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Lithgow Is Open for Business — So Why Aren’t You Stopping?
By now you’ve probably heard about Victoria Pass. If you haven’t, here’s the short version: the Great Western Highway between Lithgow and Mount Victoria is closed — not partially, not one lane — fully closed, with no confirmed end date. Transport for NSW found that the 200-year-old Mitchell’s Causeway has some fairly serious structural issues,…
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Don’t Wipe Your Phone — It’s Probably Just Adware
You’re sitting there minding your own business, playing a game on your phone, when BAM — a full-screen ad explodes onto your screen screaming that you have 4,000 viruses. Your heart rate jumps. You panic. For most people it’s alarming, but if you’re not tech-savvy — and plenty of our wonderful senior customers aren’t —…
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📱 ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile Review — Put Down the Snobbery, Pick Up Your Phone
Right. Before anyone in the comments gets elitist about playing ARK on a phone instead of a $2,000 gaming PC — just hold on a second. This is not a replacement for the PC version. Nobody is saying that. But here’s the thing people seem to forget: the phone in your pocket right now has roughly the…
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Why a Custom Gaming PC Beats a Prebuilt — Every Time (2026 Australia Guide)
Thinking about buying a prebuilt gaming PC from JB Hi-Fi or EB Games? Here’s why a custom-built PC from LithGeek in Lithgow delivers better performance, better value, and a machine that’s actually yours.
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Sunkenland Review: ARK Survival with a Life Jacket — Tracy’s Honest Take
Sunkenland I didn’t go looking for this game. I got ambushed at work and asked what I was playing, and somehow ended up recommending it to my boss. That’s probably the most honest endorsement I can give: Sunkenland snuck up on me, and I keep going back to it even when I can’t fully explain…
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If I Could Play Video Games — By Astro
Astro the Lithgeek shop dog answers the most important gaming question of our time: what would he actually play? Spoiler — Pong, and WoW Paladin.
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🕯️ Don’t Starve Review — Edward Gorey Meets Tim Burton, and You’re Going to Die
Picture this: take the dark, scratchy illustrated world of Edward Gorey, hand it to Tim Burton, and ask them to build a survival game together. That’s Don’t Starve. And I mean that as the highest possible compliment. Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. You play as Wilson —…
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We’re Building a Free Directory for Local Creators — No Catch
Look, I get it. Getting your content out there is hard. Whether you’re running a YouTube channel, a podcast, a gaming stream, a blog, or anything in between — the moment you try to get listed anywhere, someone’s got their hand out. Directories want a subscription. Promotional sites want a fee. Everyone’s trying to monetise…
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Laptop Keyboard Replacement: Everything You Need to Know
Whether it’s a sticky space bar from a coffee spill, a row of keys that’s gone completely silent, or the whole keyboard refusing to cooperate after a drop — a dodgy keyboard is one of those problems that makes your laptop practically unusable. The good news is that in most cases, it can be fixed.…
