Boronia $1.8m more than mere chickenfeed

THE Boronia office and warehouse of a stockfeed and pet distribution company has sold to an undisclosed local business for $1.8 million. CB Richard Ellis agent David Aiello said the off-market deal for the 3297 square metre site on Mountain Highway reflected renewed demand in B and C-grade properties. "Owner-occupiers are taking advantage of the recent falls in property values and cheap interest rates to secure larger premises to cater for their future growth requirements," he said.

Evans hoping to gather pace for world title fight

CADEL EVANS still has a lot to gain in Saturday's penultimate stage of the Vuelta a Espana, even if his chances of overall victory looked all but gone before Friday's 19th stage.

In The Big Rig With Dr Maybe

Last weekend, the Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson, rode from Melbourne to Dubbo with truck driver Rod Hannifey. The Herald has obtained a rogue recording of the resultant CB traffic.

Train Driver, 23, Let Mates Take Controls: Sra

He was a lonely country boy who spent hours talking on the CB radio, filling in the hours between shift work. But it was 23-year-old Nathan Crewes's job as a train driver that enticed one CB listener, and sparked a serious case of train envy. Crewes drove a very fast electric train. The pr

Monday Profile

BEFORE 1977, Evan Longworth and Ron Meehan would have been outlaws. Now they are struggling to keep their service alive ? along with its hard-won legitimacy and respect. Illegal Citizen's Band (CB) radio soared to popularity in the 1970s, spurred by success in America, movies like Convoy and

Switched-on Cb Buff Helps In Bush Rescue

WHEN electronics buff Adam McGrath, of East Maitland, switched on his CB radio on Saturday he could never have imagined that he would help rescue an injured teenager later that night. About 6pm the 16-year-old heard a call for help from someone trying to contact the Ambulance Service after a t

Cb Vigilantes To Fight Crime

COUNCILS would broadcast details of crimes in progress across CB radio channels and encourage vigilante groups to join police at crime scenes under a revolutionary new law and order plan. The plan, being advocated by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the State Opposition, calls for volun

It's A Fair Cop - Though Truckies May Differ

The radar registers its speed as safe, but as the rig rumbles by the CB radio suddenly crackles to life: "Double ones northland near Tabletop." And in the unseen distance, truck drivers heed the warning and check their speedometers. The word is out: Highway patrol. Slow down. Up and dow

System Brings Communication To Mobile Workers

Telstra has just released an advanced mobile radio-cum-cellular system that is increasingly finding favor with workers on the move. BILL TUCKEY reports. BREAKER-breaker" and ``plain wrapper" were cult words of the 1970s, along with hit songs such as Convoy. They came out of CB radio, wh

Radio Communication Makes A Comeback

"BREAKER-breaker" and "plain wrapper" were cult words of the 1970s, along with hit songs such as Convoy. They came out of the cult of CB radio, which spawned its own huge retail and publishing industry, along with a unique language. It helped truckers dodge police speed traps, sa

(a Language All Their Own)

11. Truck-drivers. A regular lexicon of the jargon used by the various professions. Backload: Goods carried by a truck on a return journey. Change channel: Warning given on CB radio from one driver to another to change to a channel unlikely to be listened to by many CB users, so that foul l

Uhf Cb Defeats `idiot Factor'

FOR the past several weeks, this column has looked at the various options and suitability of communication radios for caravanners and 4WD owners. Radios such as RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service), amateur and HF CBs have been discussed and this column deals with the ``other band" CB rig. HF

High-frequency Cb Radios

THIS column continues a series on CB radios and looks at HF (high frequency) CB radios and their suitability for caravanners and 4WDs. As explained last week, a ``full house" 40 channel HF CB has three modes _ AM (amplitude modulation), LSB (lower sideband) and USB (upper sideband). Witho

Choosing A Radio

ONE of the world's most asked questions of the magazines `Caravan World' and `4X4 Australia' is ``what's the best radio to fit to my vehicle?" The answer has been provided on a number of occasions in this column, but, with the Christmas holiday period fast approaching, now seems as good a time

Blind Kids Have Lots Of Big Buddies

"Roger" was the most popular man on top of the south-east pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday. The Sydney Radio Group set up a Citizen Band radio station on the bridge to encourage the 800,000 CB radio enthusiasts around Australia to donate money to the Royal Blind Soci

Cb Radio Warns Of Leak From Tanker

A quick-thinking motorist averted a possible disaster yesterday when he used his CB radio to warn a petrol tanker driver that his truck was leaking fuel. A 30,000-litre ESSO tanker sprang the leak from loose manifold pipes as it went along Woodville Road, Villawood. But, warned by driver