Perth Hacks - best tips, hints and bargains

How can Bankwest customers withdraw or deposit cash now?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:48:00 +0000

Many Bankwest customers are still confused about the branch closures mean for them. The elderly are particularly panicky about this and the question on many peoples lips are what can they do if they want to deposit or withdraw cash?

Bankwest just recently sent out an email which shows the limits and the fees involved for various deposits and withdrawals.

Depositing cash via Commonwealth Bank ATMS

First of all, many don't realise that Bankwest is actually owned by Commonwealth Bank, so their ATMs are basically Bankwest ATMS. You can use a Commonwealth Bank ATM to deposit up to $8,000 cash into your account straight away. The machine will open up and allow you to insert a stack of notes and it will then close and count the cash. Then it will tell you how much it counted compared to how much you said there was and then you can press proceed to have it banked. The amount will show in your account straight away.

Depositing cash via Australia Post Bank@Post outlets

You can also deposit up to $8,000 via Australia Post Bank@Post outlets. Not sure if this is in addition to your $8,000 limit on the ATMs.

Withdrawing cash via Bank@Post or any "major bank"

You can also withdraw up to $2,000 from Australia Poast Bank@Post or any "major bank" ATM. This only includes ANZ, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank and NAB. Some EFTPOS outlets like Coles and Woolworths will also allow you to withdraw cash but the limits will vary from $50-$600 and this may change depending on the availability of cash to the operator at the time.

I know this seems like a strange post but I am sure I am not the only person who ends up googling this instead of trawling through past emails to find out these things.

Google maps timeline - don't accept the terms yet!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 02:57:00 +0000

Google maps has been disabling the feature that allows you to view your timeline on the desktop version of Google maps. For people in Australia we are now seeing the prompter asking us to accept the terms. However once you do, you will lose the timeline on your desktop and there is no going back.

The advice is if you want to keep this feature until you really must move, don't accept the terms until December 2024.

How to go everywhere in Perth for $10 (for up to seven people) on Weekends and School Holidays

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:28:00 +0000

If there is one tip visitors should take, it is this - get on public transport after 9am (on weekdays) and buy a DayRider. If there are two of you, it will also only cost $10 for both of you - buy a FamilyRider which only costs $10 for two standard fare passengers (and includes up to 5 more children if they have an Australian concession card). However, the DayRider is not always available. It can be purchased on weekends and from 9am on a weekday if it is school holidays or Friday after 3pm during school days. It's one of those passes, that have so many conditions you need to read it carefully many times to see if you qualify. Does the FamilyRider or DayRider include the Airport? Yes it does! Here are the usual fares for Perth as of March 2023.

Also, if you are using the Smartrider, note that you will never be charged more than $10 per day if you use public transport multiple times.

So the Family Rider is available for these times -

Weekends and public holidays – any time.
Monday to Thursday outside school holidays – after 6.00 pm.
Fridays outside school holidays – after 3.00 pm.
Monday to Friday during school holidays in Zones 1 to 4 – after 9.00 am.
Monday to Friday during school holidays in Zones 5 to 9 – after 8.30 am.

Perth in Times Square for NYE 2022

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 09:43:00 +0000

It seems like tonight the spotlight in Times Square New York City will be on Western Australia. Who would have thought that our little abode would get such a high level campaign. For those whose interest in Western Australia has been piqued by the campaign, do leave a comment. Perth, the capital city of Western Australia has changed dramatically over the last ten years. Those that have been back have remarked at the transformation, from the moment that their cab took them from the airport, it seemed like everything had changed. The Tonkin Highway drive into the city is now lined with overpasses and a streetscape that reflects a city growing up. The South Perth foreshore has been revamped, with the Perth Zoo creatures welcoming the ferry from the Perth City and children playing on the small beaches along the river. Then you have the Elizabeth Quay development which is still developing with the Ritz Carlton presence a world class endorsement. There is the Como The Treasury hotel which has been voted as the world's best hotel by Conde Nast a few years ago which sits next to the Perth City library which is an architectural wonder. For those considering the 15 hour flight to Perth, you won't regret making the journey.

Elizbeth Quay

City scape from the City of Perth library

Optus Hack - How much do they have on you?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:44:00 +0000

Some helpful forum posts have indicated that there is a way that you can see the data that was stolen from Optus about you. You can check the Optus customer API yourself by first logging into your Optus account at https://www.optus.com.au. You can only access data for the logged in user, and can't view the data of other customers.

Then follow this link to see what data would have looked like. Take note of the 'contactID' from here - https://www.optus.com.au/mcssapi/rp-webapp-9-common/user/inf...

Then replace {contactId} with your customer ID you found in the first link into this web address, replacing of course the {contactId} with your ID.

https://www.optus.com.au/mcssapi/rp-webapp-9-common/customer-management/contact-person/{contactId}?lo=en_US&sc=SS

If you see "Driving Licence","indentValue":"XXXXXXXX" then XXXXXXX is your driver licence number.

Optus Hack - are you a Category 1 or a Category 2 victim?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:06:00 +0000

There are two groups of people affected by the Optus security breach - which one are you?

CATEGORY 1

If you got an email from Optus with the following 2nd paragraph, then you are one of the more affected customers from this recent hack -

Importantly, no financial information or passwords have been accessed. The information which has been exposed is your name, date of birth, email, phone number, address associated with your account, and the numbers of the ID documents you provided such as drivers licence number or passport number. No copies of photo IDs have been affected.

If you had the above paragraph you should put a ban on credit checks and also apply for an extension of that ban with a second form. You may also want to join the class action updates from Slater & Gordon and if they do proceed with a lawsuit, you may be compensated if you register with them.

CATEGORY 2

Those that were not so affected are those that did not have their drivers licence number or passport number breached and the second paragraph from Optus will say this -

No financial information or passwords have been accessed. The information which has been exposed is a combination of your name, date of birth, email, phone number and/or address associated with your account. No ID document numbers or details have been affected.

Optus is still working out how to respond to this hack and whether to compensate customers.

Optus hack - How to ban credit checks

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:53:00 +0000

If you had an email from Optus in the last few days mentioning that your driver's license or passport number was included in the breach, it is a good idea to stop people from applying for a loan or credit using your ID. You can apply for bans with all of the Australian CRAs by engaging just one credit reporting agency and requesting that they place bans with all CRAs if you agree to their terms and conditions. You can choose one of the following and tick the box where it says that you would like them to notify other CRAs. It takes literally 5 minutes to save you a potential headache of some hacker using your ID to borrow hundreds of thousands.

How to get more than 4c off Ampol, Shell or Caltex Woolworths?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:36:00 +0000

There are so many changes recently with petrol stations that it is confusing where you can use different fuel offers. Everyone knows about the 4c off you can get at Caltex Woolworths petrol stations when you spend $30 at Woolworths and the 4c off Coles Express when you spend $30 at Coles. Some may not know about the other extra offers you can get on top of these.

For Shell - If you don't mind adding the CarSales App to your phone, you can get 8c off petrol on top of your Coles Express offer. There is also the offer from MyCar car servicing (not sure I would recommend them though) who offer you a "Shell Secret Saver" app for two months during which you can use up to 20 times their 10c off Shell petrol. However, you can't stack this offer with the CarSales Shell offer because both offers are via a company called Viva Energy and can't be stacked.

For Ampol - Ampol has a 6c off offer for those who own a Toyota and download the MyToyota App every 24 hours with the barcode updating every day. You can also buy digital gift cards via Shopback for 3% off which at today's petrol prices, is another 5c off. Some Ampol petrol stations also allow you to get 4c off if you have a Woolworths petrol offer on your Woolworths rewards card. However, some Ampol stores only show an Woolworths Rewards card banner but not 4c off. This means that you can earn Woolworths Rewards points, but you can't redeem your 4c off.

For Caltex Woolworths - You can buy WISH giftcards from places like RAC or the Entertainment Book for 3% off which can be used at Caltex Woolworths petrol stations. Note that you can't use Woolworths gift cards at Caltex Woolworths petrol stations, only WISH giftcards or WISH egiftcards. If a Caltex Woolworths petrol station becomes an Ampol, I don't think you can use a WISH card there either. Confused? So are we. If you notice any other offers or exceptions floating around, please leave a comment below

How to Remember Where You've Been with Google Maps

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:47:00 +0000

If you are in a jurisdiction where COVID hasn't yet ravaged, such as Western Australia, you may be wondering whether there is a way that you can keep track of where you've been when exposure sites are listed. One way is to let technology do it for you. It is possible that Google Maps has already been doing it on your phone. Go to your Google Maps app on your phone and tap the top right corner then tap "Your Timeline". If you have location tracking enabled, you will see where you've been today and with one tap to the left arrow, where you were yesterday and at what time.

If location tracking is not enabled, you should go to https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy and sign in to Google if you haven't already. Then under Data and Privacy, tick the box next to Location History. Whether you have Google Maps open or not on your phone, your phone will now remember where you've been. Very helpful when you can't work out what you did last Tuesday when Omicron was walking the supermarket or pharmacy.

Expired gift cards can be reactivated

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 02:08:00 +0000

Recent surveys have found that gift cards have become the most popular gift option, particularly the e-giftcards which sometimes provides instant access to the gift card that you have bought without waiting for the mail to arrive. However, unlike cash, gift cards do expire. While many operators now have no expiry date, some of your existing gift cards may have expired. Many don't realise that you can ask for the gift cards to be reactivated after they have expired.

For Coles and related gift cards (eg Coles, Bunnings, Officeworks) you can just call 1300304990 or email them at support@giftcards.coles.com.au with your gift card number (don't provide the PIN). Some have said that their reactivation was within a few minutes of the email being sent. If it is a different brand such as WISH or Woolworths, you can do the same by calling 1300 10 1234 or email giftcard@woolworths.com.au. If you have experience with another brand, leave a comment for the benefit of others.

Fuelwatch launches new website as two week Fuel Cycle begins in Perth

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:02:00 +0000

Fuelwatch has launched a new website which places all the petrol stations on a map with their prices displayed in a location context that makes it much easier to use. You can now see the cheapest fuel within a particular area and zoom out to include more petrol stations, with the list down the left updating with the cheapest locations on your screen. You can also click on the filter at the top to select a particular brand if you have a 4c off voucher or some other discount that you usually use so that you only see that particular brand on the map. It doesn't appear that there is an app but if you go to www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au on your phone, this map shows up nicely. Click on the bottom right corner on the target circle and you will see the petrol stations around your current area.

This comes as petrol stations started to run on a two week fuel cycle meaning that they don't seem to be dropping to the lowest price until after two weeks have passed. It seems that every two Tuesdays, the price drops to the lowest level before springing back up the next day.

Turning off Voicemail and turning on Call Waiting for Kogan

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 04:04:00 +0000

This is just a small post for those that are with Kogan Mobile. By default, they have Call Catcher enabled which is a voicemail system when people can't reach you on the phone. Some prefer not to have this turned on. You can turn it off by dialing 1214 and call on your Kogan mobile. If you want call waiting turned on, dial *43# and call waiting will be switched on.

Google Play gift cards CAN pay for your Google One subscription

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:36:00 +0000

If you are like me, I've always wondered whether the Google Play gift cards that you see in the shops can be used for Google subscriptions such as Google One. Coles is currently giving 2000 points to any purchase of $50 Google Play gift cards. This means that you can save up to 20% on all your Google play purchases including your Google One subscriptions. If you bought the $50 gift card, the 100GB annual subscription with Google one goes from $25/year to $20/year for two years. Here's a screenshot of the Google play credit being applied to my google one account.

Things You Should Know about Google Meet

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 08 May 2020 15:26:00 +0000

Google Meet went live in Australia yesterday without much fanfare as Google's answer to Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Webex with a free chat that emulates the best features of these other video conferencing platforms. Until the end of September, you can use Google Meet for video conferences of

Up to 100 people
Time is not limited
As many meetings as you like

To initiate a Google Meet meeting, you will need to

Download the Google Meet app from the Google Play store
Accept the permissions that Google Meet will need to run video conferencing
Click on +New Meeting in the Google Meet app OR

Create a new Google Calendar entry, click on Add Videoconferencing, Add another participant that you want to meet, choose the time and date for the meeting and when you close the entry, choose to Send the invite to the other participant. If they do not have Google meet installed, when they click on the Join Meeting link, it will prompt them to install Google Meet in Google Play. Interestingly, if you send someone a calendar invitation, it appears in their Google Calendar without them realising it. Could this be used to spam people's calendar?

Google Meet has a few features that makes it a worthwhile replacement for other video conferencing tools on the market

Subtitles for the meeting can be turned on and appear in a visually appealing format on the computer, showing the person's Google ID face and then the words being said
Participants can be arranged in the Zoom tile format or the MS Teams spotlight format where people appear when they speak. You can also pin people to the screen so that you always see them, even when they don't speak.
When people are participating using their phone, their video will cut off when they switch their screen to another app, so other participants know that they are no longer seeing them, but they will still be able to hear and speak in the meeting.
Even when you are using Google Meet on your phone, you can present your mobile phone screen to talk participants through what is on your screen and they can zoom in on your phone's screen while you are presenting if the screen is too small.
Also it is apparently more secure than Zoom and less to set up and install for MS Teams which requires quite a few steps to add people to a team, then to a channel etc.

Will Google extend this beyond September? If not, it will only remain free for those that are Google Suite subscribers but this will prove to be increasingly used over the coming weeks and may make a compelling means to bring more people into the Google ecosystem and remain free for that reason.

4 Tips When Claiming on Car Insurance

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:39:00 +0000

Recently, we had to make a claim with RAC for damage to a vehicle. It was an interesting experience and one which we learnt a few lessons..

1. Do your homework. Don't assume insurer will put you through to the best repairer
2. Some insurance companies no longer automatically process claims immediately (call back later)
3. Personal items in a car can hardly be considered "covered" when the limits and excess are almost the same.
4. Windscreen excess is probably worth paying for ($100 with RAC) as opposed to windscreen cover

When we called up, it was late at night and they said you need to call back in the morning to put in the claim. The alternative was to get the window fixed, pay for the repair and get it reimbursed from RAC. We chose the latter but leaving the window like that was probably not a good option as the crack worsened overnight.

When we called RAC in the morning, they said that company X would be in contact within two hours to repair the window. I did some quick googling and got worried, because the reviews were not good at all, with some waiting a few days for the repair and some having issues with the rubber seals falling out etc. Last time we had to make a similar claim, they immediately put O'Briens on to the job, but not this time. I suspected RAC was using this company because it was cheaper and it seemed to go with my other suspicions that RAC was on a big costcutting exercise in every area. I already decided that I would probably go to another insurer when my renewal is up. Nevertheless, I gave them a call and asked if they can put me on to Obriens and they said they will switch it for me. No credit to them because clearly most people would not question it, RAC would save a few bucks going with the cheaper option. Later, speaking to someone that is familiar with the industry, they said that RAC has switched because it was cheaper to go with X. Something to keep in mind the next time you make a claim.

Also regarding personal items in the car, they only cover up to $500 worth of personal items in the car. If your excess is $500 for example, and you can only claim up to $500 worth.. it is probably not worth claiming and having your insurance premium increase the next time you renew.

Windscreen excess - One thing that RAC has is a different excess for window claims. This is $100 on our policy which you only pay when you claim for damage to a window. When the cost is about $500 to repair a car window, plus the tinting, it's probably worth going for an insurer that provides windscreen excess.

Windscreen cover - The alternative is paying for windscreen cover. Another insurance provider charges about $75 extra for windscreen cover. This means that if your window is damaged during the period of cover, then you don't pay excess. But like all insurance, if your window doesn't break during your cover, you paid $75 for nothing.

Porting to Kogan Mobile

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 02:33:00 +0000

If you are moving your number to Kogan Mobile, you may find the following tips useful. Some of these may also be relevant to porting to other providers.

When you port from a post-paid service, you will need to know your current provider's customer account number. You will have issues if the existing provider's customer number has letters in it because Kogan does not allow you to enter letters into the customer account number and it will not be a match. If you run into this issue, you will receive an email from Kogan that the port was unsuccessful, so you will need to call up their call centre to tell them to add the letters into the port request.

The other issue you should know is that when you port to Kogan, they will send you a sms which asks you to reply with a number in order to confirm that you want to transfer to Kogan. This will be a problem if you have already run out of credit on your existing provider. So the advice is to initiate a port before you run out of credit.

Another important consideration is that porting only occurs during eastern standard office hours on weekdays and on Saturday. Porting does not occur on Sundays.

Tips and Tricks - Kogan Egift cards

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 02:24:00 +0000

If you are a skeptic when it comes to gift cards, I don't blame you. Retailers have found gift cards to be a great way of selling something in advance and even better if people never use it. Now, most gift cards are not allowed to have a one year expiry but you also need to know how to use them properly.

For Kogan Gift cards sent electronically you need to note the following things

Searching your email for egift, gift card or egiftcard will not turn a result. The email that your Kogan egiftcard came in is actually with the subject "You have received a gift" so you should search for that instead.
When you go to Kogan.com to redeem your gift card, note that the website asks you for the Gift card "pin" not the Gift card Number.

I wonder whether anyone will search Google about this and find these tips about how to redeem a Kogan gift voucher, as my suspicion is that the design of this redemption is to make people think that their gift card has expired. If it has you fooled, you have three years to wise up before the gift voucher expires. Click thanks below if you found this useful or leave a comment.

Where are the New Years Eve Fireworks in Perth and WA?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:52:00 +0000

Here's the official list of fireworks events that are happening tonight from the Department of Mines and Petroleum.

31/12/2019 8:45 PM BEST WESTERN HOTEL CAR PARK BROCKMAN ST PEMBERTON WA 6260 BEST WESTERN HOTEL PEMBERTON NEW YEAR EVE

31/12/2019 8:00 PM PULU MARIAH WEST ISLAND COCOS ISLAND WA 6799 NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATIONS

31/12/2019 11:59 PM SWAN RIVER EAST PERTH WA 6004 CROWN NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

31/12/2019 11:59 PM SWAN RIVER APPLECROSS WA 6153 RAFFLES HOTEL NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

31/12/2019 9:00 PM VAL STREET JETTY VAL ST ROCKINGHAM WA 6168 ROCKINGHAM NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

31/12/2019 11:59 PM GLOUCESTER PARK NELSON CRES EAST PERTH WA 6004 NYE FIREWORKS WA

31/12/2019 8:00 PM WACA NELSON CRES EAST PERTH WA 6004 SEASONS MUSIC EVENT

31/12/2019 10:00 PM CITY BEACH SHORELINE CHALLENGER PDE CITY BEACH WA 6015 CITY BEACH NYE FIREWORKS

31/12/2019 9:00 PM JETTY LOCATION – HANOVER BAY PRINCESS ROYAL DR ALBANY WA 6330 ALBANY NYE CELEBRATIONS

31/12/2019 9:00 PM RUSSELL SQUARE JAMES ST NORTHBRIDGE WA 6003 COP NORTHBRIDGE NYE CELEBRATIONS

31/12/2019 8:00 PM THOMSON BAY ROTTNEST ISLAND WA 6161 ROTTNEST ISLAND NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

31/12/2019 8:00 PM MINDARIE MARINA GROYNE ALEXANDRIA VW MINDARIE WA 6030 NEW YEARS EVE – MINDARIE MARINA

31/12/2019 8:30 PM
11:59 PM MANDURAH EASTERN FORESHORE LEIGHTON PL MANDURAH WA 6210 MANDURAH NEW YEARS EVE

31/12/2019 9:00 PM TANKER JETTY THE ESPLANADE ESPERANCE WA 6450 ESPERANCE FORESHORE FESTIVAL AND FIREWORKS

31/12/2019 10:30 PM BUNBURY TROTTING CLUB HANDS AVE BUNBURY WA 6230 BUNBURY TROTTS NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

31/12/2019 11:59 PM CANNINGTON GREYHOUNDS STATION ST CANNINGTON WA 6987 CANNINGTON GREYHOUNDS NYE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

31/12/2019 9:30 PM NICKOLBAY SPEEDWAY CINDERS RD KARRATHA WA 6714 NICKOLBAY SPEEDWAY NEW YEARS EVE

Free Parking in Perth City only on one street

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 06:24:00 +0000

As many retail tenants move out of the city, they cite low patronage and high rents as the reasons. If you ask most residents in Perth, the issue is parking fees in the city. Why would you buy something from JB Hifi in the city when you can go to your local shopping centre's JB Hifi which doesn't charge parking fees? Well the City of Perth has started a trial of free parking in the city but it is only on Hay Street between Hill and Bennett Street. A quick Google search only shows one newspaper article alluding to this trial. No official CPP websites seem to mention it which makes us wonder whether they are looking to prove that this trial was unsuccessful. So if you are looking for free parking in the Perth City centre, check this street out and remember to swim between the flags (Hill St and Bennett St).

Free Parking in West Perth
If you are visiting West Perth, they are also running a free parking trial for Hay Street between Outram and Havelock Streets.

Free Parking in East Perth
The free parking trial is running for Royal Street from Trafalgar Road to Fielder Street.

Where's my $1,080 tax offset?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:06:00 +0000

If you have completed your tax return and received your refund, you may have been like us wondering if you already received the tax cut that the federal government announced a few weeks ago. The short answer is yes, your refund already includes the change in tax rate.

The amount that you receive will depend on your taxable income - if your taxable income is $125,000 or more, you should see $1,080 in your notice of assessment. The tax cut shows up as a credit under the "Low and middle income tax offset" (in yellow below). You will notice that this line was not in your tax return last year.

How to spend 30 seconds to maximise your NBN speed?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 May 2019 14:29:00 +0000

Are you getting slower NBN speeds than you expected? It could be a 30 second fix.

We moved from one internet service provider who was offering 12MBps plan to one that was providing 50MBps for the same price but for some reason while the download speed improved significantly, the upload speed stayed around 1Mbps. Surely switching to a faster provider should also result in a faster upload speed right?

When logging into the modem settings (eg go to your internet browser and type in 192.168.1.1 or 10.1.1.1 If you get a login screen, login with the default admin login and admin password), there is a section called bandwidth control. In our case the upload speed was set at 970kbps! Unticking the bandwidth control and then running the speed test resulted in the upload speed changing to 20Mbps! If you haven't gotten on to check this, you might want to do this now!

How to get your VOIP phone working when you churn NBN providers (using the old ISP's modem)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 May 2019 13:41:00 +0000

We recently moved from ADSL to NBN (I know, right?) with iiNet and in the process, they changed our Toolbox to one which TPG has been using since probably 1990 or something. There was no longer the daily bar charts of data usage and instead an interface that wouldn't even let you change your payment method. This was enough to cause us to shop around, landing with Exetel with their $60 NBN50 month by month offer.

It took about five weeks for them to finally get the VOIP transferred over from iiNet, while we were paying for both iiNet and Exetel. This was when after two hours of digging around in the modem settings, I came to realise that internet service providers are locking people out of the VOIP settings when they give you a modem. The router we had from iiNet which worked perfectly with Exetel's NBN wouldn't let me see the Telephony menu! The only way to overcome this is to find out your super-user login details for your modem. That is, instead of logging in with admin/admin (and then changing your default password), there is a login for example with TP-Link's vr1600v router called su (for super user). The default password for this login is a little tricky to find but once you find it, you can change your SIP settings from iiNet to Exetel as well as the login and password for that VOIP phone line to work.

For the TP-Link vr1600v, this is how you find out the su password.

Login to 192.168.1.1 or whatever it is for you (eg 10.1.1.1?) in Google chrome
Go to the Advanced menu then click on USB Sharing
Right click on the web page and clicking Inspect
Click on the USB Storage Device
In the Inspector screen, click on Network at the top and you should see a list of CGI lines. One of them has cgi?5&1&1&5&5&1&5&5&5&5&1 - click on this
You will see the contents pop up in the right hand column. Now scroll down and you will see something like this

```
adminName=su
adminPwd=ygRW52!au8
```

Your super-user login is su and the password is ygRW52!au8
Logout of your modem and login using the above
You will now see the Telephony option and you can replace the SIP Details with that of your new NBN provider.

Entertainment book 2019-2020 - What's changed?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:46:00 +0000

For those that will be deciding whether to get the Entertainment book this year, here are the offers that are currently available for the coming Entertainment book compared to the 2018-2019 Entertainment book. Click on the images to enlarge.

Official Fireworks in Perth page

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:51:00 +0000

The Department of Mines and Petroleum approves fireworks events and publishes a list of upcoming fireworks displays around Perth. If it is not listed here, it is not a legal fireworks event in Perth so this is the official place to check when you want to know whether there are fireworks happening in Perth tonight or this coming week.

Perth AMEX Shop Small - Earn up to $50 back per card at these Perth businesses

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 03:38:00 +0000

Edit November 2018 - The AMEX Shop Small promotion is on again for all of November! You can use each AMEX card at ten different locations which give you the opportunity to get up to $50 back per card!

Australians who have registered their AMEX for Shop Small are able to shop at various participating local businesses and for every purchase of $20 or more, you will be given $10 credit back to your AMEX account. This can be done ten times per card. There is no complete list of small businesses that are participating but you can look at the Shop Small map to see some of the businesses that are participating.

How do you know you got $10 cashback? You should receive an email almost instantaneously when your card is charged. If your husband/wife also has an AMEX, you could possibly split the bill for transactions over $40 to get $10 credit for each card. Remember, this offer is only available until Sunday 18th September 2016. Here are some Perth businesses that are on the Shopsmall map this year. If you visit, please report back to confirm that you got your cashback.

Chemmart (Mandurah, Nedlands, Gosnells) (confirmed 2016)
~~Pharmacy 777 Mandurah (confirmed 2016),~~
Greg's Discount Chemist Applecross, Hamilton Hill, Freo, Rocko, Morley, Mirrabooka (confirmed 2016),
Forest Lakes Pharmacy,
Brentwood Deli, Pharmacy, Medical Centre (confirmed 2016)
Soul Pattinson East Vic Park, ~~Kalamunda~~ (confirmed 2016)
Limes Supermarket Myaree (confirmed 2016)
Happy Star Myaree (confirmed 2016)
Mai Thai Restaurant (confirmed 2016)
Il Ciao Applecross (confirmed 2016)
~~The Gala Restaurant Applecross~~
Caffissimo (Southlands, Cottesloe, Joondalup, Mirrabooka, Osb Park, Canning Vale)
PLE Computers
Ong Square Oriental store Canning Vale (confirmed 2016)
Clancy's Fish Pub Applecross (confirmed 2016)
Mancini's Woodfired Pizza Applecross (confirmed 2016)
Sushi Master (Hillarys, Currambine, Innaloo)
Kailis Bros Fish Market Cafe (Oxford St, Leederville)
Tan Hoa Groceries Northbridge (confirmed 2016)
Restaurants like - Blackbird, C, Cocos's, Istanbul, Maestro, Perugino, Rumours, Zapata's
Pappa's Pizza (confirmed 2016)
Jus Burgers Leederville (confirmed 2016)
Mandarin Wok Garden City (confirmed 2016)
Keepcup online order (confirmed 2016)
Fast Eddy's City, Cannington, Morley, Armadale (confirmed 2016)
Fruit Basket Groceries store in Brentwood (confirmed 2016)
Queens Road Fine Foods in Mt Pleasant (confirmed 2016)
Viet Hoa Perth, Northbridge (confirmed 2016)
Amcal Max Success at Gateways (use Shop a Docket from here to get extra $5 off $25 spend - Thanks Sam for the tip)

Some stores that were participating last year but don't seem to be in this year's map

The Willetton Butcher
Taurus Restaurant
Emperor's Kitchen Leeming
Let us know how you go with the promotion in the comments below especially if you can verify businesses that did or did not accept AMEX. If you have an AMEX and you would like to sign up for the Shop Small promotion click here. See the comments below for more ideas from other Perth AMEX users.

Check out out Shop Small Map of ALL LOCATIONS IN PERTH!