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I've recently moved offices and true to my style picked a place that needed a complete re-do. It was great fun getting into my renovating clothes again! Lots more photos in my Facebook album It used to be a nautropath clinic that had seen better days. One of my favourite things...

I'm stoked to have found this website today and had to share. It's a library of a lot of the old DOS games of the 90's. https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos Can't wait to relive Lemmings and Commander Keen, oh, and California Games and Tetris, and Wolfenstein 3D, and...

I was watching this video on TED the other day Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days "Is there something you've always meant to do, wanted to do, but just ... haven't? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and...

Saw this article this morning which lead me to the site in question --> https://www.getcreditscore.com.au Apparently it's free and instantaneous to get your credit score. I haven't tried it myself yet as I'm wary about putting all my details on this new website but I'm probably just being too...

Hey All, I remember someone used to post these quite regularly but haven't seen it for a while - I always got good value out of it. Enjoy.

I've been in Cairns nearly 6 months and noticed there's a few SS'ers from the area. I was thinking it would be good to meet some of the locals and perhaps make a regular event of it - what is everyone's thoughts?

The TED website is something I've enjoyed for a long time. A lot of thought provoking and challenging ideas on there. Thought I'd put it to the greater community to find out what your favourites are? A few of mine are just about all of the ones listed on =business&sort=popular"]this page. :D

"Australians to PIN at point-of-sale from 1st August 2014 The Industry Security Initiative, a collective of Australia?s major financial institutions and card schemes, has announced that PIN will become the main form of card payment authorisation in Australia from 1 August 2014. The...

Hi All, I'm a complete excel novice but quickly learning thanks to google. However, one thing I cannot find is the solution for is extracting data by excluding certain numbers. I have just learnt how to filter data via Advanced filter and was able to get what I want but now I need to do...

Hi All, As stated (outed?) in another thread I am currently a dirty bank worker :D but will be venturing into the self employed world in the second half of the year. After working in lending, as well as other areas of the bank, I will be starting my own mortgage brokering business. Yes...

Hi All, As the title states - looking at having a bit of electrical work done and also want to get a quote for a home office/desk set up. Property is northern beaches if it matters. Cheers.

Hi All, I've been in my new home in Cairns for a bit over a week now and it would appear I'm really allergic to midge bites and our house backs on to a tidal Mangrove swamp.... :rolleyes: It factored into my thinking when we bought the place and I grew up with midges on the north coast of...

Hey All, I'm planning on holding a garage sale next weekend and I have never done one before. Apart from putting up signs on the local roundabout and that kind of thing is there some kind of garage sale directory that all the 'in' people know about or what other ways is there of advertising...

I need a good dose of reality and what better place than SS! Apologies for the length, I have issues with being succinct. A little bit of context... My husband and I have lived in Melbourne for 4.5 years and have never liked the place, we only moved to follow my family as there was a...

Hi All, I'm in the process of sourcing landlord and building insurance for a house in Cairns that will be a PPOR in 12 months or so. I've tried about 15 different online quotes and if I can even get to the stage of them giving a quote and not being excluded as the underwriter does not...

Hi All, As the title states looking for a recommendation for a QLD Conveyancer or Solicitor. Property will be in Cairns. Thanks in advance.

Hi All, Just hoping for some pointers on income protection insurance and whether there's any disadvantage of having it inside of super. For the last few years I've had it external to my super. I'm redoing my budget at the moment and seeing where I can save some money so I rang my super...

Hi All! Bit of a strange one... I'm the first to admit I'm not very good at articulating myself sometimes and for the life of me I cannot think of a way to word this... I'm going to apply for a new role within the company I am working for and one of the key people in the team said having...

Howdy all! The other half and I will be spending 2 weeks in Cairns/Palm Cove at the end of July. We've got a few activities booked already such as sky diving (for me), fishing charter, ATV tour, snorkeling/tour to green island, white water rafting and a few other little bits and pieces...

Hi All, My other half and I (and the dog) are making the trek from Melbourne back home for Christmas - home being the far north coast of NSW. As a little side holiday the 3 of us are going to escape to Hervey Bay for 5 days. We've never been before and when I google "things to do in Hervey...