Melbourne Pin trading meet up - 12 July 2.30pm

Capt Wasabi

Hi All,

I noticed a number of people on the forum are from Aus.
Do you guys ever do a meet up for trading?
I was thinking if not we should do one next year, maybe after Pax South or East (In case any Aussies go and want to bring some back to trade)
Do we have many people here from Melbourne?
How did the PAX AUS Pinny Pals community event go?

Thoughts? Good idea? Worth / not worth the effort?

Nefily

Id attend, It'd be nice to trade locally and save on shipping!

evil santa

I'm in Melbourne but I only got into Pins after PaxAus so I didn't meet people for anything pin related (well, except staff). I'm interested, though I'm not sure I have anything worthwhile to trade...

misskass

I would love to! I've only got a couple of pins to trade at the moment but I'm planning to go to East so I can probably fit a few sets into my luggage from there.

Capt Wasabi

Ok Cool. I think if we can get 10+ people who want to meet up it might be worth while.

foehammer

i would be there

agentcooper

I could trade via FaceTime

Aussie Ben

I could probably meet up, Melbourne is quite close for me. Let me know a date!

SKOoOTA

Count us in as well.

foehammer

when are we looking at for this if soon we can do some live double secret openings

fishfishmonkeyhat

foehammer wrote: »

we can do some live double secret openings

/nocontext

Capt Wasabi

Happy for suggestions for when to do this.
I was thinking after Pax east, but if people want we can do one sooner.

foehammer

i think i deleted the middle of that post

foehammer

sorry for double but if we do it the first weakened in may (1st-3rd) that is 6 mounts to pax aus

Capt Wasabi

May sounds like a good idea to me. Lots of time for some Pax South and East pins to have made their way here

foehammer

also what vibe do we want for this thing drinks or food or like a park

misskass

Drinks or food might help to diffuse any tension that comes from people being a bit uncomfortable with unfamiliar social situations. See also: me.

Capt Wasabi

Agreed.
Any suggestions for locations / venues?

Fitzchivalry

The brauhaus outside of MCEC is amazing ..

Schweinhaxen...

fishfishmonkeyhat

I asked for some water and the bartender put a slice of cucumber in it.

FANCY!

PAX_Skeletor

I could get onboard with this.

PAX_Skeletor

#Bump
Seeing as we are in the depths of pinter now, are the Melbourne folk keen to meet up, drink flagons of ale (or the non-alcoholic ale substitute of your choice) and sing songs about the pins of yore?

Senno

Bendigo person here - it sounds good.

misskass

Oh damn I forgot about this. I don't have much to trade but an evening of alcohol-free merriment (oh the shame of still being on my green P plates) would be fun.

Capt Wasabi

Lets make it happen.
Any suggestions for a venue where we can
A)Eat and/or Drink
Trade pins without the venue having an issue?

Fitzchivalry

Beta Bar is always fun. Well the pub downstairs for food then upstairs for stuff after that..

evil santa

Now I'm upset that I'm no longer in Melbourne *sadface* I'm hoping that I can be back for AUS 2015 to actually meet some of you

Senno

I found the Maccas on Elizabeth Street a solid place. Tram stop just nearby, close to Flinders Station, and they have a huge upstairs area where we can hang for a while and basically not be bothered, because during the day it's usually empty. Toilets right there too. And there's a good variety of food places nearby if you don't want to eat Maccas, I'm a vegetarian myself and I love eating from Lord of the Fries, which is just across the road. Heck, with all the tables and spread out space, we could probably play some board games or something too. Not far from Minotaur either (pop culture store).

foehammer

http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/DiningandNightlife/BarsandPubs/AllPubs/Pages/4952.aspx

is my favorite pub or we could go to a cafe or http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/DiningandNightlife/Restaurants/casualdining/Pages/1466.aspx for the under 18s

Capt Wasabi

That Pub sounds good to me! 8-)
I think we do need to check if everyone is comfortable attending a licensed venue.
I know I support it, but we need to make sure everyone is OK with it.

Ayefkay

No love for Gold Coast QLD?

Degraine

That pub sounds like a good time. I'm terribly short-sighted with my trading so I rarely have fodder but I'd attend just to see folks and yammer for an evening.

Degraine

So did this actually happen and no-one posted about it or has just no-one been brave enough to venture a date yet?

PAX_Skeletor

Can confirm the Dickens is a good pub, will add my vote to it as a venue. I guess setting a date is also required. Thoughts?

misskass

I'm overage but wouldn't be drinking, so I don't mind where we go. The Dickens appears to be super easy to walk to from Flinders Street station, so that's a bonus point.

A weekend date is probably easiest for everyone, but I wouldn't be opposed to a weekday, as I work in the city so I'd just head around to our chosen spot after work. Maybe next month, to allow time for word to get around?

foehammer

how about the weakened of 22nd 23rd 24th
Saturday after lunch maybe

p.s. the food at dickens is fairly priced and good

Degraine

This Saturday afternoon? I can do that.

PAX_Skeletor

Eh, too soon for me. I need a bit of prior notice, gotta make sure I have someone to watch my boy! :-)

misskass

Yeah I'm not too sure about this weekend, I have very important evening plans to watch Eurovision so I don't want to be hanging around too late.

foehammer

kk how about 12th, 13th, 14th of next month on Saturday
also as a note i forgot euro vision was on this weekend

Senno

This weekend would be a little bit of a stretch, but I could manage. Why not make a post with a poll with the weekends available?