The Down Under thread - ANZAC adjacent

Which part of town you staying in?

Sorry I missed you.

By southern cross station in Melbourne and darlinghurst in Sydney

Great time to be here! Am unfortunately occupied this weekend but would suggest the following and hope you guys have a great time.

Near southern cross your best pub option would be Saint & Rogue, quaint little pub with a courtyard as well.

Would make the most of the summer weather and venture to our rooftop/river bars so State of Grace rooftop on your end of the city, with Yarra Botanica or Arbory Afloat right on the river. Botanica tends to be a little easier to get into with equally good views.

Would also suggest heading to the tennis Aus Open even if not a tennis fan - the atmosphere is epic, very easy to get into with a grounds pass the next few days too.

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Add another one to the team tally

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Two blokes in their 40s talking about golf, we might have to put a tarp down

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TC’s tweet shown in news.com.au article - https://www.news.com.au/sport/nfl/disgusting-nfl-playoffs-drama-explodes-over-chiefs-penalty-mahomes-flop/news-story/ae16520ceb3d42368c9034f9490bcf52

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Was this article written by @mfsull?

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Good man. I was booked in on Jan 2nd which was the day after I got back from the States. Not a particularly smart decision there. Haven’t been able to get in since as i’ve had this bastard chesty cough since arriving back. Will get in ASAP after that is cleared.

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Sneak any golf in while you were over there?

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I did. Managed to play twice at local munis, both on dormant bermuda grass, so i’m #downwiththebrown. Even managed to meet up with two new Refugees, which was pretty sweet.

Have also been hammering as much golf as I can whilst I have the month to myself at home. Kids & wife are due back next Friday, so i’ll be back to my once a month (if lucky) cadence again from there :joy:

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Nice one, I made it number 60 myself yesterday.

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Damn, that’s impressive mate!

I’m hoping to tick over the 50 mark in the next few months, but now you’re making me think I need to aim higher

The secret for me is to just book it in for every two weeks and don’t put it off. If I fall off doing it it takes me a while to get back. I didn’t donate much last year but really getting back into this year

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You can do it every fortnight?? I have been on an 8 week rotation booking at the donation place each time as I thought that was the rotation minimum

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BBD July 2023, superb if not chilly for three days, not so much the fourth but you get that anytime.

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It depends on what your donating. I donate plasma which can be done every two weeks. Are you doing plasma or platelets?

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Full strength blood donation.
I think they wanted plasma next time, so I will see what works best for them.

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Yeah so plasma is every two weeks as they give the red blood cells back to you. Perfect length for a 45 minute episode of something

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Plasma and platelets every couple of weeks (4 weeks after giving blood) and whole blood every 12.

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