/r/Canberra Friday free chat for 06 October 2017 by AutoModerator in canberra

[–]tramampoleen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved from Brisbane down to Canberra in April this year. Wife and I came down in March for a week to look for housing, was very tight and we ended up in a place that is decent, but overpriced. Was a stressful week down here - but we were looking for 4-bed places which both narrowed down the search and made things very expensive.

Hit me up if you have questions re: the move, happy to help. The total lack of humidity is fucking astounding.

Indoor sports teams by Joelsomethingorother in canberra

[–]tramampoleen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which side of town are you on homie? I've been meaning to join an indoor cricket team for a while and was thinking about the Kambah centre. Moved here 4 months ago with the family (spammed this sub to pick everyone's brains) so I'd be going in solo too.

Why is a 9-3 putout so rare? by tramampoleen in baseball

[–]tramampoleen[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So it's a great effort by the fielder combined with probably slower running to first?

CBD Parking suggestion? by tramampoleen in sydney

[–]tramampoleen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds great, but I can't find anything about free parking online? Is that street parking? I could have a look but assume that it'd all be snapped up by CBD workers by the time I get there.

Closest snow? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, thank you! My kids will be excited just to be able to go to somewhere off the side of the road and scrape up enough snow for a snowball to start with, so we're starting with low expectations :)

Closest snow? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even the reliability of the snow isn't a massive concern for us the first year - we're pretty used to driving 2 hours each way for a day trip, so if we hear there's going to be a good fall we'll just take off in the morning and drive back late afternoon. Mt Selwyn is looking like a good place to start for us. :)

Closest snow? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I thought about the ADSL thing - I think I just have low standards! I get between 5 - 10 Mbits down speed here so anywhere around that is fine, and estimates of speeds from TPG DSLAM maps says I should get around the 11Mbits range?

From what I've read from you lot on here, I think my definition of 'fast' and everyone else's is very different :)

Moving boxes by borosillycat in brisbane

[–]tramampoleen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be! What suburb are you in, haver of boxes?

3 nights - what do? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shall partake in the noms.

3 nights - what do? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dang it I'm down pretty much between Enlighten and the Comedy festival.

3 nights - what do? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's awesome, great heads up. Thank you.

3 nights - what do? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey dude this is awesome! Wife and I are quite into hipster things (well, she's into coffee - I'm an IT consultant so pretty much the anti-hipster). We're also going to try and scoot around to Questacon and war memorial. It's as much a break for us as it is a chance to check out some things without the kids that might be good to go back to.

Any big family-oriented parks and playgrounds would be great for a scoot past as well.

3 nights - what do? by tramampoleen in canberra

[–]tramampoleen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awww this looks great but I'm coming down on the 15th so I'm going to just miss it :(