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International AusPAX 2011 - DATES ANNOUNCED IN OP!
Vixx
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THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN MEETUP
Codename: AusPAX
15 JANUARY TO 23 JANUARY, 2011
(click link for more info)
Thinking about visiting Australia "one of these days?" Well, make "one of these days" an ACTUAL trip and join us in gorgeous BYRON BAY in Australia for our very ambitious and very first nationwide Australian Meetup! For the Australian regulars, this is it: a full-on, nationwide AusPAX!
======= CONFIRMATION =======
The instant you know you are 100% coming to AusPAX based on the dates and expected costs (see Latest Developments below), please let us know by posting in the thread in ORANGE text! You do not yet have to worry about knowing how many days or which days you will be there, but if you already know, throw that in there as well. Please also let us know if you are waiting on exact costs prior to making your commitment.
- CURRENT CONFIRMATIONS OF ATTENDANCE -
Vivixenne
#pipe
marty_001
The Black Hunter
theSquid
Blaket
chrishallett83 + 1
======= LATEST DEVELOPMENTS =======
- SCHEDULE -
This event has been planned for 15 JANUARY to 23 JANUARY 2011.
This timeframe suits the most number of people, accommodates holidays on both sides of the globe, and also gives a summer option for winter-fearing northern-hemispherics. This date is subject to change depending on possible conflicts with the 26 January Australia Day holiday. ALL ATTENDEES HAVE THE OPTION OF ARRIVING AND DEPARTING ON ANY DAYS WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME, so there is no need to commit yourself to all 9 days if you cannot do so!
- LOCATION -
The votes are in and our destination will be BYRON BAY in NSW. Accessible from Queensland, Byron Bay marks the easternmost point of Australia and features some absolutely gorgeous beaches! You can fly into Brisbane or Gold Coast and there are heaps of buses and trains that will get you out to Byron Bay. Please contact #pipe via PM or in the thread if you need more information.
- TRANSPORTATION -
We recommend the idea of groups of out-of-towners split car rental cost and carpool to the final destination. For those driving from Brisbane or Gold Coast, we would suggest they time their departure alongside the possibility of picking some out-of-towners up at the airport on their way.
- ACCOMMODATION -
We are aiming for a total accommodation cost of approximately $250 to $450 per person in TOTAL (depending on length of stay), but how likely this is to happen depends on how many people we need to accommodate! The more people that come, the lower the price, and please rest assured that we are trying to find good quality accommodation (and if we need more than one house, we will find ones nearby or in the same compound).
- DURATION -
People are welcome to come and go whenever they want during AusPAX, which also means you don't HAVE to arrive on the 15th and you are welcome to leave prior to the 23rd. You will only pay for the nights you're staying. Please note that we will only book the chalet up to check-out on the 23rd, which means we must all be gone before check-out time on the 23rd. Check-out times typically vary depending on the accommodation we get but basically, don't assume you can stay the night at the house on the night of the 23rd.
CURRENT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(spoilered for length)
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THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN MEETUP
Codename: AusPAX
15 JANUARY TO 23 JANUARY, 2011
(click link for more info)
Thinking about visiting Australia "one of these days?" Well, make "one of these days" an ACTUAL trip and join us in gorgeous BYRON BAY in Australia for our very ambitious and very first nationwide Australian Meetup! For the Australian regulars, this is it: a full-on, nationwide AusPAX!
======= CONFIRMATION =======
The instant you know you are 100% coming to AusPAX based on the dates and expected costs (see Latest Developments below), please let us know by posting in the thread in ORANGE text! You do not yet have to worry about knowing how many days or which days you will be there, but if you already know, throw that in there as well. Please also let us know if you are waiting on exact costs prior to making your commitment.
- CURRENT CONFIRMATIONS OF ATTENDANCE -
Vivixenne
#pipe
marty_001
The Black Hunter
theSquid
Blaket
chrishallett83 + 1
======= LATEST DEVELOPMENTS =======
- SCHEDULE -
This event has been planned for 15 JANUARY to 23 JANUARY 2011.
This timeframe suits the most number of people, accommodates holidays on both sides of the globe, and also gives a summer option for winter-fearing northern-hemispherics. This date is subject to change depending on possible conflicts with the 26 January Australia Day holiday. ALL ATTENDEES HAVE THE OPTION OF ARRIVING AND DEPARTING ON ANY DAYS WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME, so there is no need to commit yourself to all 9 days if you cannot do so!
- LOCATION -
The votes are in and our destination will be BYRON BAY in NSW. Accessible from Queensland, Byron Bay marks the easternmost point of Australia and features some absolutely gorgeous beaches! You can fly into Brisbane or Gold Coast and there are heaps of buses and trains that will get you out to Byron Bay. Please contact #pipe via PM or in the thread if you need more information.
- TRANSPORTATION -
We recommend the idea of groups of out-of-towners split car rental cost and carpool to the final destination. For those driving from Brisbane or Gold Coast, we would suggest they time their departure alongside the possibility of picking some out-of-towners up at the airport on their way.
- ACCOMMODATION -
We are aiming for a total accommodation cost of approximately $250 to $450 per person in TOTAL (depending on length of stay), but how likely this is to happen depends on how many people we need to accommodate! The more people that come, the lower the price, and please rest assured that we are trying to find good quality accommodation (and if we need more than one house, we will find ones nearby or in the same compound).
- DURATION -
People are welcome to come and go whenever they want during AusPAX, which also means you don't HAVE to arrive on the 15th and you are welcome to leave prior to the 23rd. You will only pay for the nights you're staying. Please note that we will only book the chalet up to check-out on the 23rd, which means we must all be gone before check-out time on the 23rd. Check-out times typically vary depending on the accommodation we get but basically, don't assume you can stay the night at the house on the night of the 23rd.
CURRENT EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(spoilered for length)
- FROM AUSTRALIA -
Vivixenne
#pipe
flynnie
theSquid
chrishallett83
stimtokolos
bsjezz
Blaket
Flay
The Black Hunter
Gatsby
Tweaked_Bat_
Air
Butler
ruzkin
Synthetic Orange
Dhalphir
RocketScience
marty_0001
- FROM NEW ZEALAND -
Fletcher
Fishman
Shifty Fister
- FROM NORTH AMERICA -
Stale
Pillow
ASimPerson
Orikaeshigitae
Meissnerd
Jordyn
Trillian
Houk
IpseDixit
Bogey
Usagi
Mr. Defecation
Mysst
Bendery Like Beckham
- FROM EUROPE -
That Dave Fella
Wimble
- FROM ASIA -
Lost Salient
*Names in orange are people involved in organising the trip.*
If you are interested in helping us out, even if it's just helping Google things like prices or accommodation options, please PM me.
Vivixenne
#pipe
flynnie
theSquid
chrishallett83
stimtokolos
bsjezz
Blaket
Flay
The Black Hunter
Gatsby
Tweaked_Bat_
Air
Butler
ruzkin
Synthetic Orange
Dhalphir
RocketScience
marty_0001
- FROM NEW ZEALAND -
Fletcher
Fishman
Shifty Fister
- FROM NORTH AMERICA -
Stale
Pillow
ASimPerson
Orikaeshigitae
Meissnerd
Jordyn
Trillian
Houk
IpseDixit
Bogey
Usagi
Mr. Defecation
Mysst
Bendery Like Beckham
- FROM EUROPE -
That Dave Fella
Wimble
- FROM ASIA -
Lost Salient
*Names in orange are people involved in organising the trip.*
If you are interested in helping us out, even if it's just helping Google things like prices or accommodation options, please PM me.
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As for the CityPAXes, you know how this works by now. If for whatever reason you don't, click the spoiler down there. (Or get out we don't want you here.)
HOW TO USE THIS OP: if your city name is colored ORANGE, it means there's an upcoming event available in the spoiler, and the next one is happening on the date appearing next to the city name (if confirmed)! Attendee names in BOLD means that this is the first gathering they are attending, while those that have been crossed out are cancellations.
Times, dates, and locations are where everyone is expected to MEET and does not necessarily detail where things will end up.
To sign up for an event, post your interest in this thread so that I can see it, and consider letting the listed Contact know via PM as well.
To initiate an event, just post about it in this thread or PM me with details, and I will edit them in here and update the title.
For people I have listed as CONTACT(S) for each event, please let me know what your preferred method of contact is (i.e., if you're okay with having your mobile number posted in this OP), otherwise by default I will just have people contact you via PM.
Times, dates, and locations are where everyone is expected to MEET and does not necessarily detail where things will end up.
To sign up for an event, post your interest in this thread so that I can see it, and consider letting the listed Contact know via PM as well.
To initiate an event, just post about it in this thread or PM me with details, and I will edit them in here and update the title.
For people I have listed as CONTACT(S) for each event, please let me know what your preferred method of contact is (i.e., if you're okay with having your mobile number posted in this OP), otherwise by default I will just have people contact you via PM.
PERTH - April 8
KICKASSPAX - April 8
Kick-Ass is coming out next week over Easter. Anyone up to go see it?
VENUE: Carousel
DATE: Thursday, April 8
TIME: Meet at 8:15 PM for a 8:30 PM movie start!
CONTACT(S): Blaket (via PM) or Vivixenne (0402 315 113)
ATTENDEES:
Blaket
Vivixenne
Waka Laka
Butler
flynnie (+1?)
chrishallett (+1?)
KNOWN RESIDENTS: Vivixenne, Blaket, Butler, Waka Laka, Kincaid, Dublo7, chrishallettbunchanumbers, BigKev, noobert, AJR, flynnie, Dhalphir, desperaterobots, PixelMonkey, Tallweirdo
Kick-Ass is coming out next week over Easter. Anyone up to go see it?
VENUE: Carousel
DATE: Thursday, April 8
TIME: Meet at 8:15 PM for a 8:30 PM movie start!
CONTACT(S): Blaket (via PM) or Vivixenne (0402 315 113)
ATTENDEES:
Blaket
Vivixenne
Waka Laka
Butler
flynnie (+1?)
chrishallett (+1?)
KNOWN RESIDENTS: Vivixenne, Blaket, Butler, Waka Laka, Kincaid, Dublo7, chrishallettbunchanumbers, BigKev, noobert, AJR, flynnie, Dhalphir, desperaterobots, PixelMonkey, Tallweirdo
SYDNEY
nothing yet
KNOWN RESIDENTS: Oden, Air, Tweaked_Bat_, bsjezz, Prohass, Gatsby, Ambassador, TrueHereticX, TheSquid, Flay
KNOWN RESIDENTS: Oden, Air, Tweaked_Bat_, bsjezz, Prohass, Gatsby, Ambassador, TrueHereticX, TheSquid, Flay
MELBOURNE - February 16+
MIXING BUSINESS AND PLEASURE: #pipe Mnvades Melbourne
As he's been promising and hinting at for about six months now, everyone's favourite banana is being flown to Melbourne for business this month for a night or two and he wants to hang out with YOU.
My boss has assured me the trip will be this month and today he said "probably next week" (15th-19th). I almost certainly won't know exact nights and details until a day or two before, but if you'll be in Melbourne and free to go out for a drink and some food that night then I'd love to hang out with some forumers.
I will be staying in a fancy hotel in St Kilda but I'm happy to travel anywhere by tram. I've been told that I'm on the clock from 9-5 (excepting extenuating circumstances) but free to do whatever after that.
VENUE: TBC
DATE: Arriving in Melbourne on Tuesday, 16 February
TIME: TBC
CONTACT: #pipe (via PM)
ATTENDEES:
#pipe
grug
Ten
stimtokolos
KNOWN RESIDENTS: Synthetic Orange, stimtokolos, Cyvros, YaYa, grug, ruzkin, Mr Fuzzbutt
As he's been promising and hinting at for about six months now, everyone's favourite banana is being flown to Melbourne for business this month for a night or two and he wants to hang out with YOU.
My boss has assured me the trip will be this month and today he said "probably next week" (15th-19th). I almost certainly won't know exact nights and details until a day or two before, but if you'll be in Melbourne and free to go out for a drink and some food that night then I'd love to hang out with some forumers.
I will be staying in a fancy hotel in St Kilda but I'm happy to travel anywhere by tram. I've been told that I'm on the clock from 9-5 (excepting extenuating circumstances) but free to do whatever after that.
VENUE: TBC
DATE: Arriving in Melbourne on Tuesday, 16 February
TIME: TBC
CONTACT: #pipe (via PM)
ATTENDEES:
#pipe
grug
Ten
stimtokolos
KNOWN RESIDENTS: Synthetic Orange, stimtokolos, Cyvros, YaYa, grug, ruzkin, Mr Fuzzbutt
BRISBANE - TBC
HASHPIPE'S BBQ GATHERING
A first-time games + drinks + BBQ meetup with the Brisbane forumers!
VENUE: Hashpipe's House
DATE: TBD - a date will be sorted out once 4 or more forumers show interest
TIME: TBD
CONTACT(S): #pipe (via PM)
ATTENDEES:
#pipe
Flyingman
LaCabra
KNOWN RESIDENTS: #pipe, The Cat, LaCabra, Flyingman
A first-time games + drinks + BBQ meetup with the Brisbane forumers!
VENUE: Hashpipe's House
DATE: TBD - a date will be sorted out once 4 or more forumers show interest
TIME: TBD
CONTACT(S): #pipe (via PM)
ATTENDEES:
#pipe
Flyingman
LaCabra
KNOWN RESIDENTS: #pipe, The Cat, LaCabra, Flyingman
CANBERRA
I will never stop laughing sorry.
KNOWN RESIDENT: The Black Hunter
KNOWN RESIDENT: The Black Hunter
OTHER NEAT PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA:
- Glorfindel (Gold Coast)
- marty_0001 (I don't know where he lives he is being sneaky about this)
- bezerk bob (Toowoomba)
HONORARY AUSTRALIANS:
- Vivixenne (because I've got some Australian in me every so often)
- Jordyn (because Butler said so and I can't deny Butler anything)
- Cardboard Tube (because he grew up in QLD and lives in the UK but WANTS to be in the US what the hell)
- Larlar (because he can edit other people's posts)
- Bogey (because I am a suck-up and also because Bogey waited before locking the old thread)
- Wimble (because he is the adorablest)
- Pillow (because she is a BITCH but not really)
KNOWN [strike]SHEEPFUCKERS[/strike] NEW ZEALANDERS:
- Fishman (Wellington)
- Shifty Fister (Auckland)
- L|ama (Dunedin)
- Generic Fan (Wellington)
- Fletcher (Dunedin)
Check this post frequently for updates on events and other things Australian! Feel free to join us if you'll be available!
PREVIOUS GATHERINGS (I will find the links to the pictures at my leisure unless you want to help me)
- VIV'S ASIAN HQ MEET-UP - PERTH - Pictures by Butler
- WAKA LAKA'S BBQ OF MANY LIES BUT THAT IS NOW TOTALLY GOING TO HAPPEN - PERTH - Pictures by Waka Laka
- KINCAID'S 1907 BINGE - PERTH - Pictures by Kincaid
- BUTLER'S GREAT ADVENTURE - PERTH - Pictures by Kincaid
- SANDGROPERS MOVIE NIGHT I - PERTH - April 30th, Thursday - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- DOING POOP WITH SYNTHETIC ORANGE - MELBOURNE - June 7th, Sunday
- SYDNEY MEETUP - SYDNEY - June 20th, Saturday - Also known as "HandsomePAX"
- NERD MOVIE MARATHON - PERTH - June 20th, Saturday
- BLIVIENNE'S SUPER CASUAL HOUSEWARMING GAME DAY - PERTH - August 29th, Saturday
- GRUG'S SUPER AWESOME MELBOURNE MEET - MELBOURNE - August 22nd, Saturday
- TWEAKED BAT'S IMPROMPTU BREWSKIE NIGHT - SYDNEY - August 22nd, Saturday
- SANDGROPERS MOVIE NIGHT II - PERTH - Up
- HYDE PARK NOODLE EXTRAVAGANZA aka HandsomePAX II - SYDNEY - October 16th
- BUTLER'S PANCAKEPAX - PERTH - November 21st, Saturday
- BEACHES AND BITCHES - PERTH - November 28th, Saturday
- NUMBERS' DRUNKPAX - PERTH - December 12th, Saturday
- A NOT-SO-MANLY BEACH BOOMBOX BBQ - SYDNEY - January 16th, Saturday
- BLUNTERPAX - MELBOURNE - January
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Now is the time for celebration. Things are happening.
Haha.
It is true that many beaches have electric BBQs - which is probably just done because they are the easiest to run/maintain and to also help prevent the countless morons that use them from exploding themselves and their loved ones, and also because of the incredibly high risk of bushfires in summer - HOWEVER: it is possible to arrange to bring along a small BBQ, and it is also possible that a place we stay at may have better BBQing facilities.
steam
also i recently turned up at what was set to be an amazing beach party just as it got shut down because of fire twirlers
i dunno why they didnt just kick out those guys but fire risk is taken seriously here
dudes spent ages setting up some music system in this secluded little beach like 20 minutes walk from the road and had to take it all back within the first hour with people still pouring in
cops standing all over the place all 'you got any alcohol on you? no drinks allowed on the beach'
us walking down all 'nah just..this paper bag of.. stuff'
but yea i imagine even bringing your own charcoal grill to a quiet beach could be a problem
Because if it's the former, eat it, Tweaked.
Oh.
Ok.
I won't say it.
It's funny because I could've sworn I said that exact thing at some point, roughly 8:16pm EST I think.
Actually the most likely explanation is that people would read it and think it didn't exist. "What an absurd name!"
BUT THAT'S IRRELEVANT NOW SEEING AS I MOVED
I just rowed a mile then swam a mile
then fuckin walked around a mall filled with horrible idiots
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
You can hang out with TBH every day now.
At my new firm they have a minimum fee for a basic tax return of $500.
Yep.
I'd imagine your target market are people with lots of assets/income streams etc etc.
speaking of swimming i went swimming this week after a month of no physical activity
forgot to stretch
was a little sore the next day
day after that i had to limp around everywhere
go to hell
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
the former, actually
or rather, if I know, I don't remember
some people will be surprised as to which location is in front
but woohoo for votes
MORE IS BETTER
i only wish i could take the imperial system with me
I bet it's Cairns.
It's the one in Queensland isn't it?
We DO have the fourth best Research University in the State.
It's an understandably large draw.
can anyone confirm this??
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
In fact that's almost definitely it.
Hey so I'm free during this time period and also will have money. Could be me and my girl, probably a week or slightly less.
I guess as long as you have electricity I don't care about anything else. oh and hot running water
I just looked at totally ruder titties.
Satans..... hints.....
I fully expect my last call in this job to be the most foulmouthed arsehole in the universe.
POLL: Which state will (s)he come from?
A) Western Australia
C) Victoria
And the outlier which isn't technically a state:
D) Northern Territory
it's pretty awesome
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.