the cost of damage you cause to other people’s property. If you write off someone else’s Porsche, your insurer will pay.

The naming of these is bad, and has lead to many people thinking they have appropriate insurance when they do not. Key thing is to not rely only on the insurance you purchase with registration.

I agree with this.

I was stung when I had a 2 year old vehicle serviced at the local. A few months later, had cooling issues and was denied warranty as the mechanic had used the incorrect coolant. Spent years trying to get issues fixed.

As a slim possibility: you say you just bought this car. If you bought this car, and sold a similar vehicle in the last 14 days, you could be eligible under your previous vehicles comprehensive insurance.

RACQ at least has this cover: see page 30 of this pds