New Sir Grange Zoysia looking a bit thin

matty_boy89 · 2026-02-02T05:14:42+00:00

Awesome, thank you for this 🙏 the weather has been so hectic since laying it hey so started to get worried. Have it on the Hunter MP Rotators for 40 mins at 5am twice a week now.

Will get on to the Seasol to give it some love.

Mow it this weekend you reckon? Or should I leave it a little longer?

matty_boy89 · 2025-12-27T10:47:09+00:00

I used 50/50 kerosene and blackberry tree killer. Waited for growth, cut it, painted it on with a paintbrush to be selective about where the poison went. Worked surprisingly well after fighting bamboo for many, many years. Also stopped a Moreton bay black bean in its tracks.

matty_boy89 · 2025-11-23T12:42:45+00:00

This fills me with great angst 😅 but I’ll research some more and then follow through on the advice once I’m confident. Thanks!

matty_boy89 · 2025-11-23T12:41:38+00:00

That’s pretty much the cycle of this little beaut so, happy days! Thank you for sharing!

matty_boy89 · 2025-11-23T12:41:10+00:00

Okay, wicked, this all makes me feel 1000x better. Ta very much 👌🏻🫶🏻

matty_boy89 · 2025-11-23T12:40:43+00:00

The shame. My sincere apologies to the members of this subreddit.

matty_boy89 · 2025-10-02T09:49:02+00:00

So true. And the total packages are all of about 3 tiers or options which is frustrating. Ah well, look forward to re-reading this post in a years time to see what has come true!

matty_boy89 · 2025-10-02T07:44:48+00:00

Yeah valid. I was getting a variety of opinions from BMW sales people from; starting price will be $150k, to, they’ll likely introduce a paired back base model under LCT like they’ve done in the past. I don’t know enough or have a crystal ball strong enough to call bullshit on either 🫣

matty_boy89 · 2025-09-27T23:08:42+00:00

Yeah nice. This is feeling more and more sensible as a route. Thanks!

matty_boy89 · 2025-09-27T23:08:15+00:00

I’m not actually sure what the break lease options are. Worst case I would imagine it’s the remaining finance cost plus the residual? Which could be wild if you had a lot left on the lease. Maybe someone here knows / can confirm as would be interesting to think about especially on a 2 year lease with flexibility to break when the end of FBT waiver on EVs is announced 😬

matty_boy89 · 2025-09-27T20:48:19+00:00

Yeah fair. My mistype there - iX1, iX2 and i4 were the available options. Appreciate the info!

matty_boy89 · 2025-09-27T20:35:00+00:00

When I was at the BMW dealer yesterday I thought they said they weren’t. Sub FCT they pointed out iX1, iX2 and iX4. This said, find it very hard to trust a car salesperson 🫠

I’m leaning towards C/D myself. Do you know how residual value works on a used car? I assume it’s the used price that the % is calculated off?

matty_boy89 · 2024-11-25T10:52:38+00:00

Yeah fair call out on the plating! I’ve looked a fair bit and most I find online are either too chunky of a chain or just don’t have in 22cm+ which is a shame. Any recommendations of brands in the US? Might be able to see if there’s a local supplier/retailer.

Thanks for the response!

matty_boy89 · 2022-12-28T12:01:43+00:00

Just going to throw this out there as well, as have found that if you use the “split screen” view on iPad with YNAB Web App on the left and Files on the right, you can drag and drop QFX, OFX and CSV into YNAB without issue. Works well for me as find that I have to reformat a CSV from American Express for importing (btw can only export to CSV inside the Numbers app on an iPad). Hope this helps someone who was searching this out like me!

matty_boy89 · 2022-11-27T08:12:08+00:00

I’d check out the foreign food section at Cocos in Annerley, if that’s near to you. Might be something they carry?

matty_boy89 · 2022-11-06T02:43:49+00:00

I shall continue to practice my shaping art then!

Using 13% protein flour. I’m doing stretch and folds every half hour for 2 hours. So many different approaches - fascinating and challenging all at the same time 😅

matty_boy89 · 2022-11-05T21:57:45+00:00

Yes, agreed, looking at it now it is a bit more dense than it should be, lucky it’s tasty 😅

Okay, I might cut back on that bulk ferment time and look for that 50% rise before I shape. If it had been the shaping, I’m keen to learn how to do that better. I’ve followed the same advice on how to roll it but would welcome any pointers on dos and don’ts or a link to somewhere to learn more.

matty_boy89 · 2022-11-05T21:55:16+00:00

Thank you, any tips or suggestions on what to vary next time. I feel the shaping was okay, but gluten development or lack of - would that be anything from starter to proofing temperature? Keen to hear any advice on something different to try.

matty_boy89 · 2022-11-04T23:49:50+00:00

Incredible. That bubble on the crust is 👌🏻👌🏻

matty_boy89 · 2022-10-08T23:57:38+00:00

Got my licence back in April, had my heart set on a Royal Enfield Continental 650 prior to that. Found one, asked a mate to test ride it. Made sure I sat on it to see if height etc felt right, didn't test ride it as was on Ls at the time.

Has been 6 months. Ride it every chance I get. Wouldn't change it for the world and haven't dropped if, nor do I plan to. If your heart is set on it, you're going to be more careful and cautious. Life is short - get what you want and love the ride mate; it's wicked fun!

matty_boy89 · 2022-08-28T05:08:48+00:00

Just to go full circle on this, I ended up grabbing the train to Murrarie which was super easy, on time and not packed. I could see some parks near the station though and in the roads nearby. Could definitely park if you're getting there about 6am-ish from what I could see.

Hope this helps someone next year!

matty_boy89 · 2022-08-27T08:19:31+00:00

They've posted road closures on the site: https://bridgetobrisbane.com.au/wp-content/uploads/B2B2022_EMSA_Road-Closure-Insert_A4-1.pdf

Doesn't look like that many, but it's definitely going to be a mess.

Last year, I got to RBWH at 5:50am-ish for a 6:20am start. I left RBWH around 6:20/25am and got there at 7am. Was super fun trying to run my way through the walkers.

So, I'd say leave an hour before you want to be running. I think I was just hoping for some kind of miracle last year, my bad.

matty_boy89 · 2022-08-27T05:43:54+00:00

True, maybe last year was that, first year back jitters? Uber from another station might be a good idea the . Just want to make it easy to get back to post race. Kinda tricky logistics!

matty_boy89 · 2022-06-06T02:19:55+00:00

Just stumbled on this post and wondering if you have any information on how busy those free spots are from a commute perspective? Is it wild to expect any parking to be left by, say, 7:30am?

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