Australasia in the Playground IV

[Skeppio]

Righto ladies and gents. I know the "honour" () of making this new thread was meant to go to Roc Ness, but he contacted me to let me know he's simply got too much schoolwork on his plate right now, so I'll be taking care of the threadwork for him this time.

Obligatory welcome speech:
Welcome, one and all, to the third fourth Australasia in the Playground thread! The perfect place for all our friends in the Australasia region to congregate, meet nearby fellows and talk about the world around us continues to expand.

Previous threads, for your convenience:
Australasia in the Playground
Australasia in the Playground II
Australasia in the Playground III

Now go forth and socialise! Mwahahaha!
Now go to it, my fellows!

[Level8Mudcrab]

Huzzah! New thread!

[gibbo88]

Level8Mudcrab, I dislike you for all the times you have snuck up on my lower-level Elder Scrolls characters to rob them of their last hitpoints after a long fight.

[Lady Moreta]

As the official Australasian Duchess (as crowned by Amiel) I now declare this thread open! *

*I am sick, it's probably best if you don't take anything I say seriously...

[Skeppio]

As the official Australasian Duchess (as crowned by Amiel) I now declare this thread open! *

*I am sick, it's probably best if you don't take anything I say seriously...

Aw... hope you feel better soon, Moreta.

[Level8Mudcrab]

Level8Mudcrab, I dislike you for all the times you have snuck up on my lower-level Elder Scrolls characters to rob them of their last hitpoints after a long fight.

Well how else was I meant to get up to level 8?

[_Zoot_]

Righto ladies and gents. I know the "honour" () of making this new thread was meant to go to Roc Ness, but he contacted me to let me know he's simply got too much schoolwork on his plate right now, so I'll be taking care of the threadwork for him this time.

Obligatory welcome speech:
Welcome, one and all, to the third Australasia in the Playground thread! The perfect place for all our friends in the Australasia region to congregate, meet nearby fellows and talk about the world around us continues to expand.

Should that say fourth?

Anyway, hope you feel better soon, Lady Moreta!

[Rawhide]

What is there to do in Melbourne?

[Skeppio]

Should that say fourth?

Yes it should. Fixed.

What is there to do in Melbourne?

There's the Melbourne Aquarium, not too far from Flinders St. There's Federation Square and.....I don't have anything else. I don't think I'd make a good tour guide.

[_Zoot_]

What is there to do in Melbourne?

Visit my relatives?

But really, the Aquarium is awesome, and then their is Healesville Sanctuary! Anyway, the're the places I visit when I'm down there.

[SMEE]

What is there to do in Melbourne?

If you were going this weekend, there would be the Formula One Grand Prix, which will start this year championship.

[Rawhide]

If you were going this weekend, there would be the Formula One Grand Prix, which will start this year championship.

Thank goodness I'm not going this weekend! OMG, the traffic situation!

[Rettu Skcollob]

Hmm, now that my long hiatus is over, maybe I should remake the playgrounder map I did for the first thread.

[_Zoot_]

Hmm, now that my long hiatus is over, maybe I should remake the playgrounder map I did for the first thread.

That'd be awesome!

[Lady Moreta]

Melbourne's gotta have a museum right? that's something to do...

okay I'll admit, 'where's the museum' is generally the first question I ask when going to a new place. I like museums

[Rettu Skcollob]

That'd be awesome!

Here's the old map, recreated.

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If anyone would like to be added, feel free to ask! I may go through and trim inactive users later.

[Level8Mudcrab]

I'm in approximately the area of Omni and Harbajar, add me in there.

I like this map idea.

[Lady Moreta]

Hey, funky

Peregrine and I are in Perth, can we be added pretty please?

And you need a map of NZ to add Insanealien to

edit: meant to say this earlier, Skep your new avatar is both funky and creeping me out at the same time. Love the colours and the look, but the toothy grin is creepy!

[Skeppio]

edit: meant to say this earlier, Skep your new avatar is both funky and creeping me out at the same time. Love the colours and the look, but the toothy grin is creepy!

Thanks! It's my Evil Skeppio avatar, for the Mirror Theme Week.

Also, I'm just north of Melbourne, about halfway from the city to Seymour.

[Dexam]

If anyone lives in Canberra, or knows someone who does, you might be able to help out a friend of mine in need.

Rettu Skcollob: feel free to add me to the Perth area as well.

[Lioness]

Rettu: You can add me in the Adelaide bit

Rawhide: Melbourne...Museum is pretty cool. There's a lot of funky historical stuff around...the Melbourne Gaol was interesting and a tad creepy.

(trying to remember back two years ago)

There are great second-hand bookshops everywhere.

St Kilda was nice...we went there at sunset with fish and chips.

There are some really tall observation towers...they're funky.
The aquarium.
The Melbourne Zoo has a butterfly house...it's wonderful. Butterflies everywhere.

And Melbourne is just generally a really pretty city...just catching trams places would be sort of fun

[Klose_the_Sith]

If anyone lives in Canberra, or knows someone who does, you might be able to help out a friend of mine in need.

There are a couple of us, but I wouldn't but much stock in your friend finding help here, sorry

Have you considered trawling facebook instead? Peoples friends will generally be able to put you in touch with someone, at least.

[Dexam]

There are a couple of us, but I wouldn't but much stock in your friend finding help here, sorry

Have you considered trawling facebook instead? Peoples friends will generally be able to put you in touch with someone, at least.

All avenues are being explored, hence the thread posted here. We know it's a long shot, but if he casts as wide a net as possible, he might catch a break.
*crosses fingers*

[Skeppio]

All avenues are being explored, hence the thread posted here. We know it's a long shot, but if he casts as wide a net as possible, he might catch a break.
*crosses fingers*

I really hope so. If I could, I would. But I live in Victoria with my parents.

Best of luck to your friend.

[Katana_Geldar]

Have they tried government agencies or charities? They can help with temp accomodation.

I'm sitting on the desk at work, phone rings for the first time in half an hour and it's a cold call.

[Dexam]

Have they tried government agencies or charities? They can help with temp accomodation.

He's trying to avoid government agencies and charities; and he does have his father in Brisbane as a last resort option, though it will be incredibly inconvenient and impractical.

Accommodation needs to be more than temporary. He's doing post-grad studies, and can't really afford to be moving around all the time. Which is why he has been in his current bad accommodation situation for a long time - the house owner knows he has a limited budget, which has pretty much trapped him in a situation which is detrimental to his mental health. The current situation has effectively forced him to either move out or become the owner's live-in servant.

[Lady Moreta]

Still, if he really wants/needs to get out of this place, temporary accommodation could be something to look at until he can find something more permanent.

I would suggest he stick up notices at community centres and supermarkets. Also suggest that he get in touch with local churches - he doesn't need to be religious, but a lot of churches have people who are willing to put others up for a time. I stayed with people I didn't even know for three weeks while doing fieldwork research for my Masters degree- found them through church. It's worth a shot. Might only be temporary again, but homestaying with someone from a church is likely to be less stressful than government accommodation - they're more likely to have no time limit on how long your friend can stay.

I would just like to comment on how annoying it is when someone comes to fix something and all you can do is think how much you want to use what they're fixing. We just had a plumber to fix the toilet and all I could think while he was here is 'I need to peeeeee!'

[Rettu Skcollob]

I'll update the map every few pages or so.

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

I may go through and trim inactive users later.

If we post now and then can we stay on the map? It'd be so much trouble to chart-er a new mapmaker just to re-add my name

I feel sorry for AxeD, only one in the N.T. Looks like Perth is filling up. Soon we shall be ready to launch our offensive...

V It's Serpie!
You know, I can't imagine many people would put a happy face after that statement
Glad to see you are still around, and hopefully keeping well!

[Serpentine]

DEEEEEAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTHHHHHH!
It's Death!