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redbank plains Redbank Plains has a train station namely Redbank Station on the Brisbane to Ipswich line. There is a new train station being built at Springfield (different line). It will be many years before there is a connecting line to Springfield. The main shopping centre is not far from...

Considering heat-reflective roof paint. Anybody had this done? Can you recommend a company in south-east queensland to apply this? Roof also needs washing to get rid of extensive mould cover and then re-colouring. (We have had that done some years ago). Is there a someone you can recommend...

undermining in Ipswich To check a property in Ipswich city, go to the council website www.ipswich.qld.gov.au and check their PD Online service. If you need a mining study on your site it will show up. All areas that are restrained by coal mining will show up on this site.

What's the smallest amount of foreign currency you can get at the bank? I just want some cash to give to rellies kids who are going overseas for Christmas. Feel a bit silly about going to the bank and asking them to change say two hundred bucks for US dollars.

Whinge here. Tell us what's bugging you or driving you crazy. As for me, no whinges today. I'm in my home office with a cup of coffee and the sun shining through the window, lovely. Hmm it's only 8.30 AM so I hope my comment doesn't hex the day...

There is a family up the Sunshine Coast who called their elder son RESCUE C. (Just C for the middle initial, no name). Their surname is HOPPER. So the kid is RESCUE C HOPPER. The younger son is named RASCAL. The daughter is named CHEEKY. Well good luck to them. They have got a lot of...

I was washing my hands in the restroom of a shopping centre, annoying kid scattering water around (and he was old enough to behave better, not a toddler but say 7 or 8) - surprised to hear his mum admonish him "Now Zero, don't do that darling, look you're getting water on that lady, stop that...

I want to buy a gift for a couple who are visiting Australia to stay with relatives and thought of a gift card for accomodation on the Gold Coast for a couple of nights (they will be staying in Brisbane while on holiday). Have you used one of these cards? Any recommendations, or any to avoid...

I don't see any problem with little girls playing with their mother's makeup, that's always happened. But mothers putting makeup on little girls of four and five so they 'look nice' when they go to a birthday party? Sorry, I think they are crazy. By the way these girls I'm talking about don't...

My niece is 4 years old. Her mum took her to a birthday party - all the kids 4 or 5 years old. So I was surprised to hear that some of the little girls had make-up on! For goodness sake I know some mums love to dress up their little girls in pretty clothes, the more expensive name brand the...

What about the bogans (chavs, I think they are called) in Britain? Apparently they wear their pyjamas out to take the kids to school, go to the supermarket etc. I reckon that is really low. Yuk, don't people know they should have a shower and put some clean clothes on in the morning? Fancy...

thanks all for the helpful responses. My cousin (not an old guy unfamiliar with electronic equipment, in his 30s so no excuse for being incompetent) bought a huge fancy new TV. He tried to set it up...ending up putting it back in the box for a year! When I heard about that I sent one of my...

For years we have been recording TV programs using videotapes, never bothered to upgrade to recordable DVDs. Now it is broken and we need to get something new. I want to get the recordable to hard drive thingo, whatever you call them, rather than using discs. So, any help or suggestions...

Ipswich builder I know that TP Turner do larger buildings. The company has been around since the 1950s. I haven't used them however so can't give any personal opinion. It would be a good idea to use local people as they know the area. You need to check the council website to see if there...

I went to school in South Africa. When I came to Australia I got a job in as a bank teller, meeting lots of people, and two customers and one workmate looked so similar to girls I had been to school with they could have been sisters...also had the same surnames as the girls they looked...