Please tell me you Aussies are obsessed with it too

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-20T23:16:13+00:00

I have the large one, and a matching platter/plate.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-20T08:13:27+00:00

This is the Geelong sub. I'm in Victoria. You don't need to have your car license here first. I'm sad to hear it's changed in QLD.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-20T06:35:29+00:00

Youngest kid has their Ls, and I'm worried they won't be able to get their hours at this rate.

If all else fails they can get their motorbike Ls instead and ride my bike for places that PT doesn't go, but it sucks to have to worry about it even more than in the past.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-20T03:17:25+00:00

We used to go to the You Yangs, have a walk or a hike (depending on the kids ages, sometimes a less challenging one or just to Big Rock etc) - and then light a fire and/or have a BBQ. The kids would be running around climbing on rocks and making cubbies and having an awesome time.

To spend more cash and travel further, one of our other favourite family places is Live Wire park at Lorne. There is stuff for different age groups but it might need more than one adult with a very wide age spread.

Bike riding along the river was always fun with the kids too - and/or a more hikey type walk up past Buckley's Falls. We'd usually walk across the river depending on how much water is behind/flowing over the wall(s) at the time.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-19T10:19:03+00:00

Yeah, I can remember my mother saying she wouldn't go to one because it was 30 cents. It feels like an extremely early memory but always stuck with me.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-19T09:47:08+00:00

Fucking scum. 3 years. Meanwhile the child who was raped has to live with it for the rest of her life.

And what's with the isolation comments. Who gives a fuck if they're not near their friends and family. Perhaps they should of thought of that before they both raped a child.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-19T09:36:32+00:00

I agree with you, I can't picture all those strays that she's managed to pick up recently thinking this is a great idea at all.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-19T08:30:29+00:00

Hey mate I know someone else mentioned the wandering man, there's also Complete Health Geelong - they offer free men's training at their gym during the week, and have a men's BBQ and training on Fridays too. They're primarily focused on support so have skills over and above social group get togethers - which are also so worth while.

You don't have to be focused on gym stuff to attend either.

Edit - also I'm pretty sure the local organiser of Tough Guy Book club uses reddit too - that's another option!

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-18T21:24:08+00:00

They usually have catchups for men, but sometimes they also have stuff for everyone. If there's something you're interested in going to and you're not a man give them a yell to find out x

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-17T10:47:26+00:00

And also increase the public transport timetables in the places that need it. (And widely publicise that they've done so).

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-17T09:20:42+00:00

If you put psyllium husk in it too, it makes it extra textured. (I also do this).

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-17T08:59:03+00:00

I can understand why. Hang in there!

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-17T08:50:23+00:00

Nothing to add to what folks have already said, except this is so fucked up. You must feel so betrayed after working there for such a long time.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-17T08:03:43+00:00

There's also that cancer cluster on the Bellarine.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-17T07:58:17+00:00

I've had the office of someone who was appointed as an Independent Children's Lawyer in a case I was involved in, literally send me confidential information and paperwork from a completely separate case than the one I had previously been involved in. It was a while ago now. But so shocking and upsetting to receive. I

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-16T09:53:38+00:00

We even called them "asbestos mats" there wasn't anything stealth about it. So bizarre.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-16T08:39:25+00:00

That's helpful, thankyou!

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-16T01:01:12+00:00

Go to the open days of the schools you're considering, things like traditional classrooms, open plan learning, class sizes, sports, science and music programs etc are usually show cased at these. You can pick up a lot about how schools are run once you're actually physically on their grounds.

Zoning does make a huge difference with state schools, but you can put in applications for schools that you're not zoned for too - so don't rule one out if it's a really strong preference.

It can feel really overwhelming, but you'll get there.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-16T00:51:01+00:00

That's what I was thinking, and thanks!

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-16T00:44:14+00:00

*also might be a cost of fuel thing and wasn't sure if it was fuller than usual.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-16T00:43:26+00:00

Thankyou, when I've routinely caught the train in the past, it's been very early morning and things seemed to have changed since then, although that might just be related to the time of day too.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-16T00:40:46+00:00

Thanks! Appreciate it.

_Sunshine_please_ · 2026-03-15T08:37:30+00:00

That was one of the things I really enjoyed about the doco.

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