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by rod
Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:45 am
Forum: Web Site
Topic: How to post pictures from Google Photos
Replies: 0
Views: 18930

How to post pictures from Google Photos

I use Google Photos to store and manage most of my photos, but it's not obvious how to insert images from there into a forum posting without exposing your Google account and all the other photos in it. Then I ran across this article which described a somewhat difficult method, but led me to an easie...
by rod
Sat Aug 03, 2019 11:05 am
Forum: Moving to Australia
Topic: Lucy and Rod's Story
Replies: 3
Views: 8599

Lucy and Rod's Story

The Short Version My father was an officer on a submarine in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war he was stationed in Perth, Western Australia. He met a girl on the beach, and they married and had four children. We all moved back to the US when I was four years old. Thus I happ...
by rod
Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:01 pm
Forum: Living in Australia
Topic: Ride to Glen Innes
Replies: 2
Views: 9063

Ride to Glen Innes

It was late May this year and Lucy was off visiting friends and family in the US. I decided it would be good to take a 7-hour day trip to Glen Innes and back on a loop of scenic countryside. Most of these are snapshots from the helmet camera. https://i.imgur.com/1Be0SV7.png On the A1 motorway leavin...
by rod
Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:49 pm
Forum: Living in Australia
Topic: My first Australia motorcycle ride
Replies: 0
Views: 17798

My first Australia motorcycle ride

I'd been moto-less for nine months and finally picked up a second hand 2016 CB500XA in November. It's in perfect condition, bone stock, never dropped, 3400 miles. A good deal for me, the owner was underwater on the loan and wanted to get out of it. I need a pair of gloves and a new helmet 'cause I t...
by rod
Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:51 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Acknowledgments
Replies: 0
Views: 16874

Acknowledgments

Part of the inspiration for this site and its name came from bobinoz.com . Bob's site has tons of information about Australia, and is in blog format as opposed to a discussion forum. As a motorcyclist I am familiar with the Bay Area Riders Forum and Adventure Rider . These introduced me to the value...
by rod
Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:34 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Greetings from the Site Owner
Replies: 0
Views: 15206

Greetings from the Site Owner

My wife Lucy and I lived for 17 years in Northern California, USA, and visited Australia in July 2017 as tourists. We fell in love with this beautiful country and its people, sold our home in California, and bought a home near Coffs Harbour in July of 2018. I'm actually a dual citizen, Australian by...
by rod
Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:19 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Welcome to Expats in Oz
Replies: 0
Views: 15767

Welcome to Expats in Oz

This is a discussion forum for expats living in Australia, or those thinking of moving to Australia. My wife Lucy and I moved to Australia in 2018 from the USA. In the process we have met a number of people, learned many things, and continue to discover things that surprise us and lead to more quest...