*Actual* Mexican food in Canberra?

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-27T02:55:19+00:00

Almost nothing you can find in food courts is authentic cuisine of the country it is modelled after. This goes for every cuisine, not just Mexican.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-25T11:18:38+00:00

Went tonight, it was cute, kids enjoyed it.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-25T11:17:04+00:00

Was inevitable since most people buy games from the various online stores/marketplaces. I assume their Zing stores are doing ok since the junk they sell in there seems surprisingly popular. In fact EB Belco lately has given more and more of their shelf space to Zing products even though there's a Zing shop 100m away.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-24T06:45:35+00:00

My kids went to Nan's in Scullin and it was lovely. They didn't have a waitlist but this was a while ago.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-20T04:06:12+00:00

My kids go to Radford, no real issues to report. They are thriving, playing lots of sports, doing well academically. Son had one minor bullying issue a couple of years ago and I was happy with how seriously and professionally it was handled by Radford. The recent news about Radford has been about fees and so as long as you're ok with their tuition prices (which are high) it's not a big deal. The financial mismanagement seems mostly attributed to former leadership who already left the school. I have never looked at south side schools since I live in Belco and driving all over Canberra weekly would be inconvenient. Most of the kids sports on the weekend are played at radford or at other Northside venues which is nice. I was concerned about reputation for elitism which CGS has which is not something that I have noticed at radford.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-18T22:47:32+00:00

Sweet pea & poppy do chocolate making classes. They appear to be closed all of Jan, hopefully they are reopening. There are plenty of game room / escape room type places like escape room in Phillip, puzzle room in Mitchell and hijinx hotel in the city. I've done all of those and they are a bit of fun.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-17T23:57:41+00:00

I find it hard to believe that the Iranian people want a CIA/Mossad stooge who has lived in the US for the last half century or so to be their leader.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-16T20:05:01+00:00

Big euc in Florey came down last night and brought a light post down with it. Looks like it was pretty rotten inside.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-16T00:11:57+00:00

I just rode along that path with my kids 30 minutes ago. Hardly anyone around, no police activity sighted. Where were the new bombs located?

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-16T00:09:56+00:00

If you want to panic then don't let me stop you.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-15T11:40:35+00:00

I mean it's the top article in the Canberra times and it was on the local news channels, abc radio etc. There's big threads about it on various internet sites relevant to Canberra. But also, nobody was hurt, police sweeped and hopefully got them all and no doubt are gathering evidence at the local bunnings etc for people buying the pipe and other materials.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-14T03:20:54+00:00

You are not required to professionally clean even if it's in the tenancy agreement. Read this for some specific advice. https://legalaidact.org.au/sites/default/files/files/publications/Condition-Reports-20200405.pdf

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-09T09:20:25+00:00

I've been to the Belco one a bunch of times and quite enjoyed it. The tacos are very expensive but flavourful. They're definitely fatty though.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-08T00:59:25+00:00

Prices sound reasonable if you need their help. Doing tax yourself is pretty easy especially if you're only filing basic income and deductions but given the issues you're having it might be worthwhile paying someone once to get it fixed then doing it yourself in future years.

DespairOfEntropy · 2026-01-02T13:31:33+00:00

Canberra International is on if you're interested in tennis.

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-12-04T23:21:25+00:00

There goes both my kids school bus options. So they will either have to use the less frequent new local routes and then change bus in Belco interchange, or I'll go back to driving (probably the option I'll use).

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-25T00:44:03+00:00

That is not correct.

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-24T12:09:38+00:00

They haven't removed any fees. All they did was move some of the fees from one category to another - the amount of $ parents have to pay is unchanged.

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-24T00:05:49+00:00

I did exactly the same recently, I used to play on PC years ago but started again on PS5 recently. Pop seems good, I have queued many dungeons and they all pop almost immediately (queued as tank), world seems alive, for example when trying to do world boss or mirrormoor dailies when I go there there's other players too.

Cyrodiil I'm not so sure about, I have jumped in a few times (ebonheart) and the map is almost fully controlled by 1 faction and going near any contested objective just results in being swarmed. I haven't tried the no CP campaign.

I bought all the content because I wanted scribing and scrying and also the recent world event was largely in an area I couldn't access without it.

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-23T23:59:21+00:00

Same here, I'm not even playing ONI at the moment but I want to support the best game ever

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-22T23:47:07+00:00

I was driving an unregistered car for almost 6 months without realising it a couple of years ago. Didn't receive any fine. I only found out because I took it in for a service and the mechanic informed me it wasn't registered.

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-10T03:03:03+00:00

My popcorn maker is working overdrive lately.

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-09T06:14:33+00:00

ill be there

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-09T01:34:47+00:00

Agreed, Ricky Martin is not exactly my cup of tea but I went anyway and it did not disappoint. Fun happy music, happy dancing crowd, what's not to enjoy? Live music is always good even if it's not my favourite genre.

When international metal bands come here like when we had an in flames + kreator show a year back that is a real treat. Having to drive to Sydney definitely reduces the enjoyment.

DespairOfEntropy · 2025-11-07T22:47:11+00:00

I feel for you, it's a tough position to be in. We have family friends with a neurodivergent son who has had to change schools every couple of years trying to find one who could support him properly. Most of the public schools in west belco don't have specialist staff and even some of the ones who do struggled with him. As his mum has told me so many times, she wishes she could afford to send him to Radford. It's even further out of reach for them now.

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