NBN IS COMING   I thought that it may be time for a sticky beak at the BNB situation (credit to Sandra Mckeown – she sent me a message). Anyway, off to NBNco.com.au I went, quite an easy site to navigate. Here is a montage of 3 images, which is […]

Macleay Island crime wrap Macleay Island crime wrap, January OIC Macleay Island on Jan 29, 2020 @ 3:44pm Property offences: Between January 3 and January 7, building materials were allegedly stolen from properties in Double Bay Street, Macleay Island. Police would encourage that all building materials are locked up whilst on […]

ANOTHER SCAM Psst – don’t bother to ask Telatsa for help   There is yet another email scam doing the rounds. Very, very convincing too. It kicks off with a subject of : “Expiration Pending: Please DocuSign: 000C_DEE24_TIM BARKER _Home Bundle_ $90_07 3409 4882.pdf” There is no PDF. There is […]

  ACMA reveals Top 5 most reported phone scams for 2019   The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today released a list of the top five phone scams most commonly reported to the agency in a bid to raise people’s awareness of scams during the Christmas period. NBN […]

Woolworths online open new Christmas order windows Due to demand Woolworths have opened extra delivery windows or ‘slots’ for the Bay Islands. There are a limited number of Saturday and Sunday slots available on a first come first serve basis. Last week I personally encountered problems with an order and […]

Christmas Telstra scam.. BEWARE I just received another Indian phone call. Scarily this one sounded genuine. Not a thick Indian accent this time. He was quite understandable. He knew the email address associated with my (or rater my wife’s) Telstra account. Even I can’t remember what it is, but I […]