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Complete RV Awning Guide For Trailers Caravans & Camper Vans

by Shail Thakkar Awnings for trailers and motorhomes are a great addition to any RV. They provide an extra layer of protection from the elements, such as rain, wind, and sun..... Identifying and Selecting an AwningTypes of RV Awnings Choosing the Right Awning Awning Care and InstallationMaintenance and Care Installation Awning Accessories FAQsHow much is a new awning for my RV? Is an RV fabric or vinyl awning better? Are camper awnings worth it? Should I leave the awning on my RV out in the rain? How much does it cost to replace a fabric for a camper awning? RV awnings are a great addition to any trailer, motor home, caravan, or camper van set up. They provide an extra layer of protection from the elements, such as rain and wind, while allowing you to enjoy the outdoors in comfort. Awnings for caravans and camper vans come in many different shapes, sizes and materials so that you can choose one that best suits your needs. The main benefits of having awning include providing shade from direct sunlight during summer months, additional space when camping out and privacy when necessary. Additionally, they can also help protect against bad weather conditions like heavy rain or strong winds. Identifying and Selecting an Awning Types of RV Awnings There are several awning styles and configurations available for trailers, caravans, and camper vans. Here are some of the most common ones: Dometic Vertical Arm RV Awning Manual Vertical Arm Patio Awnings: These awnings have two arms that mount down the side of the coach, giving them their name. They can be easily extended or retracted as needed. Modern versions typically have manual operation with a spring assisting the deployment and stowing processes. They have a latch that locks the awning roller in the out position when parked and secures the roller to the side of the RV when traveling. Lippert Longitude Power Awning Power Vertical Arm Patio Awnings: These are motorized versions of the vertical arm awning. Instead of having to manually deploy them, they are connected to the 12 volt power and can be extended or retracted with the push of a button. A power awning is a great RV or camper upgrade for comfort and convenience. Carefree Freedom Box Awning Box Awnings: Box awnings are stored in metal cannisters that attach on the roof or just below the roof of the trailer or motorhome. the front of the cannister attacches the awning fabric holding the leading edge. and the roller stays stationary in the cannister. They also can be power or manual and are supported by manual arms that clip into brackets lower on the coach body. They are the awning of choice for Camper vans, but other RV types use them as well. Carefree Campout Bag Awning Bag Awnings: Bag awnings are usually used on Pop-up camper trailers. The awning fabric and frame stow in long vinyl bag that attaches to the side roof of the trailer. When arriving at the campsite, the bag is unzipped and the fabric rolled out. Then, the awning arms are extended and attached to brackets lower on the trailer body to support the awning. These awnings are lightweight and easy to set up. Slide Topper Awning RV Slide Out Awnings: These are roller awnings that cover the top of slideout rooms when they are extended. RV slide-out awnings prevent water, dirt and other debris from penetrating the inside or the coach through gaps in the slide out's seal. Carefree Window Awning RV Window Awnings: These awnings are specifically designed to cover windows and provide shade and privacy. Choosing the Right Awning When choosing an awning for your RV, trailer, caravan, or camper van, there are several factors to consider:1. Size: Measure the area where you plan to install the awning to ensure a proper fit. Consider how much shade or coverage you need and choose an awning size accordingly. You must also have solid anchor points at the floorline and roofline (and vertically for power vertical arm awnings) that connect to a solid part of the coach structure. Awnings are always measured from the center of one arm to the center of the other arm and are usually sized to the exact foot. (13', 14', 15' etc.) This means that you also have to have free vertical space at the point where you are going to install the arms. You won't want a stowed awning arm on top of a window, water heater, storage door, etc.2. Material: Awnings can be made of various materials, the most common being vinyl. Acrylic fabrics are available from some manufacturers and they are more luxurious, with a linen type feel to the fabric. However, they are about 50% more expensive in terms of fabric costs. A small number of awning makers use polyester as well, but it is not as common. Vinyl is recommended, it is the most durable. Failing an adverse weather event, you should expect 10-15 years life from a properly cared for vinyl awning fabric. They can be classified as single sided or double sided vinyl fabric. Single sided vinyl fabric has the color pattern only on the upper surface, while double sided vinyl fabric has the same color pattern underneath.3..... Read More... Read the full article

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strains of humanity 01

It happens often, a highly desensitized state of being awake while the body tries to catch up. The sensation was odd, there were several thousands things you became aware of… what your body should unconsciously do, but does not fully do so. The absence of fear makes the experience surreal, but as the seconds trickle, the terror sets in… the subtle sounds of bodily fluids, the screeches of tendons, and the delayed breathing. The last one is the most terrifying of all… then the system begins. At that point, the infected become aware of how they are more man-made machines than human, and the sounds make more sense.

“Initiating fifty dash twenty-three dash seven production, ChEBI colon one seven six five zero confirmed.” 

Pain begins to register, but not quite like it did before. It resembles faint vibration pooling at the crook of his elbow. He had done more missions than he could count that he knew what it felt like to be stabbed with something. More habit than an actual response, his nose scrunches, brows knitting as a low groan shakes at this throat. 

“Administering KEGG Compound D00088 to Patient 114425.”

The reader strapped around his wrist beeped furiously. His eyes shot open, chest heaving, shoulders rising and falling quickly… Drying mouth hanging ajar, he catches his reflection at the mirror not far from the foot of his infirmary bed. His blood red eyes shot back at him, pale white skin drenched in sweat, and the aged machines keeping him and the rest of the outpost-borns alive beeped their steady rhythms. This is what it takes to live in this world now.

“Waking up is such bitch now, isn’t it?” Hearing the general’s words made him straighten up, but the elderly man shakes his head and motions for him to stay in bed. “Quit acting like you’re a stranger, son. I practically raised you.” 

He knew why the man was here. He doesn’t technically feel many things anymore, but people would call it a feeling. The other council members already began trying to dissuade him from joining the caravan into the walled Capital. Surely, he was going to do the same. 

Their arrivals and talks didn’t deter his usual routine though. He went on to check his vitals, face void of expression or care, just the typical kind of aloofness. It was not intentional, and the ones who treated him like family and genuinely cared knew it was his program. Surviving many missions comes at a cost, the second to the last one leaving him critical to the point of having to sacrifice the last bit of his humanity… or at least how to express it. 

His head starts to spin as soon as he gets on his feet, a hand quickly gripping onto the metal stand of his rounds of IV. He closed his eyes and tried to remember what a pulsing headache would feel like, and what the sting of a cold surface against his hand was like. He didn’t have to look to see the worried expression on the old man’s face, “You know I have to go… I know the city more than anyone in the squad.” It was hard to speak with restraint, with care and not like he was giving orders. 

This was why he dreaded wake up calls, restarting wake-body functions and getting back to optimal levels is a literal chore. His chest still feels heavy, and every ounce of air he tried to breathe still feels thick, like he was breathing underwater. “It’s taking you longer. We’re not properly supplied to reconfigure you, K. If your conduction velocity falls below even the threshold, we can’t bring you back. You know that… and yet you—”

“I am not out to get myself decommissioned if that’s where you’re getting at” He quickly replied, with as much disgust and annoyance spread across his face to what he was being accused of.

“Out to get yourself killed, K. Killed.” The General spat just as swiftly. “In case you’ve forgotten, you’re not an equipment, or a weapon. When we can’t bring you back, it’s death. Not just a simple decommissioning. Do you get that?” The gentleness seeps in as he finishes his sentence, unfortunate for him, the young man does not seem to be equipped with the empathy required to understand the situation. 

“We need those compounds, sir. Every day that passes that the younger outpost-borns are exposed to the untreated refugees risks them to higher mortality rates.” K replies, calmer this time but still lacking the gentleness of those with in-tact biochemical functions. “You said it yourself, we’re not properly supplied anymore. The compounds are our last hope until we find a doctor who would leave the wall for us.” He almost stumbles forward, only to be caught and held up by the elderly man before his gaze falls on the stacks of boxes of NF-κB vials at his feet.

There was a part of him, so small that it was easy to dismiss, that felt regret. It was easy to reconstruct. The falling sensation just below his stomach, the tightening at his neck. “Don’t think so simple of them, K. They know… they understand what needs to be put on the line to keep the outpost afloat, concealed. Functioning for people like us… you.” The General gives his shoulder a light squeeze, “The refugees left those for you and your squad. It’s enough to last them a few days this winter. They want you to come back. So don’t think about being a hero, we already have enough of those. What we need at this age… are sons, daughters. So your first mission, when you get inside…is to come home.”

There was supposed to be a sensation there, a feeling anchored to the way his body was feeling. It was faint, almost not there… but if he focused hard enough, it glowed, like a warm light breathing underneath the layers of synthetic flesh and blood. And even as the General flashed him a final smile before exiting the room, K was still unable to give a more fitting response, expression or response to how those words and this acts taking form in temperature-regulating vials made him feel. 

“Elevation in tryptophan hydroxylaseto detected. Confirming antibiotic administration via IV.” 

He thinks hard as he receives the alert, and for a few seconds there, he considers getting the dose. His reader beeps the final alert before it administers what his body apparently needs as he and his programmer agreed as his threshold. “Override, abort antibiotic administration. Proceed with serotonin synthesis. Delete override instruction from database.”

“Override confirmed. Deleting override line from database.” 

The young man feels it in his chest, behind his ears, and lodge somewhere beneath his ribs. The clenching, the squeezing, and the tightening… one that would have made him fall to the ground, clutching hard to whatever his hands could hold onto. Instead it all but comes in exactly how they are defined, without the ropes and knots of frail and intangible emotions. It seemed futile to have to go through them, for his sewn, stapled, and reprogrammed body to process it as such but never fully so. His body could proceed with its program, and he need not have to deal with even the slightest sensation. But it felt wrong not to. 

K knew that it was like running away from the truth and bringing himself farther away from being human if he chose to execute the standard protocol. He never imagined himself to live such a philosophical life because it had no room in this lifetime… but here he is.

People often say that life passes in the blink of an eye, the infected deal with a far more severe case of it. Seconds last a lifetime some days, and on others, a lifetime can just be a second. K had come into terms with how much the infection robbed him; he’d find himself stuck in old habits one minute, and another he’d find himself waist-deep in some swamp hundreds of miles west the outpost carrying out a mission. The forgetting doesn’t last very long as the memories and what he thought he had missed comes back to him slowly. But it wasn’t not remembering that frustrates him, but the idea that he can never control which moments he can savor.

Today was no exception as he finds himself sweating, back pressed against a wall of sand, cement, and pulverized bones. It haunts him having to realize this is what keeps the living safe. It was adding insult to the injury, those remains not being returned to their families. As if being pressured to participate in human trials were not enough, they lose ownership of their own bodies even after death. 

His thoughts drown in the sound of the bustling city at arm’s length and the muffled chatter of the healthier population. From his ear piece, he realized that the others were in the middle of small talk, already making plans for their time off and exchanging expectations of the city they will see for the first time… and perhaps, the last. K had to bite his tongue hard to not let any of the later slip. Had he not been so lost, fumbling for more clarity and information as to where he was and what he had missed, he might have just said it. 

The squad kept its formation, four up front, two in the middle, and the four more at the rear, Covering all sides to secure their perimeter in the suffocating tunnels within the walls. And K, as always, only has his eyes forward, half confident that the others got his back… and half hopeful that they really do. 

The farther they walked towards a tunnel’s exit, the thicker and drier the air became. It was almost impossible to breathe it in, their readers had to be turned down to avoid sound and signal detection. That meant having to pay more attention to the screens on their bands, without the alerts, dropping dead all of a sudden was very likely. “The air is denser here, make sure to check your numbers. Do manual instructions and override auto-functions if your implants have been upgraded recently. The results last longer if you delay the EPO release.” K says into the receiver before looking at the ones behind him, everyone nodding their heads and doing as instructed. 

“Decreasing O2 Sat levels detected. Epoetin Alfa injected via bloodstream implant.” 

K does not realize his head had been throbbing and his breathing getting heavier until the relief comes. Each breath was easier than the one before it that his free hand balls into a fist then releases, while the other tightens around his gun, twisting at its handle. 

“You should have gotten the upgrades when it became available.” He looks over his shoulder and sees Carmin, with his white hair botch-dyed brown and mismatched contacts of green and blue to match his cat’s. He had no idea how Carmin survived all the missions they did together, he wasn’t the smartest or the fastest… but he was lucky as hell. K supposed that was a talent someone can be born with too. It was the only way the phenomenon that is Carmin can be explained. “You got first dibs and you keep that modulated NPV of yours? How are you supposed to outrun the healthies?” Carmin chuckles, chewing on a licorice wand. “Can you even remember what it felt like having normal lungs? Without the gurgling sounds in your chest?” He continues, motioning for a shift in formation, steps halting in sync with K as the rest of the squad changed their order.

K, in fact, did not remember ever being healthy. His memories were filled with hospital visits, vaccines, and blood transfusions. Before he could respond, however, Carmin already took the liberty to copy him. “I’m an outpost baby, Carmin.” The other says, copying him somewhat mockingly but also accurately that it made the others snicker and chuckle. 

“It’s kind of cool, being a Franken-baby and all, trust me, there wasn’t a lot you missed out. Being healthy sucked, they keep taking stem cells and force you to donate blood cells and antibodies for vaccines.” There were hums and quiet but ardent yeses from their group, if K and the other outpost-borns didn’t know better, those who were born elsewhere were trying to comfort them. “You’re more human than healthies, believe me.” Carmin smiles, with a light squeeze on his shoulder before walking ahead.

When they reached their first marker, the members synced their readers to calibrate timers, and uploaded biochemical status to linked databases. “I reset our thresholds to 35%, if you have not collected your assigned supply and your numbers are depleted, this is my verbal permission to retreat to marker zero. No one is allowed to die here. Go home, that’s the order. Understand?” It was not much of a pep talk, but it was enough to reassure whoever was with him. K was not good at those sorts of things, but he is good at making sure the mission is carried out properly. And the others trusted him enough to believe him and follow his orders, even if the delivery could be kinder. 

Specific instructions and tasks were distributed to each pair and group before they went their separate ways. K, accompanied by another seasoned soldier, will be going out into the open. It was the part his guardians hated and feared the most. However, it was essential to this mission… and there were only a few outpost-born capable of withstanding the side effects of biosynthetic enhancements like the ones required to blend in with the citizens inside the dome. “Override tyrosinase regulation. Commence synthetic eumelanin production. Prioritize monitoring of tyrosinase activity, calibrate to general biochemical threshold levels.”

“Override confirmed. Eumelanin released. Tyrosinase activity prioritized. Threshold levels calibrated.” 

[geekischic]

Finance Cash Experiment

bankrugby.com - For essentially the most part, non-public student mortgage rules echo the federal guidelines, however since non-public lenders usually profit extra from the upper curiosity rates they charge, they is perhaps a little extra accepting of scholars who use that cash to finance a automobile. If you drive an older automobile and have collision and comprehensive coverage on your insurance coverage coverage, you would possibly consider dropping them. Even if you select to go with out collision and complete protection on your own car, or have a excessive deductible (the amount you pay before insurance coverage kicks in), you may not need to take that probability on an costly rental car. If you do not own a automobile and do not have regular auto insurance coverage, you could also be required to buy some rental automobile insurance, relying on laws in the state where you drive. Even when you are not required to purchase protection, it's probably a good idea unless you're prepared to cover all the costs of an accident. Generally, how much your undergraduate degree costs will depend on a variety of things, including in-state versus out-of-state status, public versus personal universities, location, and extra.

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Rental companies usually charge further charges that your common coverage will not cowl -- for loss of use of the automobile whereas it is in the shop, depreciation and "administrative" prices. These loans are supposed to assist with the prices of upper training. And technically, you are not even allowed to make use of federal student loans for automobile purchases - though if you probably did, you most likely wouldn't get caught. Federal scholar loans are backed by the government and usually offer lower curiosity rates than private pupil loans, so that they carry more restrictions. What is the Difference Between Subsidized and Unsubsidized Student Loans? Hardeman, Bethy. "The Do's and Don'ts of Spending Your Student Loan Cash." Credit Karma. There’s a time to splurge, and it comes only some times a yr, so wait until then to do your spending. That said, no one ever comes asking for an inventory of receipts. Many of the unions are affiliated with one of quite a few authorities-acknowledged and regulated all-India “central” trade union organizations, a number of of which have membership in the thousands and thousands.

With that letter of credit, you'll be able to persuade suppliers to supply commerce credit till the computers are delivered. Bad credit score borrowers do need to pay greater interest rates, but they may also higher their credit by repaying the loan timely. However, curiosity (probably at a high fee) can be accruing during these 4 years, after which the car in question will be no less than 4 years previous and may have misplaced a lot of its value - although you will be simply beginning to pay for it at a higher cost than it was initially worth. How does where you live have an effect on your auto insurance coverage price? As we stated before, being over-insured is best than driving with no insurance in any respect. Before we get began, remember that driving a car that is over-insured is preferable to being uninsured. Being sued by a different debt collector? Who knew that credit playing cards give you one thing you didn't even know to ask for?

What's extra, the playing cards usually won't pay anything until you've exhausted your traditional insurance coverage, and they won't cowl sure things, like lack of use, with out a fight. However, many credit cards present secondary protection that takes care of charges and charges that your common auto policy won't cowl. Confirm your insurance coverage status ahead of time, and if you're not sure, buy rental coverage anyway. They figured their common auto insurance would cowl them. For example, private harm protection coverage (PIP) reimburses for medical and funeral payments stemming from auto accidents no matter who's at fault and is mandatory in solely a handful of states. But by far the most important surprise was learning that my bank card gives me some protection to cowl what my regular insurance coverage does not, as long as I cost the rental on that card. Does automotive insurance coverage lower at a sure age? Most states require automobile house owners to have legal responsibility insurance, which applies in case your automobile causes harm to someone else or damages that person's property.

[mewrising]

Lore Worldbuilding Prompts!

Inspired by my recent deep dive into lore worldbuilding, here are some prompts that might help you flesh out your clan a bit :o

INFRASTRUCTURE:

Who built the clan’s main locations, and when?  Out of what materials?

Does the clan have a unified building style or is it a hodgepodge of different ideas?  If it’s unified, how and why--does your clan have an architect who carefully designs every addition?  If it’s a hodgepodge, which dragons are typically responsible for building and what do their styles look like?

How does your clan connect to the rest of Sornieth?  If by road, who built the roads--and who maintains them?  How does the average passerby find and enter your clan?

What do the houses look like?  Does every dragon have their own designed to their own tastes, or do they purchase them from someone else?  Do multiple dragons live in the same house, or does each family have their own place?  What sort of furniture and decoration is common, and what sort of dragons tend to live near one another?

ECONOMY:

What is considered money?  Is “treasure” a minted coin or a hoard of valuable trinkets?  How do dragons pay for their goods, and how much do these goods typically cost?  Is barter allowed--or encouraged?

If your treasure is minted and in coin form, do more concise forms of it exist--i.e. gold bars, 10kt coins, ect.?  If not, where do dragons store all those individual coins?

What about gems--do any gems count, or just certain ones?  Is there a universal conversion rate, or do certain gems count for more than others? Does it vary by clan?  If so, what gem does your clan consider the most valuable?

How does wealth cycle in your clan?  Do dragons get money from selling goods or being employed to other dragons?  What about the dragons who aren’t shopowners or employees--how do they get their treasure, or do they?  If your clan has a government, does it tax its citizens--and what does it offer in return if it does?

How does trade with outside clans work?  Is it a direct goods-for-goods transfer, or is monetary wealth like treasure the preferred means of exchange?

TRADE:

What does your clan export?  What sort of goods does it as a whole produce?  If it doesn’t produce goods as a whole, what do individuals produce and how are these integrated together for the good of the clan?  Is there a tax required for an individual to export their own goods?

How do items get from clan to clan?  Does your clan have trade barges to travel overseas and caravans to travel overland?  Do they only have one or the other and take circuitous routes to deliver goods to all their allies?

How long does the average trade deal usually take?  Do multiple trade routes exist to bring perishable vs. nonperishable items to the clan?  What happens when trade gets delayed or destroyed--how does that upset the balance of the clan?

What does your clan need to import in order to survive and expand?  If it exports mainly artisan goods, where does it get all of the base materials like wood, stone, and metal?  If it exports mainly base materials, where does it get those, and who harvests it?  If there’s a mix of both, what gaps are filled in via imports?

Does your clan obtain enough food for itself or does it need to trade with others?  If it does produce food, who farms it, and how does your Flight affect what can and cannot be farmed?  If trade is necessary, how does the clan get enough money to pay for the imported food?  What happens when there is a deficit or a surplus?

If your clan doesn’t need to trade at all, how?  Who produces what, and what is considered unimportant?  How do they remain self-sufficient, and what do they do when their efforts aren’t enough?

I might add some more later!  Feel free to use these however you like or pipe in with your own!

[musingsonbooks]

The Lip - Review

Melody Janie lives in a caravan above Bones Break on the coast of Cornwall, doing her best to keep her family's Cafy clean and ready to reopen. As a Cornish person myself, I've always loved books that explore my county and The Lip has blown all other stories out of the water. It's a harrowing, heart-wrenching story with as many twists as a Greek Tragedy and somehow three times as engaging. I finished it in under a night, I couldn't put the book down. The pacing is phenomenal, Carroll reveals the plot in carefully measured steps that had me on the edge of my seat the whole time and the characters are fantastically human and real.

Central is Melody Janie. At first I didn't like her, I found her abrasive, arrogant, a little self absorbed. To me, she represented the typical pro-Cornish local - I've met plenty of them in my time. Her vitriol against emmets, her desire to protect her land, her adoration for the Cornish countryside was all familiar and parts of her rubbed up against me like sandpaper, but I kept going. I kept going because I wanted to know more, and the more I read, the more sympathetic I became.

Melody Janie has her reasons to be bitter. She's little more than a child struggling to get by. Every day she faces new challenges. Each hill is harder to climb than the last. As you get to know her, you begin to understand why she's so angry and you begin to first sympathise and then empathise with her. Carroll does an excellent job at humanising Melody Janie and her troubles, making her a character you just long to save.

And then there's the mysterious stranger. Melody Janie doesn't like an emmet coming onto her land, and yet it's his presence that drives the story and forces Melody Janie to come to terms with her past and what will become of her future. Richard is an intriguing character, one who I always wanted to know more about. I had theories about him; none of them turned out to be true.

Finally, there's Esther. Esther was one of my favourite characters in the story, her steady kindness was one that immediately drew me in. She offered out the hand I wished I could, her friendship a key to resolving the plot. Carroll carefully weaved an intricate story of female friendship that so often falls flat in novels, one that consists of supporting and helping each other.

There's so much in The Lip to unpack. The detailed and graphic descriptions of the landscape really drag you into Melody Janie's world, you learn to love the Cornish Coast as much as Melody Janie does; you want to protect it from those who'd wish it harm. When reading Carroll's descriptions I could easily picture the cliffs and paths he was describing, they made me want to go out walking myself, just like Melody Janie. And the landscape isn't just a pretty description, it's almost a character itself its so alive and important - it's been a long time since I read a book where the landscape was quite so important to the story.

All in all, The Lip is a wonderful exploration of mental illness, grief, and rural poverty set on the North Cornwall coast. I love how the book explores the darker side of Cornwall that tourists rarely see, it's a struggle that's close to my heart. More and more, people are forced to rely on tourist trade, summer jobs, and holidaymakers in order to scrape by. The violence, and the struggle to afford skyrocketing costs of living in an overwhelmingly poor county are rarely touched on in novels about Cornwall where daily life is often romanticised by writers. Carroll does none of that, he doesn't shy away from tragedy and The Lip is all the better for it.

A fantastic read and I can't wait to see what comes next from Charlie Carroll.

(Also posted to Goodreads)

[askfreddiemercury]

Yup, I’m doing a Fallout crossover now. This is what ‘freddie the hopeless’ has turned into now too, this is what happens when you like two things too much.

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It all started when I was out one day delivering a packet to the stripe, I’d never been there before so I took this sort of long way just so I could marvel at New Vegas from afar like so many others. Little did I know this would cost me my life.

~~~~~

Not long after I took a small yet quick break, I was smacked on the head from behind and taken somewhere I didn’t recognize. Maybe because I was too busy looking at my hands, which have been tied together now. I try and break free, but it doesn’t work.

???: Guess who’s waking up over here?

I hear a voice say in front of me, so I look up to see three men, two look almost the same and one has a checkered coat. Who gets this fancy for a kidnapping?

Man with checkered coat: Time to cash out…

The fancy one says as he puts out his cigar by crushing it under his foot.

???: Will you get it over with?

The guy on his right (my left) says impatiently and the fancy guy just raising a finger to shut him up.

Man with checkered coat: Maybe Kahns kill people without looking them in the face. But I ain't-a fink.

He puts his arm down.

Man with checkered coat: Dig?

He then reached into his coat and pulls out a poker chip, the very thing I was delivering.

Man with checkered coat: You made your last delivery, kid. Sorry, you got twisted up in this scene.

I’m almost tempted to jump up and get back that chip when he puts it away and pulls a very fancy looking pistol out instead.

Man with checkered coat: From where you're kneeling must seem like an 18 carat run of bad luck. Truth is.

He points the gun at me.

Man with checkered coat: The game was rigged from the start.

*BANG*

~~~~~

My vision slowly comes back as I look at a ceiling fan. What happened last night? I can’t seem to remember a thing from before now that I’ve woken up. Oh no.

???: You’re awake. How about that.

I sit up while holding my head, this makes the doctor sit forward and hold on steady.

???: Woah easy there. Easy. You been out cold a couple of days now. Why don’t you relax a second? Get your bearings.

Did this doctor save me? How did he manage to save my life after I was shot in the head? That’s impossible. He then helps me stand up.

???: Okay. No sense keeping you in bed anymore. Let’s see if we can get you on your feet.

Freddie: Thanks, doc..?

Doc Mitchell: Doc Mitchell at your service. Seems you took quite the nasty blow last night, so says the robot that dug you out the ground. It took me a while but I managed to pull out two bullets and a lot of shrapnel out your head there.

Freddie: Did you say two bullets?

Doc Mitchell: It was surprising to me too, especially when I saw that you would make a full recovery. You must be real special.

As if one wasn’t enough for that asshole who kidnapped me he just had to shoot me twice. Looks like it still wasn’t enough. I simply laugh with the doctor.

Freddie: Guess so.

Doc Mitchell: Well, why don’t we start from the top? Follow me, I’d like to ask you a couple of questions. See if your dogs are still barking.

We head into another room and I take a seat on a couch while he takes a seat in another chair just in front of me.

Doc Mitchell: All right, I’m gonna say a word and I want you to say the first thing that comes to mind.

Let’s hope I can still think straight or think at all.

~~~~~

After answering many but quick questions, Doc Mitchell gets me set and ready to get on my way to hunt down the man who shot me.

Doc Mitchell: Here. These are yours. Was all you had on you when you was brought in.

He hands me some items and a note.

Doc Mitchell: Hope you don’t mind that I read it, doesn’t say much but it does mention something about a “Platinum Chip.”

The chip!

Freddie: Well, thanks again, Doc, I owe you my life.

We bid each other goodbye and I step outside into the hot weather. The first thing I do once I’m outside is read the note.

*

INSTRUCTIONS

Deliver the package at the north entrance to the Vegas Strip, by way of Freeside. An agent of the recipient will meet you at the checkpoint, take possession of the package, and pay for the delivery. Bring the payment to Johnson Nash at the Mojave Express agency in Primm.

Bonus on completion: 250 caps.

MANIFEST

This package contains:

One (1) Oversized Poker Chip, composed of Platinum

CONTRACT PENALTIES

You are an authorized agent of the Mojave Express Package until delivery is complete and payment has been processed, contractually obligated to complete this transaction and materially responsible for any malfeasance or loss. Failure to deliver the proper recipient may result in forfeiture of your advance and bonus, criminal charges, and/or pursuit by mercenary reclamation teams. The Mojave Express is not responsible for any injury or loss of life you experience as a result of said reclamation efforts.

*

Freddie: Who the hell wanted that thing in the first place? What’s so special about a platinum poker chip? My gut tells me I won’t find out. Oh well.

I put the note away and see a robot rolling around on one wheel, is that the robot Doc Mitchell mentioned digging me out of the ground? Better go and talk to it.

Freddie: Excuse me.

Making my way down the hill towards the robot, he turns to face me, now I was expecting to see a robot without a face. It has one for sure, there’s a cowboy on the screen on the front of its body.

???: Howdy partner! Might I say, you’re looking as fit as a fiddle.

Freddie: Hello. Uh, thanks for digging me out of the ground.

I chuckle nervously.

???: Don’t mention it! I’m always ready to lend a helping hand to a stranger in need.

Freddie: So, what’s your name? I’m Freddie.

Victor: The name’s Victor.

Freddie: I’ve never seen a robot like you before.

Victor: I’m a securitron, RobCo security model 2060-B. If you ever see any of my brothers, tell them Victor says howdy.

RobCo huh. Mmm alright then, seems like something they’d build.

Freddie: Do you know anything about the people that attacked me?

Victor: Can’t say I’m familiar with the rascals. Some of the fine folk in town might be able to help you out with that.

Well, that was useless. I was actually excited about this robot and maybe thought he could help me.

Freddie: Alright Victor, I'll see you some other time.

Victor: Happy trails!

He waves at me and continues to roll around, guess I better start asking around town. Looking around I decided that I’ll stop by the general store first. Please have some good news.

~~~~~

Freddie: Hello?

I say cautiously as I step inside, a man with a beard looks up from the counter with a smile.

Chet: You must be the one Doc Mitchell was patching up. The way I heard it, I didn’t think you’d be walking out of that office. The name’s Chet by the way.

Freddie: It's a miracle alright, I didn’t think I’d be waking up either. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about the people who attacked me, would you?

Chet: The leader was a New Vegas-type, typically city boy. He had a bunch of Great Kahns with him, probably hired guns. The Great Kahns normally stay in their own territory way up northwest, on account of them being enemies with the NCR.

Freddie: What can you tell me about the Great Kahns?

Chet: They’re tough sons of bitches, mean but not crazy - they’ll leave you alone unless you have something they want. They deal in illegal chems. There’s a good chance that most chems you come across are made by them.

Freddie: I doubt I’ll ever use chems but thanks for the info.

He laughs.

Chet: I don’t believe you can run packages across the Mojave just as you are.

I laugh.

Freddie: It’s a gift. Mind telling me how I can get to the strip?

Chet: There are two ways but people like us take the way through Freeside. The other way is used by the NCR in Camp McCarran, I doubt they’ll let anyone but NCR soldiers use it.

I remember the note saying something about Primm. Maybe I should head back to the express and talk about what happened to me and the package.

Freddie: I’ll keep that in mind, thank you.

Chet: You take care now.

Freddie: I’ll certainly will.

I bid the man goodbye and walk back outside the door. I equip my sturdy caravan shotgun and my broad machete.

Freddie: Better make my way to Primm then to Freeside so I can find the man who shot me and get some answers out of him.

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Crossthicc AU - base roster!

The fleet was originally a meeting of several smaller groups that joined together for survival, hit it off well, and opted to remain together indefinitely. They met some other groups, and over time, added more and more, and have reproduced and brought in more people until they have hit their current size.

Note that with the use of longevity treatments, the crew is a lot older than they look; some of them, otherwise normal humans, may be hundreds of years old. The fleet itself may possibly be that old, too.

These original groups include:

A group of humans called the Neon Deathclaws, comprising a number of characters from Total Drama Island, reimagined as Vault Hunter-style mercenaries and treasure hunters from an obscure human world. Their leader, a team mom and fangirl called Sierra, is the wielder of the Gestat and the champion of the fleet as a whole. Her fellow mercs include: Lindsay (mega-busty friendly ditz who’s smarter than she lets on), Leshawna (Mom-Friend and emotional tank), Jasmine (wasteland survivalist who likes extreme conditions far too much), Courtney (founder of fleet logistics on the grounds that SOMEONE has to), Gwen (in a relationship with Courtney and doing really badly at not being amazed at their strange adventures), Crimson (actually IS good at not being perturbed by weirdness) and many others who are in less adventurous positions. Since TDI has so many characters, a lot of their positions are unclear; go ahead and ask me if you want clarification on where someone may or may not be.

Sierra herself is, in a sense, the ‘star’ of the fic, or at least a central fixture. She is responsible for how the fleet can exist in the first place, and her mysterious magical artifact and newfound powers allow them to do things like periodic FTL travel and create the superpowers that let them reshape themselves as they please. She is the ultimate mom-friend and overly excited to mass produce tons of babies with every conceivable form of sapient life; if a named character exists and has any interest in potentially having children, assume Sierra has a crush on them and, with her complete lack of restraint, already had a dozen children with them. She does not know what a chill is.

The Expedition Hive Explorers, incorporating several of the trolls from Homestuck. As trolls are considered caretakers of humans here, they hit it off well with the Neon Deathclaws, becoming fast friends. Led by Terezi Pyrope, who uses her mental powers and prophetic abilities to help guide them through the planes of magic when doing FTL jumps, and she has also managed to incorporate the powers of all other troll castes into her; rust telekinesis, bronze animal communion, yellow psionics, whatever it is limes do, jade vampire-ness, cerulean mind control, purple mind alteration and influences, and the sea dweller ability to breath underwater, with a combined physical power of all castes. She hopes to one day work out how to do this for all other trolls and make them all as powerful as her.

There is some evidence that Terezi and several of her friends (as well as Vriska Serket, a rival of hers that leads a pirate fleet) are incarnations of ancient gods embodying concepts essential to the universe, such as Time, Space, and so forth, with Terezi embodying Mind. By adventuring, they may find a way to fully reclaim their lost power and ascend to true godhood, and work out how this happened to them in the first place.

Other trolls in the group include: Karkat Vantas (Terezi’s sidekick, boytoy and dance battler), Equius Zahhak (engineer and professional Sensible Guy), Feferi Peixes (biotech enthusiast, spooky medic and founder of the fleet’s medical specialists), Nepeta Leijon (monster hunter and cute patoot), Konyyl Okimaw, Bronya Ursama, Chahut Maenad, and many other trolls, at least a hundred. Several ancient trolls originally hailing from the troll’s lost homeworld, Beforus, have since joined up, most notably the Disciple, Dolorosa and the Handmaid following adventures when they were met.

The Awakened Ancient Autobots. A group of Autobots who survived the destruction of their homeworld and the persecutions by the wicked Decepticon Empire, searching for the missing Optimus Prime and seeking to honor his dream of a just society where all are free to choose their own fate. Led mainly by Grimlock and Elita-1, in a ‘Grimlock is their champion, Elita-1 is their military icon’, but also including a number of other important figures. This includes several sub-teams, including the Dinobots (of them, Swoop, Sludge and Snarl are hyper thicc amazon fembots) are female here, the Technobots (children of the Dinobots, all fembots here), the Raptoricons (maybe?), the Torchbearers, and perhaps the Monsterbots, who are most likely fembots in their robot modes. Individual Transformers include Blackarachnia (the Beast Wars version, with emphasis on the science-y), Arcee (Prime continuity, with some IDW), Strongarm from RID2016, as well as a collection of minor characters retooled to fit this AU, as well as the Maximals from Beast Wars who appeared in the toyline but not the series proper, and generally fembots here as well.

With the use of special powers by studying ancient relics of religious significance to Cybertron, most of the fleet’s Autobots have been modified so they can adopt new alt forms on the fly, even maintaining a stock of up to seven different forms they can switch up freely, though it is physically stressful to do so. Not all of them choose to do so; for instance, Grimlock prefers his T-Rex mode and while he can transform into a monster truck, tank and bomber plane, he really hates that. Beastformers like him or the other Dinobots instead adopt additional beast forms or ‘inbetween’ humanoid beast forms. Sludge of the Dinobots, for instance, can transform into a ferocious Spinosaurus in addition to her native Apatosaurus mode, and goes by Scorn in this state.

The flipside of all that is that any given Transformer can turn into whatever vehicles are required by their friends.

The final group was originally a rock band led by the last free Diamond of the Gem homeworld; the Gems, a species of sapient stones that process magical energy and that can manifest this magic into female-presenting light bodies measuring more than dozens of feet tall, had a long-standing conflict with the Transformers of Cybertron, culminating in a massive war between the Decepticon Empire and Homeworld. When it ended, Homeworld had ceased to exist, all surviving Gems had scattered to the stars, and all the Diamonds were imprisoned as living ornaments upon the claws of the Decepticon’s Emperor of Destruction, Lord Megatron. All, that is, save the Diamond that had been made wrong: Pink Diamond.

She had already left her fellow matriarchs after growing weary of their suffocating control and, to her, appalling treatment of all life that was not themselves, becoming a wander among the stars along with those of her court that proved loyal to her, as well as defectors from other Diamond courts that believed in her vision. AFter the fall of Homeworld, they hid their nature as Gems, living many thousands of lives as aliens, and in one such life time, Pink Diamond, now calling herself Rose Quartz after the protectors of her court she so wanted to be rather than a living goddess, met a human musician named Greg Universe who inspired her to start up a musical band with her closest Gem friends, and she fell in love with him, eventually having a child with him and surviving the process by gestating a new Gem within herself, though at the cost of effectively maiming her own Gem. Thanks to the power of the Gestat, her Gem has been restored, and all Gems with her have been granted the ability to gestate Gems by simply devouring mineral deposits, and the Gem population has exploded with this gift.

Even small Gems stand nearly thirty feet tall, and Rose’s true size is unknown; it is speculated that as a Diamond, she may actually be many hundreds of feet tall, or even planet sized, but she typically suppresses her power. Gems can fuse into more powerful composite forms, growing ever larger, and Rose can fuse with her Crystal Gems to become the mighty Obsidian, who along with the combiner form of the Dinobots, Volcanicus, are the heaviest hitters of the fleet. They’re also friendly rivals to boot. Apart from those, Rose has her loyal Gems (Ruby and Sapphire, who are NOT perma-fused here most of the time, Pearl, Bismuth, Jasper, Amethyst, LApis Lazuli, and Peridot), as well as a wide number of other Gems that either came with her or have gathered to her cause over the years. Additionally, Rose’s human lover Greg is quasi-immortal thanks to her efforts, and her now grown up son Steven has brought the family of his wife Connie (a statuesque, hyper curvy warrior in the likes of Rose herself) into their band, include Connie’s mother Priyanka.

Together, these four groups and their representatives - Sierra, Terezi, Grimlock, and Rose Quartz - founded a small interstellar caravan of all their respective families and friends, traveling through space in hopes of finding a new homeland for them all. They’ve made many friends over the centuries since, with more people being added to the fleet or being absorbed into it, and most of the newcomers being born into the fleet thanks to the many perpetually gravid mother-champions.

Smash Bros characters will definitely come into things eventually but I’m currently imagining them as their own entirely separate fleet but they’re closely allied and fully integrated with one another. Of those, Palutena, Rosalina, Samus Aran, Kumatora (as an Earthbound character, anyway) and some others would be involved. As would be Urbosa and the Gerudo as a whole.

Battleborn would probably be in this somewhere but I haven’t quite worked them out as yet? Perhaps not as crew members, but definitely people they know/meet/run into, as well as setting relevant events.

Some characters from different series who have likely joined the fleet on their own or do not have a definite origin in mind yet (or I like them but don’t have much information about their series proper) include: Cattleya (Queen’s Blade), Tifa Lockhart and Lulu (Final Fantasy), Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time), Katara, Toph Bei Fong, Mai, and Korra (Avatar The LAst Airbender and Legend of Korra), Symmetra, Pharah, Bastion, Orisa, Zenyatta, Mei Ling Zhou and many Omnics (Overwatch), Hinata Hyuga, Mei Terumi and Konan (Naruto), Tsuyu, Mina Ashido and lots of other Quirky heroes (BNHA).

There are many species represented within the fleet, descended from individual who joined up and had scores of children. While by no means comprehensive, here is a small list of a number of species to join up in notable numbers: Asari, Krogan, Geth, Quarians and Turians, from the more well-established worlds.

Orcs, Eldar and other space-faring versions of common fantasy races, and serving as a combination of various series’ takes on those beings. Orcs, for instance, are a combination of Warhammer 40k’s Orks with the more benign aspects of Warcraft’s orcs. The Eldar are mainly a mixture of the Eldar from 40k and with the general attitude of Tolkien’s elves (with bustlines proportionate to their magical powers). Sci-fi versions of Tauren, Draenei and goblins (hyper buxom cowgirls, various levels of curvy, and hyper shortstacks respectively) are also present.

Pokemon and Digimon are present in huge numbers, taking the ‘fully intelligent sapient beings’ take on them. The Digimon mainly live in cyberspace in the ship databanks, running the automated systems, and can jack into robotic bodies to interface with the physical world, otherwise being like AI friends; rarely, they can manifest directly in times of great need. Pokemon are more like beings of elemental power given form, and can willingly diminish their power in order to transform into more human-like shapes, ranging from bipedal anthro-morphs to cute monster humans. These are invariably hyper curvy, to boot, and something similar applies to the avatars the Digimon can project.

From Final Fantasy’s various races, big contenders for numerous-ness in here include, among others, the Viera and Bangaa.

Autobots of all known alt mode variations, Gems of any caste, and trolls from a wide variety of blood colors all go without saying. Of note, due to the egalitarian culture of the fleet, traditional caste attitudes typical of Gems or trolls are not present, and somewhat unthinkable to boot, and as a result have little attachment to their people’s history; to them, the fleet are their people.

And many, MANY other aliens of all shapes and sizes, but mostly ‘hourglass’ shapes at that.

One final note is the God Squad, an informal name for a number of deities that have for some reason taken an interest in the fleet’s affairs, and no one is clear why; they seem to know that Terezi and her family were once gods but not the circumstances of how they fell, and they don’t often intervene on a daily basis, but can be summoned. Apparently this involves beating some kind of strange accord they have with malicious demonic forces. The most important of them is Lucoa from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, but hewing closer to her mythological counterpart, especially in looking more like an ancient Aztec woman; she is a spokesgoddess, of sorts, for the rest of the deities. There is also Palutena, the goddess of light who may have arranged meetings between the fleet and her own chosen champions in the Smash fleet as well for her own reasons. Onyx Prime, of the Cybertronian pantheon, is also present and may have encouraged the others to assist the fleet thanks to his strange visions. There are several other gods, but their presence is currently shrouded and of great mystery to the fleet.

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Bridgerton-style garden design ideas and inspiration

The society papers are filled with anticipation for the event of the season: Netflix’s romantic drama, Bridgerton, will soon be back on our screens! Whilst season 1 inspired many of us to adopt the Regencycore interior design aesthetic, the most dedicated fans out there are going a step further, by searching for ways to mimic the extraordinary gardens of the ton in their own outdoor spaces. That’s after mourning the fact that Regé-Jean Page (The Duke of Hastings) won’t be returning in season 2, of course.

Transform your garden into a space that’ll rival even Queen Charlotte’s royal estate, with our top 5 period-style garden features, below.

A vibrant pergola

The folly is the one of the show’s most memorable locations. But, we aren’t all lucky enough to have a garden with ample space for such a building. A pergola is a stylish (albeit less grand) alternative that not only brings practical value, but also offers a unique focal point.

Extravagant floral arrangements are commonplace in a Bridgerton style garden. So, hang baskets of bright flowers on the overhang of your pergola and place reclaimed antique urn planters alongside it. You can also grow climbing plants, like wisteria, up the posts.

It’s also the perfect shelter for garden seating or a bench – essential for a mid-soiree rest!

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A distinctive water feature

Soothing as can be, the sound of running water in your garden will help you to de-stress as you sit in the fresh air. Opt for a fountain, rock waterfall or reflecting pool in an ornate design to add a subtle touch of Regency.

A water feature will also attract birds and other wild visitors to your Bridgerton style garden, which is often a welcome sight, especially in the mornings.

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Beautifully manicured shrubs and hedges

A courtyard garden is fashionable whether you’re going for a full-on Bridgerton style garden, or simply adding antique touches to a contemporary design. Clean lines are necessary when it comes to this style. Use potted topiary plants in clearly defined, geometrical shapes to section off different areas of your garden. Another option is to plant box hedge plants alongside key features, like the garden path. This will provide a sense of separation without devoting all the space to a courtyard.

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Many historical British properties set the standard when it comes to courtyard garden design. So for more visual inspiration, turn to the UK’s favourite National Trust gardens.

Intricate wrought iron gates

Nothing says “Bridgerton” more than swirling, spiralling patterns (known as scrollwork) crafted by a talented blacksmith or metalworker. Whilst scrolls can be spotted in almost every corner of the typical high society home, you can be more tasteful in your choices by implementing scrollwork on your driveway gates instead.

Install gate piers, which are pillars either side of the gate, to add even more elegance to your entrance. You could even sit urn planters atop, adorning your gate with fragrant flowers.

A gated driveway improves your home’s security and privacy. Plus, it’s a low maintenance option, requiring just a wire brush, water and a touch of paint to get it sparkling every so often.

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Those of us without driveways can still benefit from the beauty of floral displays when creating a period perfect home exterior. If you’ve got security fencing, plant the flowers of your choice in over-fence and railing planters. Then, match the rich hues to the colour of your front door to bring the whole look together. Make sure you pick a sophisticated front door colour – after all, your front door colour says a lot about you!

Enchanting garden lights

Remember the spectacular lightbulb canopy and Roman candle fireworks featured in Daphne’s dream at the start of episode 3, season 1? Well-designed garden lighting makes your space feel luxurious. It’s also one of the top garden features recommended by Ricky from Pride Landscape and Design. Find out why in our video on how to make the most of your garden all year round.

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BE. Founder Grace Dlabik On Smashing Stereotypes + Parenting A Child With Disability

BE. Founder Grace Dlabik On Smashing Stereotypes + Parenting A Child With Disability

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Grace at home with her pup Buzz, featuring beautiful bedding from the Kip & Co. x Bábbarra Women’s Centre collection! Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

A divine family portrait – Grace, Elijah, Morganne and Buzz. Grace’s fab robe is from Suku! Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

Left – Grace’s ‘Reclamation Wall’. Artefacts clockwise from left : Woven tray, Southern Highlands, PNG, Small mask, Sepik, PNG, Large mask, Sepik, PNG, Fan, Lese Oalai, PNG, Hair adornment, PNG (origin unsure), Afro bamboo comb, PNG (origin unsure), Woven basket, Highlands, PNG. Right: Morganne, Elijah and Buzz hanging out at home. Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

Grace, Elijah and Morganne at the dining table – cooking is one of Grace’s great loves. Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

Left: Grace is the founder of BE. a global creative collective dedicated to establishing new pathways to champion young people. They also have a creative agency arm, BE.ONE CREATIVE. Right: Grace, Elijah and Morganne’s home, which is their sanctuary. Artwork in centre is a Tapa Cloth piece, from Oro Province, PNG.  Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

Grace and Elijah at the BE.HQ! Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

Left: Some of the incredible talent at BE. Right: Grace in the studio. Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

Grace surrounded by some of the incredible talent at BE. ONE CREATIVE (Grace’s creative agency). Photo – Nynno Bel-Air.

Late in her pregnancy, Grace had a feeling her baby was in trouble. She took herself to hospital for some monitoring, but after checking the fetal heart rate, medical staff concluded that everything was fine. This was 17 years ago, before 3D scans had become routine and readily available. Grace accepted the advice and went home, but disquiet settled over the remainder of her pregnancy. 

Elijah was born with his umbilical cord wrapped six times around his neck in a true knot. It caused severe damage to his brain, resulting in quadriplegia Cerebral palsy. Grace, who was 23 at the time, was told that it was very unlikely that he would survive, and if he did, he wouldn’t be able to see, hear or recognise her. She was advised that his quality of life would be too low to justify. 

‘Says who?’ Grace asks me over Zoom, 17 years later, fresh from dropping Elijah at school. ‘Who’s to say what the experiences of each one of us should be like? Everybody’s different, has different experiences of life. Everybody wants to be seen and valued.’

Elijah has curly hair like his mum and a grin that can turn your day around. He can see and hear. He doesn’t just recognise Grace, he loves her deeply. He likes playing the drums. He’s wheelchair bound but he’s thriving and loves his life.

Grace’s experience as a parent directly informs the work she does. It’s a big part of why she founded the collective BE. a creative hub for young freethinkers and BE. ONE CREATIVE. BE. is a place that celebrates difference, creativity and gives voice to young people through a multitude of ways. BE. ONE is a creative agency that not only champions expressive and young people’s work, but also allows for that knowledge to be passed on through their mentorship program for young aspiring creatives. 

Here’s Grace.

Hey Grace! What was your morning like? 

Grace: My day starts at 5am. It means I can get things done and have some time with Morganne. We’ve started going for little walks together. We go through the parklands near our house. There’s no one around, and everything is so soft and tender. The birds are beginning to sing. You might hear a kookaburra, a couple of frogs, but apart from that, everything’s quiet and sleepy. It’s really special.

At the end of the day we’re completely exhausted, and I have my hands full with Elijah. I mean literally my hands are full. The care I need to give to him includes lifting him, changing him, dressing him and tending to him in that way, then I’m smashing out work for BE. while he’s at school, but that morning walk is just mine and Morganne’s.

What’s a typical evening like at your place?

I pick up Elijah at 3, and then it’s all hands on deck until his bedtime at 7. We have dinner together as a family and afterwards I give Elijah a massage. I get his legs out of his wheelchair and rest them on me while I massage them. He loves that part of our daily routine. Touch is such an important and beautiful thing. It gives him a little bit of relief, too, because he’s been sitting all day. It’s a special time for us to bond. He can’t articulate if something’s sore. He’ll communicate to me if something’s really bad, but his pain threshold is so high. He’s used to having niggling discomfort.

How do you and Elijah communicate?

The way that we communicate is through intuition. That’s something to be said for mothers in general. We’re so deeply connected to our children. Elijah understands a lot more than he can say, but because of the extent of brain damage that he had, he also has an intellectual disability. But we’ve been communicating with each other since before he was born. We have our own language and it’s deeply connected.

My experience as a parent directly informs the work I do at BE. I’ve learned huge lessons and I’ve come through the other side of these very complex challenges without a handbook – of course it’s an ongoing and ever-evolving life but now I know how to project my voice when I need to. I also understand the importance of surrendering, and trusting the pathways that life has given me. And don’t get me wrong, it’s really hard sometimes. Especially for people with a disability or people of colour, bla(c)k or Indigenous people, like myself. There’s a lot stacked against you from the get-go. But I’ve been given these tools that I can give to others, so that’s what I do, and I believe a big part of what we’re here to do. 

What does next year look like for you and your family?

Elijah finishes school at the end of this year. I’ve been very overwhelmed thinking about what’s next for him. How will the outside world view him and welcome him? How will he take pride in what he’s able to contribute? Who will give him a chance? Will he ever be able to go to the footy and pay his own way? He doesn’t have those opportunities unless I create them for him, so what does this all look like?

Our society is so ableist and doesn’t really embrace or respond well to people with disabilities. We haven’t learnt how to do that. We don’t have important access to people with special needs, so the stigma builds up. We’ve got to smash these stereotypes around who is “normal” and “not normal.” There’s no such thing. Such a journey of “undoing” that needs to be done.

The National Insurance Disability Scheme (NDIS) was given a bunch of money in this year’s budget. Will that be helpful to you in any way?

To some degree, yes, however it’s a real battle to advocate for the requirements and needs for Elijah. Everything they’re affiliated with is privatised. It costs Elijah $870 for a night in respite care, for example, just so I can have a night off. Or go out on a date with my partner. Before NDIS, it was $560 per night. They’ve increased the price so much, because they can. There’s greed at the core of it, not humanity. It’s ridiculous how much everything costs.

I fought for years for Elijah’s standing wheelchair, so he was able to be upright and have the autonomy to change his position of his body with the aid of this amazing wheelchair. Years. I had support from a number of MPs, even a Greens Senator. In the end I showed up with a team of medical experts and Elijah, too, so they could fucking see his face and be confronted with him, as a person. Not a case number. They ended up overturning their decision, but that’s how much effort it took, to be granted something that he is clearly entitled to and that will benefit him greatly.

What’s it been like going from a two person family to three?

Elijah’s Dad and I split up when Elijah was little, so I’ve mostly cared for him on my own. What we have is very sacred to me, so the person who came into it had to be pretty bloody special. I’ve worked really hard on my own reflection of love, recognising areas I needed to work on and undo a lot of the adopted heteronormative world, and look at what love really is.

Then along came Morganne, who is a proud trans man. I think I’ve always been a queer person, but I had a fairly heteronormative outlook. I come from a generation that didn’t have the language around identity that we have now. Morganne and I just connected. He’s half Jamaican, half black, like me. I love that my partner can identify with my cultural roots and what it means to be black and on the outer. He prioritises community and family in the same ways that I do and views life on a deeper level. 

Morganne has a rescue dog (Buzz) so when we came together as a family unit, it all made sense, with each of us navigating life as an outsider and actively smashing stereotypes. It’s been really hard, beautiful and easy. All at the same time. 

Morganne has beautiful sensibilities and a tenderness that allows him to connect deeply to our lives and apply this to his work as a dog walker/adventurer – but he can also smash out caravan walls.

I saw you guys got a caravan! Any trips planned?

We’ve got to make it accessible for Elijah first, that’s something we’re working on together. It’s a labour of love. And maybe a weekend trip here and there for the two of us if Elijah is in respite care. It’s so hard to find an accessible property, unless we go to a fancy hotel, but that’s not a feasible option, I also like to cook and be in nature when I go away. 

Our ultimate dream is to buy some land and create a fully accessible and creative space, where we could build our dream accessible home and build fully accessible guest houses. On the property there would be private healing rooms, studio spaces where we could have artist residencies and creative workshops, and people could host retreats such as creative writing, painting, etc. I want a gallery/museum and a large space for talks, conferences or classes (like yoga and mediation).

There’s such a need for a space like this to exist – where nature surrounds us, where healing can occur and where creativity can be harnessed and explored and where people who have a family member with a disability or special needs can seek respite and a getaway. I know this is a big vision but this is what I’m manifesting!

I feel certain you’re going to make that happen… What brings you joy?

Being a mama brings me joy. My culture, aunties and sisterhood bring me joy. Massaging my son’s legs brings me joy. Bathing my son brings me joy. Being of service to people brings me joy. Holding space for people brings me joy. Wholesome, critical and inspiring conversations bring me joy. People mobilising brings me joy. When I see people show up at a rally because they care about someone other than themselves, when they feel compelled to say: Enough is enough, that brings me joy. We’re shifting the paradigm and that brings me joy.

When it comes to political and social oppressive structures, it’s especially important that privileged people, those who benefit from those structures, are joining the fight. I feel hopeful because I see all these younger generations standing up and pushing back. We’re making ourselves actively responsible for each other. Most people just need an opportunity to do better, and they will.

Family Favourites

Weekend getaway? Oh wait…

Lol. Not applicable. We can’t find accessible properties to go away to, so it’s not something we do.

Cafe?

Everyday Coffee. We especially love their coffee for home, because we can’t always get over to Collingwood.

Go-to album?

The Whitney Houston radio station on Spotify. It has Mariah Carey, Lionel Ritchie, Luther Vandross, everyone you need, really!

Sunday morning breakfast ritual? 

We often do a big cookup: eggs, greens, roasted tomatoes and mushrooms, whatever we’ve got in the house. Cooking is cathartic and such a loving act for me.

Me time?

Between 6.30-7am I mediate. We have an east-facing window in our living room. I watch the sunrise. It’s nice.

Follow the links to find out more about Grace and Morganne’s projects – BE., BE.ONE CREATIVE, and That Dog Life! You can find Grace on Instagram here. 

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Mooooooooooooooooooooooooor Guardian!AU Worldbuilding because hell ye. I really need to begin labeling these text posts. >.> BUT that’s for later! For now lets do a bit of worldbuilding but with a focus on characters and the Equestrian Wastes (I think I’ll begin calling the war-torn Equestria this from now on for this AU):

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- I know at the beginning of making this AU the pairings were meant to be romantic but like RariTwi for this AU, I’m starting to think the PinkieShy and AppleDash is also more like platonic soulmates. Paired but in a different way. I’m really diggin it for this AU so that’s probably whats gonna happen. o3o

-Twilight very rarely takes off her helmet but she will if Rarity asks her to. Because Rarity knows it hurts her, she very rarely asks her to, but sometimes when her nightmares get particularly bad she just might ask, and Twi does it every time. If anything, it’s a reminder that the hulking monster she calls her protector is still just a pony, and just as much a prisoner to Mistral as she is, and that sort of kinship, one that doesn’t have anything to do with their forced bond, is a source of comfort.

-Let’s talk about Pinkie and Shy, we rarely do for this AU! So I mentioned earlier that Pinkie is a travelling Caravan merchant; she’s actually a part of a long-time family business called the Rocky Roads Caravan company. Her family, as a caravan-based business, travels a lot, and with the parents older their daughters have taken over the whole traveling part of their business, carting goods all over Equestria. Pinkie in particular has quite the wanderlust and desire to see everything she can, she rarely ever returns to the farm aside for their holidays and family reunions. That said, she is very close to her family and while she kinda does her own solo thing now she makes sure to send a good sum of her profits to her family.

-Pinkie travels with her most trusted companion and cart-puller Gummy, who is a mutated alligator the Equestrian Wastes typically call a Deathmaw. Deathmaws are bipedal reptilian creatures that came to be thanks to magic-spliced radiation altering the alligator and crocodile. They’ve become an actual species due to them being numerous enough to breed with one another until a substantial population formed. They are generally very dangerous and can’t be domesticated, but Pinkie managed to tame Gummy when she found him as a baby and took him in. Gummy is unusually docile for his kind and despite the name he still does have all of his teeth, though one of his tusks are broken. He may be docile but he is still dangerous; anyone threatening Pinkie’s life has met a terrible and messy end. Gummy loves Pinkie and he shows his affection by giving strange throaty growls that resemble purring, and he nibbles gently at her hair and ears.

-Pinkie Pie is multilingual, and can speak several languages, which comes in handy given how often she travels. One language she knows is sign language, something of which her entire family knows because Limestone is deaf. Because Fluttershy doesn’t speak, Pinkie decided to teach her sign language so she would have a way to communicate without her using her voice, something Fluttershy is very appreciative of. Aside from sign language though, Shy communicates by humming as if singing, something Pinkie has taught herself to understand based on the inflections of Shy’s voice.

-Fluttershy unlike Rainbow and Twilight, actually enjoys having her mask off. She very rarely ever puts it on anymore, preferring to experience this large and unknown world with her own natural senses. There are times where she does put it back on though, such as when she needs to fly for long distances or enter areas that Pinkie herself can’t get to, like underwater areas, high areas, and areas with heavy radiation (all of which Shy can withstand with ease). This makes her a very valuable partner to Pinkie, and she’s able to obtain good and items she otherwise wouldn’t have access to. Shy is more than happy to help.

-Fluttershy, as a Valkyrie, typically vocalizes by singing in a wordless hum. The hum is actually tailored to lull targets into a calmer state, something that helped the survivability of the Valkyrie series since they’re the most frail in terms of armor. Fluttershy’s hum seems to be able to affect animals of all kinds in the Equestrian Wastes, including some of the more hostile creatures. It’s because of this that she’s what Pinkie calls the “Monster Whisperer”; animals, mutated or no, seem drawn to her and typically won’t react aggressively when in her presence, including a huge mutated Ursabug she named Harry, and a Jackalope she’s named Angel.

-The magic-spliced radiation that resulted from the massive bombing in Equestria has resulted in the altercation and mutation of not only sapient creatures, like ponies and griffons (who turn into “changelings” or “lurkers”), but it also brought about mutated animals and creatures that litter the EQW (equestrian wastes). Some of those animals include:

Jackalope: Rabbits with antler-like protrusions from their heads. They’re about as bit as large domestic cats and can actually be pretty dangerous to handle if they feel threatened. They will charge if they feel they must fight for their lives, and those antlers are no joke,

Deathmaw: Huge bipedal reptiles that mutated from crocodiles and alligators. They typically stay near water but are known to venture away in search of food or nesting grounds. VERY dangerous creatures, though thankfully they usually only attack if provoked.

Ursabug: Huge bear-like creatures that look like a cross between a bear and an insect. These things are highly aggressive and the nightmare of any survivor, and are generally avoided at all costs. Their pelts and stingers go for quite a pretty penny.

Chimera: A large creature that looks like it’s been created by the accidental fusion of sheep, goat, and dog. They’re actually domesticated and docile creatures, often used as pack-animals and companions.

Hydra: 3-5 headed reptile that’s mutated from the likes of a snake. These things are vicious and produce a venom that can paralyze their prey for long periods of time. Worse yet, they can spit this venon from several feet as projectile weapons; highly recommended not to engage if possible.

Orthos: a dog that has been mutated to produce 2 heads instead of one. Regular dogs still exist but the Orthos has since become its own “breed” of dog; they are characterized by, of course, the extra head, wrinkled and tough skin, and a long tuft of fur that runs from forehead to the tip of the tail. They’re hypoallergenic and live typically for longer than the average dog (about 21 years) and despite being usually big, are docile and friendly. There are some breeds of Orthos that are small, like  Chihuahua versions, but these much smaller variations are usually deformed in some way and breeding them is discouraged.... but they’re popular with families, so breeding these sickly creatures for the sake of profit continues.

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Aaaaaaaaand that’s all I got for now! I’ll do more of these lore/worldbuilding posts for my AUs so you don’t have to wait for questions or art for more worldbuilding, but as always you’re more than free to ask me anything if you have any questions! c:

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You have what it takes - right now. Classifieds are the best dollar-for-dollar return in advertising, and you can earn a high profit on your product investment.

Classified ads are the easiest to write, the easiest to place, and cost the least. They require only a simple follow-up, and bring in hundreds of dollars of sales.

People read classified ads for a purpose. They aren't interrupted - as in most advertising - and are specifically looking for products, services and information that appeal to them. As well-placed classified ads will bring hundreds - thousand - of replies month after month, year after year.

You don't have to have a special background to make money with mail order classifieds. Any beginner can realize a steady second income or develop a stable, full-time business through classified ads.

But you have to be persistent. You must WANT TO MAKE MONEY, and be willing to stick with it. If you do, you will find that being successful is easy - just follow the steps, one by one, climbing the ladder to the top.

WHAT SHOULD I SELL?

Take a look at the classified ads in the magazines and tabloids you read. They are filled with offers for services, products and information. And they sound good. The ads show enthusiasm about the materials being offered.

THE 2-STEP APPROACH

The proven method of selling mail order items of information is called the two-step approach. Basically, you place a short classified ad in the back of a magazine or tabloid. The ad does not mention price, but tells the reader to write for free details. Once you have an inquiry, you then send information concerning what you have to offer, and watch those orders pile in. Essentially, a mail order classified ad buys a name and potential business. It may just break even with the actual orders placed. The real money comes from subsequent sales.

WHY NOT CHARGE IN THE CLASSIFIED?

You'll get far more responses from an ad for free information than you will for goods - at any price. And, since you want a POTENTIAL BUYER, you'll have more inquiries for materials you want to sell later.

Charging a small fee to cover postage or the cost of the inquiry will never make you break even - people won't be bothered. And a small fee doesn't necessarily weed out non-buyers. If you find your classified is pulling people who aren't interested in your offer, you can change the advertisement to be more specific as to what you really have for sale.

WHERE TO PLACE CLASSIFIEDS

The best advice in placing classifieds is to follow the leader. Find where other goods in your category are being sold and do the same. The mail order business is not a place to be real different - especially as a beginner. Although your product must have an appeal different than the others. Stay with the pack and advertise in the same publications.

Look for repeat business. You can review back issues of publications at your library or buy some copies of the publications you might advertise in. If a certain ad has appeared time after time, you can bet it's a winner.

WHAT IS TESTING?

The most important element in mail order advertising is to test. Not only do you need to find out if your product will sell, but you have to find out what the best price is.

Testing is the name of the game - and this is where you need perseverance. Don't get discouraged. GIVE IT A TRY. Because of the low cost of placing classifieds, it's worth it to keep it going. YOU CAN PROFIT.

TYPES OF ADS

There are three types of classified ads - qualified, partially qualified, and blind.

KEYING THE ADDRESS

How do you determine what inquiry response came from which ad? You code the company name or street address so you can determine what ad pulled the response. This is called keying the address, and it's one of the most important tips in mail order classified advertising.

WRITING CLASSIFIEDS

Writing your own copy for a classified ad is easy. There are so few words you need to use that you don't have to worry about being a writer or a professional in advertising. You are your own expert in selling your product.

SAVE MONEY PLACING ADS

Most classified ads are billed a certain charge per word, so you want to keep your words important and precise. Once you have written your ad, take a closer look at it. Can you eliminate extra words without changing the meaning?

RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES

Once you start getting responses from the classified ads, you should send out your sales literature immediately, definitely within one week. The goal is to convert the inquiry into a sale and convert the sale into PURE PROFIT.

THE RESPONSE PACKAGE

A typical mail order package - called a conversion - consists of a personal letter, a brochure, an order form, and a return envelope. How elaborate you wan to make your conversion depends on how successful your product seems to be selling and how much money you want to invest.

HOW TO PREPARE SALES LITERATURE

The sales letter promotes you as well as your product. It is a personal appeal to a potential buyer. You want the person to feel special and have a reason not only to look through the rest of the literature, but TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT.

ORDER FORMS

If you have only a one-page sales pitch, you need to provide space for an order form. It should be well-defined by a line or dotted line around it, and should be large enough for someone to write in the information. If you plan to send out a complete packet with sales letter and brochure, print up separate order forms.

PRINTING A BROCHURE

Preparing a brochure or sales catalog is not as difficult as it may seem. It doesn't have to be a glossy, four-color fancy booklet. You can send out even a one-page description of the product and an appeal for ordering.

MAILING

You can obtain a bulk rate permit at the post office if you send out at least two hundred identical pieces at a time. They must be presorted for destination. The bulk rate cost is lower, but it takes much longer for the mail to be delivered.

KEEPING RECORDS

It is extremely important to keep accurate records in mail order. It is only through these record sheets that you can determine which ad pulls the best, which advertising lead is the most enticing, and how well your product is selling. Good records are the follow up of good testing.

HOW TO CALCULATE PROFIT

Total the amount of cash sales. That is your gross profit. Subtract the cost of the product. Subtract the cost of the product. Subtract the cost of mailing. Subtract the cost of conversion and the cost of the ad. That is your net profit, the one that counts. Just stick with it, and you can WATCH THAT PROFIT GROW bigger and bigger each ad, each conversion, each sale.

EXPANDING AND GROWING RICHER

Over the years, good buyers purchase many times your initial investment in classified ad space. A first buyer indicates a second sale; after that, you have a regular customer who may purchase for years.

EXTRA APPEALS

Once you get rolling with your mail order business, you can try any number of incentives to solicit orders. You can offer a free gift - or free anything - certificates, coupons, fabulous prizes.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

Not only must you print a guarantee in all your ads and sales literature, but you must honor it. Never send inferior merchandise; never take a chance on faulty mailers or guess lower on postage. Deliver a complete product.

MAKING MORE FROM A WINNER

You've got a successful product. The conversion for orders is high, refunds are low, and the draw form the classified ad is great. How can you make more money - even if you think you've saturated your market?

YOU AND THE LAW

You do not need a special federal or state permit to operate a mail order business. The material you sell must be legitimate however, and you cannot be deceptive or misleading in claims or advertising.

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There aren’t too many places that hold the perfect combination for an amazing camping adventure all year round. No matter how many new places I camp at, Dwellingup remains a huge favourite. Perth locals would know it as one of the best places to camp locally with families.

It’s close to Perth, has a massive array of activities available, is favourable year round and is located in some spectacular country. There’s nothing quite like it!

Where’s this place?

You’ll find Dwellingup just under an hour and a half from Perth’s city centre, inland from Mandurah and along the Murray River. Dwellingup is well-known for Lane Poole Reserve – a spectacular National Park with great camping and lots of things to do.

You’ll find Dwellingup along the Murray River. Photo: Aaron Schubert

What can you do there?

Located in a typical Western Australian Jarrah forest, Dwellingup has the beautiful Murray River flowing through the middle of it. If you just want a quick weekend away, camped near a stunning river with friends and family, you can do it.

However, if you want more than that, there are downhill mountain bike trails, 4WD tracks, hiking trails, canoeing and whitewater rafting, wildflowers, freshwater fishing, high ropes course, swimming and rope swings to enjoy.

Dwellingup caters brilliantly for all ages, with young children having plenty of space to explore and plenty of adventure sports for those who want a bit more action.

There are so many activities to do there, including fishing. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Camping at Dwellingup

Dwellingup has a huge range of places to camp, from the Caravan Park through to children’s camps and Lane Poole Reserve, the National Park where most people head to camp.

Lane Poole Reserve has 9 locations where you can camp, ranging from big open spaces for large groups through to private, smaller camp sites that you must book online. All of the campsites are within walking distance (some just a stone’s throw) from the Murray River.

Camping is popular year-round, and on long weekends the park is often closed for day visitors as it gets so busy. All sites have picnic tables, fire rings, and toilets, with some that have BBQ’s and hard flooring for caravans. In total, there are some 150 campsites, varying in size and accessibility.

There are so many campsites available from private to large group camping. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Fire bans at Dwellingup

One of the best things about Dwellingup is relaxing around a campfire with friends and family. However, you are in the middle of a forest, and Dwellingup has had some truly horrific fires in the past.

As a result, there are fire bans in place whenever there is a risk, and hefty fines if you disobey them. Please check this before you consider having a fire!

Day trips

Being so close to Perth, Dwellingup is easily doable as a day trip. We’ve been down in the past for a day of mountain bike riding, canoeing, and to use the 4WD tracks.

These days, we prefer to stay a night or two –  it slows the pace down and makes soaking up such a great place even easier.

You can hire a canoe for a day trip, go bike riding, or hit the 4WD tracks for a day trip. Photo: Aaron Schubert

What does it cost?

Being a National Park, there is an entry fee applicable, unless you have an annual or 4-week pass. This is $12 per vehicle, and camp fees are $7.50 per adult, per night at the time of writing.

Lane Poole Reserve has just had some major upgrades completed, and the money raised from entry fees and camping fees goes directly towards future upgrades and management of the park. If you’re interested in booking, head here.

There are fees to camp, but the funds go towards managing and upgrading the area. Photo: Aaron Schubert

When’s the best time to visit?

The thing that makes Dwellingup so attractive is you can literally visit at any time of year, and know you are going to have a good time.

In the middle of summer, it’s hot and dry, but the swimming is beautiful and camping is still comfortable under the shade of the pine forests if you throw in a few swims in the river.

Spring and autumn are a great compromise as the weather is milder, but it’s still warm enough to swim. These are great seasons for hiking, 4WD tracks, and downhill mountain biking

Come winter, when the rain pours down and the temperatures plummet, the Murray River rises dramatically and white water rafting and canoeing come into full swing. Take note that it gets cold in Dwellingup –  we’ve seen ice form on tree leaves and melt as the sun comes up, so if you’re visiting in winter, pack appropriately! On the other hand, you can have a great fire (you need to bring your own firewood) and relax around it into the evening.

In other words, pick the season that suits what you want to do down there. With so many options, you’ve got plenty to see and do any time of the year.

If you like white water rafting and canoeing, then winter is the perfect time to visit. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Swimming

The Murray River is a great place to swim. As with any river swimming, you should be cautious entering and exiting as there can be submerged items like trees and rocks. Every campsite has places where you can safely enter and exit.

Stay away from the rapids when swimming, and watch out for slippery rocks! Other than this, enjoy the pristine Murray River –  it can be freezing, refreshing or perfect temperatures depending on when you visit!

The Murray River is the perfect place for a dip when you’re visiting Dwellingup. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Canoeing and whitewater rafting

The Murray River is easily long enough to spend a few days on the river in a canoe, and I’ve done just that in the past. Pile your gear into a waterproof drum, and camp your way down the river.

Alternatively, there are plenty of day trips with as much white water and as little as you’d like. Most of the rapids can be avoided by carrying your canoe around them, but if you have basic canoe skills they are one of the most fun things you will do in Dwellingup.

Canoe hire can be had from in Dwellingup in town and hiring a trailer with Canoes is actually very reasonably priced. Grab a few of your friends and family and enjoy a magic day on the river. Of course, you can bring your own gear too.

You can hire canoes to enjoy a day of fun along the river. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Swings, Waterslides, and tubing

In the past, there have been a huge number of rope swings around Dwellingup, going into the water. As a kid, these provided some magic memories. These days, they are often removed for safety and liability reasons. That said, you’ll still see them around. Use common sense, check their quality and condition and you’ll have a great time.

There are a couple of places in Dwellingup that have little natural made water slides, where you can slide down short sections of very slippery rock into little pools. Again, play it safe but they are a heap of fun.

Another great way to enjoy Dwellingup is in a tube – get a 4WD tyre tube, or bigger, and float down the river in it!

The natural water slides are heaps of fun if you exercise caution. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Fishing at Dwellingup

For the freshwater anglers, fishing is hugely popular at Dwellingup. You need a freshwater fishing license, and then the whole Murray River is open slather. The most commonly caught fish is the Redfin, which is introduced and is a pest. Fortunately, they are great eating, and you are not allowed to throw them back, regardless of size!

If you are really lucky, you might get a Trout, but be prepared to put some time in for it!

All you need is a fishing license, and you’ll be on your way. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Downhill Mountain biking and hiking

Dwellingup is home to some of WA’s best downhill mountain bike trails, and they vary from basic tracks that a whole family could do through to competition tracks. There is a range of jumps, bridges, pallets, and berms to keep things interesting.

We’ve found the best way to enjoy a day of riding at Dwellingup on the downhill tracks is to have a 4WD and trailer that does laps from bottom to top, taking the bikes and riders up and down. Rotate the drivers around and you’ll have a blast.

The Munda Biddi mountain bike trail runs through Dwellingup and is well worth a look. If you are into hiking, there’s plenty of it around Dwellingup, including the

The mountain bike trails at Dwellingup are some of the best in the state. Photo: Aaron Schubert

Wildflowers

In spring, there are some stunning wildflowers around the place in Dwellingup. Don’t be afraid to do a bit of walking to find them!

High ropes course

In 2015 a high ropes course opened in Dwellingup, bringing a heap of fun to the region off the ground. This is open almost every day of the year, and with over 80 challenges there is something for every age bracket.

If 4WD’ing is your thing, then the Lane Poole Reserve has some great tracks. Photo: Aaron Schubert

4WD Tracks

Lane Poole Reserve has some fantastic 4WD tracks available, which range from basic gravel driving through to muddy slopes in the winter time. Stick to the tracks, if it’s too wet come back later and respect the environment.

Getting around Dwellingup

Most of Lane Poole Reserve is gravel, with some of the busier sections having been bituminised. The road condition varies wildly –  sometimes it’s fantastic and other times it’s pretty rough. Take it easy and slowly, as you can lose control around the many corners much faster than you might realise.

Our private camping set up at Dwellingup – what more could you want? Photo: Aaron Schubert

Finding out more

If you want to know more about Lane Poole Reserve in Dwellingup, contact the Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW) and they will give you up to date information on conditions and answer any further questions you may have.

How many of you have stayed at Dwellingup? What’re your favourite memories from there?

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