Lounge but Australian

[coral crescent]

Done 2, do not want to do again

[night hound]

But Sal is a better kid than Augie since Sal didn't wreck my vagina.

[fleet edge]

Didn't wreck your vagina yet

[quaint comet]

is this your official adoption of sal

[coral crescent]

I knew someone was gonna say that

[fleet edge]

"Vagina smasher 2000"
Quote @quaint comet

I'm cuddly to you!!

[night hound]

Yup! My son :). Call it an immaculate conception.

[quaint comet]

holy shit its the 2nd coming of mary

[coral crescent]

Making a dedicated playlist for photoshoots now

[night hound]

So fuck you, Mary. I immaculately conceived a Middle Eastern son, too. And I ain't gonna get him flogged.

[quaint comet]

FUCJ YOU

[fleet edge]

Do it then, I'm sitting next to you

[night hound]

Ah, it's now Late Night with the Aussies Hour

[coral crescent]

Late night?

it's 8pm

[timber spruce]

:D

i got 50mg of heaven

[night hound]

Adult hour, you simple minor

[coral crescent]

I'm a simple person

[timber spruce]

aren't you spouse to be in bed?

[coral crescent]

My bedtime's 10pm

[timber spruce]

too late imo

[fleet edge]

Kids these days

Tsk tsk

[coral crescent]

Side note, any good songs for a photoshoot playlist

[timber spruce]

back in my day we used to sleep at 1pm!

and woke up at 3 am!

[quaint comet]

whats the vibe

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

Rockabye Baby

[coral crescent]

Neon

[quaint comet]

chill, energetic,

[coral crescent]

done

[coral crescent]

basically

[quaint comet]

neon okay i can work with that

[fleet edge]

Cbat

[coral crescent]

I got some weston estate, The Neighbourhood and Keshi

(I'm asian man I gotta have some form of Keshi)

[quaint comet]

Bangarang by Skrillex

(for legal reasons this is a joke)

[fleet edge]

Photograph by Nickleback is in theme

[coral crescent]

Too country

Think more Night Dancer and Babydoll

[fleet edge]

The entire Taylor Swift discography

[coral crescent]

I listen to hyperpop not that shit

[quaint comet]

ahahaha

[timber spruce]

i'm listening to some weird shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFyNk8w1opw

[fleet edge]

girl in red.

[coral crescent]

Oh I've got one of her songs in here

Might look into more now that you mention it

[fleet edge]

💅

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

@night hound you gonna love this

[quaint comet]

I reckon maybe some San Cisco would go well in ur playlist

[timber spruce]

these guys are amazing

[quaint comet]

Spacey Jane too

[willow rivet]

why yall hiding in here come shitpost about sans gpu that consumes more power than the average family of 4

[coral crescent]

why are you there when you could be upside down?

[night hound]

I will have a listen to it later when Augie finishes catchcing up on Formula 1

[fleet edge]

Tegan and Sara

[coral crescent]

[willow rivet]

im like 85% your spiders have mastered traveling through wifi and will show up if i stay here too long

[coral crescent]

Now that's too much pop

[timber spruce]

shouldn't take much time since they're fast cars

[coral crescent]

I've never been into cars

[fleet edge]

Hayley Kiyoko

[night hound]

This is all part of the Aussie takeover of the server

[willow rivet]

why max verstappen wins, no need to watch

[fleet edge]

Zolita

[coral crescent]

Not my kind of pop

[night hound]

From the looks of it glimpsing the qualifying, it probably will be again

[willow rivet]

hes basically lewis 2.0, just watch to see who gets 2nd

thats the actual interesting part

[coral crescent]

F1 words

[night hound]

My boi is Perez :D

[willow rivet]

usain bolts gunna win we don't care, 2nd place is tho

[quaint comet]

Gang of Youths and Parcels I think might fit too?

[coral crescent]

man I just watch volleyball and thats it

[willow rivet]

leclerc

[fleet edge]

Against Me

[coral crescent]

Yuji Nishida

[quaint comet]

I know nothing about any sports

[fleet edge]

Claud

[coral crescent]

too heavy metal

[fleet edge]

It's punk smh

[quaint comet]

i did 2 years working at an nrl(?) club and still know nothing

[quaint comet]

Babymetal

[timber spruce]

Fuck i need to watch this 4 hour video on a game I've never heard of it in my life

[willow rivet]

idk who this is so i had to google it but I'd imagine he's a pretty slow driver

[coral crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/yuji-nishida-volleyball-japan-ace-gif-22210936

cmon look at that

the man is ridiculous

[willow rivet]

I don't get it why wouldn't they just pick someone like charlie whos as tall as that jump standing normally

[night hound]

https://tenor.com/view/haikyuu-anime-set-spike-volleyball-gif-17508617

[quaint comet]

same thought

[coral crescent]

Charlie would be considered short

[coral crescent]

I've done this before lol

not the spike

the set

[willow rivet]

wow olive

even i've done the spike

[coral crescent]

Did it once, couldn't get it to happen again

[fleet edge]

0/10 no flame effects and the ground isn't shattered into a crater by the impact

[coral crescent]

Show me a minus tempo spike

Quickest one I've hit was first

[quaint comet]

https://youtu.be/WK1LUXBsUqk

[coral crescent]

That was a clean jump float I have to say

[willow rivet]

man I got no clue what I was doing I just had a ft on the college girls team so I'd play randomly

they yell spike i go spike

[coral crescent]

Minus tempo is when you're already in the air before the setter sets it

[willow rivet]

I go when they say go

doesnt seem that hard

[coral crescent]

It's really hard for a minus

cause the setter has to be fkin perfect

[willow rivet]

all i did was smack ball

[coral crescent]

A first tempo is when the run starts on the recieve

[coral crescent]

There's a lot involved it's complicated

[willow rivet]

didn't seem all that complicated, they say go, i jump and smack ball, aim for least people corner

the secret is, have all your teamates be good instead of you

[coral crescent]

you might be 6ft smth but I could still wall you

[night hound]

I like the way you think.

[night hound]

So.....Las Vegas Photo Meet up 2024?

[coral crescent]

I can't wall anything above 6"6 tho

[timber spruce]

My reaction to that information

[coral crescent]

San beard when

[willow rivet]

it'd cost me like $200 in gas so I guess I could

still feel like you should come to like, the pretty stuff instead tho

[timber spruce]

When my imaginary gf asks me for it

[willow rivet]

I was "good enough" sub in/have people take breaks when the actually good people wanted to play

instead of just people dicking around in the sand

[night hound]

I will probably stop by in Oregon for a few days to see my best friend....

Or meet up in LA?

[willow rivet]

kronos and a few others are in LA so thats doable

same distance for me

[timber spruce]

I'm chewing on ice RN

[static ruin]

Knowing reqy, there will be a minimum pixel limit before he considers meeting up

[coral crescent]

Ohhh you were a beach player

[night hound]

I have 90+ betwen two cameras - is that enough?

[willow rivet]

if they dont have the pixels they're buying fauxie and mines tickets to shows

[timber spruce]

Bitch*

[willow rivet]

i wasn't an anything player really, we had a sand volleyball court on campus

the girls(indoor) team sometimes liked dicking around in the sun

but pulling 2 semi equal actually good teams is hard

[coral crescent]

That's a beach player if I've ever heard it

ew I ran into e-daters

[willow rivet]

so me and like 2 other guys were basically just "good enough" to fill out the gaps

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

I've 21 pickles

[static ruin]

Only 21 pickles?

[willow rivet]

gfx gets you in thats cool

cant wait to leave kronos in the car cause he's not 21

[timber spruce]

Just wait until i get the gfx 100s

[coral crescent]

imagine, 21 age limit

[night hound]

Oh shit, that's right. Lol

[static ruin]

I would have thought you'd have 21 megapickles, not just 21 pixels

[fleet edge]

Imagine being young haha

Suckers

[coral crescent]

How tall are you again

[willow rivet]

robin you can sit on my shoulders so like 8 ft

use olive as a footrest

[night hound]

Petite is in, don't you know.

[timber spruce]

Lol

[night hound]

You make a good tripod

[fleet edge]

Being tiny = cute apparently

[timber spruce]

Robin can probably fit in my shirt pocket

[night hound]

I confirm that Robin is super cute.

[timber spruce]

Just look at all the tiny cat gifs i send

[timber spruce]

I mean i saw her she is cute!

[willow rivet]

we should get a sorta list of who all is PNWish enough to do a meet

us is just too fucken big tho

[night hound]

Lol, and imagine, Fauxgie will be on the attending list so far

[fleet edge]

Lies >.<

[willow rivet]

hopefully that's enough that reqy being on the liist doesn't make people skip it

[timber spruce]

nah you're cute!

https://tenor.com/view/patpat-pat-comfort-pat-on-the-head-there-there-gif-10534102

[night hound]

Oy. Don't be a party pooper dwarf, Snow white. You know everyone knows you know how to party.

[timber spruce]

reqy is a party pooper

confirmed

[willow rivet]

yeah but idk anyone in Vegas or LA

How am I gunna live up to my reputation

[timber spruce]

what reputation?

[night hound]

Reqless

[willow rivet]

Hard to get on the clubs pole without someone to vouch for you

[night hound]

Ah, but we have a lot of megapickles to use to show proof

[timber spruce]

lol

just use your really good social skills

[willow rivet]

Can confirm we'd all be at a party and I'd shitposting here on my phone

[static ruin]

💩

[willow rivet]

You and San are probably the only other 2 here that could get their cameras into a strip club

[timber spruce]

lmfao

[night hound]

Take me to a strip club, damn it. I've never been.

[timber spruce]

omg same

[willow rivet]

Srsly? Ok come to Portland

[timber spruce]

i need to get into at least once

[night hound]

Don't think I wouldn't when I go next year.

Cause I will.

[willow rivet]

But be prepared to lose like $100

[timber spruce]

does those strip clubs have a good pub feed?

[willow rivet]

A few do

[timber spruce]

because not having a good pub feed is a deal breaker

https://open.spotify.com/track/6Rz6yXr3RWpYdGst26tSYF?si=e4af847528544cd0

learnd the word from this song

[night hound]

Do they really take everything off and show EVERYTHING?

[willow rivet]

yes if people tip well enough

[timber spruce]

wait

everything 👀

[willow rivet]

I mean, their literal skin stays on, and the wig if they're wearing one

[timber spruce]

oh

L

[willow rivet]

well

they might lose the top layer wherever its gripping the pole

of skin atleast

[timber spruce]

i mean i know it's haram to go in one but i don't feel like being halal today

[night hound]

Are there men strippers?

[willow rivet]

yes

but we have like... idk, 20+ female clubs and 2 men

[timber spruce]

alright plan change time to go to vegas

or LA

[willow rivet]

only 1 or 2 both(which just turns into 95% women)

[night hound]

Oh oh I feel stupid. Like Magic Mike type of thing.

fuckign hell, I'm so catholic at times.

[timber spruce]

lol

[willow rivet]

here ya go fauxgie

o wait gunna dm it actually

[night hound]

lol nsfk eh

[quaint comet]

come visit - that stuff is legal in our state 😎

(with the amount of policitians here it was always gonna be tbf)

[coral crescent]

Neither

[quaint comet]

not until you're 18, little one

[timber spruce]

early brib

[quaint comet]

working class birb

[timber spruce]

makin' that sweet sweet dollar bill

[quaint comet]

actually corpo shill birb but jimmy barnes is iconic

[timber spruce]

;p;

lol

[quaint comet]

https://tenor.com/view/money-rain-make-it-rain-cash-gif-9217926

[timber spruce]

surely you will gonna spoil Robin more

[quaint comet]

i spoil them by paying for our heating bill for their ice cold feet

[timber spruce]

you should give them fun winter socks instead!

[quaint comet]

absolutely genius o7

[timber spruce]

look at them!

[quaint comet]

omg

new gift idea

[timber spruce]

yesh!

[quaint comet]

ur the best sal :D

[timber spruce]

orr you can give them banana socks! and make dad jokes about how their socks went bananas!

[timber spruce]

:D

[quaint comet]

@timber spruce i think it's very important that you know that robin is currently a blanket lump on our lounge rn

very catlike

[fleet edge]

[timber spruce]

Lol y'all adorable

[timber spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/patpat-pat-comfort-pat-on-the-head-there-there-gif-10534102

[fleet edge]

Less than a week away

I'm actually so hype

[fleet edge]

@night hound

Want a Q2? :P

[foggy steppe]

Wow that's incredibly not worth

[fleet edge]

It's beat to shit too

Also, who doesn't keep the box for a Leica

Also, the lens is so dented the cap doesn't fit lmao

[foggy steppe]

Even a brand new q2 would be a bit of a scam

But that things worth barely any of the original now

[fleet edge]

I'd prefer a Q2 over a GFX50Sii because I just don't like Fuji tbh

They're similarly priced

[static ruin]

Don't let the mods hear you say this

[foggy steppe]

I don't like Fuji colours but I hate the idea of q2

Q2m I'd take tho

[fleet edge]

I wouldn't mind a Q series

Tho I want a M more

[foggy steppe]

M is the way

[fleet edge]

M11M 🔥

[static ruin]

I'd probably enjoy a gfx, just too niche for me

[foggy steppe]

Like that beginner in #💡・open-feedback who had 3 m series

[fleet edge]

Rich kid or lying?

[foggy steppe]

Nah rich uncle

Had an sl2 too and noctilux lenses

Uncle has like 5 hassels apparently

[fleet edge]

Ah I see

Dream would be a colour M and a mono M

[foggy steppe]

M11m and M11 is the ultimate ff combo

[fleet edge]

And then you slap TTartisans lenses on them :P

[foggy steppe]

Fuck yeah

Ttart definitely resolves that resolution lol

Actually unironically ttart 35 .95 is my favourite lens rn

[acoustic lark]

https://tenor.com/view/yogscast-lydia-squidgame-thinking-thonk-gif-19893518

Me reading this chat:

[coral crescent]

It starts to make sense eventually

[willow rivet]

where augie

err fauxgie

isnt she supposed to be blowing up my phone rn

[coral crescent]

[gentle wind]

she’s getting that 💵💵💵

[static ruin]

Needs that $$ to fund that gas this weekend right?

[coral crescent]

there's no way you're making me gas out

[coral crescent]

Guys I might have another person for the photowalk

My cousin is already coming with me but he's probably not gonna take photos butttttt

A friend of mine also might be in Sydney at the time, he's the one who basically got me into photography in the first place

I think he's 21-22 smth like that

[fleet edge]

But does he pass the vibe check

(Is he a teal and orange Sony photographer)

[coral crescent]

Nah full canon

One of R series iirc

[static ruin]

Not a fuji cultist, got that going

[foggy steppe]

full frame r or r7 or bust

[coral crescent]

FF iirc, I'll have to ask him

[night hound]

I just got home 😭. Damn real world sucks. Work work work.

I saw that Leica on FB - thought about it for 2 seconds before deciding, nope. nope nope.

[coral crescent]

Laughs in youth

[night hound]

Laughts with my adult money.

[coral crescent]

It's 12am

[night hound]

It's 12:37 am.

[coral crescent]

Alice Springs time

[night hound]

hurting with my adult body

[coral crescent]

I nearly got crushed today so
Hurting with my youth body

Once again praising the Lord for smith machines

[night hound]

9 straight hours of no break working the kitchen in a very busy bar. On my feet. I just sat down.

I wish someone would just throw me other people's adult money.

[coral crescent]

Well at least you have gfx to come back to

[timber spruce]

Laughs in having nothing

[fleet edge]

https://youtu.be/dWNvlyycWzQ

[timber spruce]

https://youtu.be/dWNvlyycWzQ

[night hound]

One of yous young one wil have to carry this boomer on Sunday then

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

https://youtu.be/dWNvlyycWzQ

[timber spruce]

You know this girl is that shark v tuber right? Gura

[fleet edge]

None of these words make sense to me

[timber spruce]

Ok boomer

[night hound]

https://tenor.com/view/zoom-whos-zooming-who-singing-performance-aretha-franklin-gif-16689382

[sweet egret]

Few more days left!!

[fleet edge]

Got a receptionist interview tomorrow

65k ish a year

Not bad :3

Foot in the door to becoming a corpo shill

[night hound]

Good luck, Robin-chan!

[fleet edge]

Lmao thanks

The thought of working full time again makes me wanna neck already lolol

But money is good

[night hound]

I can't go back 9-5 as I can't deal with the same schedule over and over and over again. But hopefullly, it's a fun job or enjoyable enough that you wouldn't mind it.

The funner bit will be when you start collecting paychecks.

[fleet edge]

Yeah, I feel like it's going to grind me down quite badly unless it's something I absolutely love

[fleet edge]

The only thing holding me together lol

I legitimately suspect my brain isn't exactly structured for scheduled 9-5 every day

Last time I did it was for 2-3 years and I was a depressed wreck at the end

[night hound]

This was me. I would cry in front of my computer at work. Work had to pay for therapies for me. After a while when I got made redundant, I realised that it wasn't the work or the companies that suck, but the 9-5 daily rut I couldn't handle.

I am happier doing what i do now which is workign in the kitchen later in the day to evening, and not daily. Different schedules every week. If I had to come in at the same time every day, I couldn't manage it.

Who knows, you may enjoy it. You can always change jobs when you decide it's not for you.

[fleet edge]

Yeah

Let's see lol

I just hate the loss of freedom on having to coming home, eat, sleep, work, repeat lol

[night hound]

Get your Leica money then quit :D

[fleet edge]

Lol

Hoping one of these digitisation jobs gets back to me

And other related photography jobs

They're $76-85k a year government jobs

[night hound]

What's good is if you can find one that will let you work from home.

Or at least, a couple of days at week at home.

[fleet edge]

I applied for a $100k a yr government job as a fuck it why not XD

[night hound]

You gotta apply for what you can. You never know.

[fleet edge]

Senior photographer gig

Smashed out a 2 page essay for a cover letter

[night hound]

Have you thought about looking in Sydney and moving here?

[fleet edge]

We've thought about Melbourne

[night hound]

Melbourne would be good.

[fleet edge]

There's so much more work in Sydney/Melb for me

[night hound]

I think you should.

[fleet edge]

Sometimes if I'm feeling especially masochistic I look up photography work over there lol

[night hound]

You really should think about moving.

Widen the scopes for both of you.

It's not like you're tied in to Canberra though, right?

[fleet edge]

Only my parents really

We rent one of their houses

[night hound]

Ahhhh that helps. At a discount?

[fleet edge]

For Canberra yes lol

[night hound]

Is it less than $400 per week?

[fleet edge]

We get a 4 bedder to ourselves in a good location for $800/pw lol

400pw doesn't exist in Canberra

Except for studio apartments

[night hound]

Why do you need a 4 bedroom?

[fleet edge]

It costs the same as 2-3br here with the parents discount

[static ruin]

Each of the r6ii's get their own bed

[fleet edge]

So we either rent a worse place for the same amount or we rent from my parents

[night hound]

I just think that you are paying $800 a week, anyway, on rent. You can easily pay that here or Melbourne.

Parents can rent out to other people.

[fleet edge]

I also hate cities

[night hound]

Right.

So there's the "tie in" to Canberra.

Melbourne would be better for you.

Or - Geelong. An hour away from Melbourne.

[fleet edge]

I like the country

[night hound]

by train

Geeling is good in that sense that it's really easy travelling to Melbourne, it's quiet, 10 minutes to Bellarine peninsula, 15 to Great Ocean Road.

[fleet edge]

The problem is finding work without w commute then :P

So yeah

[night hound]

Mornington peninsula even closer.

To Melbourne.

[fleet edge]

I'd go to Melbourne to study a master's but I can't afford it rn

[night hound]

Right. So you get that job tomorrow, save upfor moving. Then look for a job in Melbourne, once you get one, move.

[fleet edge]

I'm stuck because I'm actually really comfy and like Canberra, but work prospects are eh

[night hound]

Melbourne is so good for photography, and so easy to rent outside of it.

[fleet edge]

We were talking about moving last year but @quaint comet got a good job here

[night hound]

You are young. Explore.

[fleet edge]

I genuinely do like Canberra lol

It's my perfect city personally

Except for work prospects

[night hound]

Have a trip to Melbourne sometime. Drive out to Geelong, Great Ocean Road, then on the other side, Mornington Peninsula.

[fleet edge]

I really don't like the idea of having to commute more than 15-20 minutes ngl

[night hound]

Live a little, girl :)

But seriously, understandable.

But I think you are reallly wanting to get your masters' degree, you should consider it.

[fleet edge]

I've had a really shit life, I'm more after comfort than anything lol

[night hound]

You can always go back to Canberra once you finish.

[fleet edge]

I just wanna vibe and take photos

I'll see if any of these photography related jobs get back to me

[night hound]

You're not comfortable now, though.

Because of work prospects, clients, etc. Opportunities.

[fleet edge]

I am except for work

I quite like it

[night hound]

Sometimes, you have to get out of your comfort zone to realise that your comfort zone is much bigger than you realise.

Anyhoo, that's your home, though, so it's understandable.

But get your Masters Degree, damn it.

Try to live without regret. You want it so much. Go get it.

[fleet edge]

Lmao, that costs money

I gotta save some first lol

I'm here for atleast another year or two to do that even if I absolutely wanted to move

[night hound]

Does it have to be at a big university, though?

[fleet edge]

If you want connections yes

It's a photography degree

Best resources are at RMIT

We've been talking about going to Melbourne for my degree anyway

Can't go without saving a bit first

So probably not for atleast a year

I should probably finish my current bachelor's too

Which is in business admin

Have about a year

Maybe 1.5 yes left full time

[quaint comet]

I'm happy to move after this year btw

[fleet edge]

Ye

Ik

I have like no money tho lol

Gotta pay for the move, rent deposit, etc. Lol

[night hound]

Do you have a lot of stuff?

[fleet edge]

We literally just bought a whole house worth of furniture

Start of the year when we moved in

I also have stuff like a big 65in oled tv

And like 3-4 bookcases worth of books between us

Ignoring the furniture it'll still be more than 2 cars worth of stuff

[night hound]

Truck.

We've moved from Sydney>Melbourne>Sydney>Geeling>Sydney.

[fleet edge]

Yeah, still gonna cost

I'm just saying I can't just pick up and move fast

Lmao

[night hound]

Funny, but I find it was easier when I moved countries.

Just left everything and went.

[fleet edge]

My bank account is literally 3-6 weeks from being empty :P

The cost of a move will mean I might have literally $0 left

[night hound]

Neah, just plan for a year

work your ass off for a year

Then look at your options again after to chase that MD

[fleet edge]

That was the plan

Was always the plan

There's just no good options for me I think

I really like it here

Despise Sydney

Melbourne seems okay from visiting

It's still a city

[night hound]

If you have plans on going to Melbourne, go to Mornington.

[fleet edge]

But I can probably tolerate it

[night hound]

Melbourne is actually pretty quiet

[fleet edge]

I hate the idea of leaving my whole social network behind too

[static ruin]

The dream for me is to move even further west someday, atleast if I stay around Sydney

[fleet edge]

I like being able to drive 5 minutes and be in a nature reserve

[night hound]

That's Geelong

[fleet edge]

And then 10 minutes in a different direction and be in the middle of the city

10 minute walk from the shops with great food

20 different butcher shops everywhere

3 different weekend fresh food/farmer markets within a 15-20 minute drive

No such thing as traffic

It's just as easy to shop from a green grocer or farmers markets here as it is to go to a grocery store

[static ruin]

Things are going to become a heck of a lot busier here once the new airport is running

[fleet edge]

I love Canberra. Literally only the job prospects 😢

[night hound]

Have they started on it?

[static ruin]

Yes, starts operation in 2025

A lot of our roads are also being upgraded to handle the increase in traffic

[coral crescent]

They're making a new airport?

[static ruin]

Yes

[coral crescent]

In Sydney really?

I guess that makes sense

busy fkin airport already

[static ruin]

Badgerys creek, it'll be 24/7 international

[coral crescent]

All my tax payer money going towards airports smh (I've never paid taxes in my life)

[static ruin]

Yeah it's annoying for me, I do somewhat understand why, Sydney airport can't really cope with the traffic anymore

[coral crescent]

Tbf almost every flight to Australia internationally lands in Sydney

[coral crescent]

My flight is in 2 days

Well 35~ hours

[quaint comet]

ultra

[fleet edge]

Woop woop

[coral crescent]

I have to get everything packed tmr

Boring but also fun

[foggy steppe]

hype

[sweet egret]

Iive in the mountains haha

[sweet egret]

Yeah I just wish getting there is more public transport accessible

But they are developing a metro

[fleet edge]

Go bush

[sweet egret]

Hopefully we get cheaper tickets

😭 travel is too expensive

[sweet egret]

Yeah

I like Sydney but I think Melbourne would be better less people

And way more affordable

But everyone I know is in Sydney

If Sydney halved it's population and had better public transport and affordable housing that would be ideal

[static ruin]

Yeah I'd love to, issue is it's so damn expensive lol, prices don't start to become reasonable until you hit Lithgow

[fleet edge]

Be a Lithgow person

[static ruin]

It's a possibility someday

[fleet edge]

Live in the big miners lamp/salt shaker

[static ruin]

Have thought about just trying to push into an industry up there

Still close enough to Sydney to visit if you really want, but mostly semi rural/rural

I need to leave earlier next time I visit one of my dark sky sites not far from Lithgow, last month I went that sunset light on the landscape was beautiful

[static ruin]

Funny you say that, Melbourne has recently over taken Sydney for population

[sweet egret]

South coast is actually pretty darn nice

The only issue is that there are no jobs haha

[sweet egret]

Haha Sydney just feels way more packed

I despise peak hour

[night hound]

Now that we are getting closer to the day, what time do you guys want to meet up?

Post your time preference and we can pick a median time when we see everyone's.

10 am is my suggestion. Not too early, not too late.

[coral crescent]

I can give you a set time on Saturday, 10 probably works for me

[acoustic lark]

10 is good :))

But which cafe are we meeting at?

[night hound]

There is the Kirribilli Cafe or Cool Mac. Probably easier to meet at Kirribilli Cafe as it's on the main street. However, being weekend, it may get or be full. We can play it by ear.

[fleet edge]

6:30am

No weakness

[coral crescent]

no

I barely wake up 10

[fleet edge]

What are you, a donut eating American?

[coral crescent]

I woke up like an hour ago robin

[night hound]

bitch

[coral crescent]

What's the walking route

[fleet edge]

Boomer

[night hound]

co-shortass.

[coral crescent]

You're both short it's ok

[static ruin]

10am? That's a big sleepin

[night hound]

The harbour lookout from Kirribilli, on the way to Luna Park wharf to go to city.

you guys prefer 9?

[coral crescent]

no

too early

[night hound]

I don't want earlier than that.

[static ruin]

I'm being silly, I don't particularly care

I'm an early morning person, but understand many aren't 😆

[night hound]

I don't care what time, really. Just thought some like Angie coming from Central Coast need a little bit of time.

As long as it's not god awful early in the morning I'm ok

[coral crescent]

That's like around when I wake up

[acoustic lark]

9 is the absolute earliest I can do, it’s a 2 hour train ride my guys

[coral crescent]

10

[acoustic lark]

^^

[coral crescent]

8 hour flight

[acoustic lark]

Pffft you fly in tomorrow relax

[coral crescent]

I keep forgetting it's tommorow

I gotta pack everything tonight

If I forget my ball head I'm gonna throw my lens

[fleet edge]

6:30

[night hound]

Settled, then. 6:30 am.

[acoustic lark]

Ha ha funny

Kill me

[static ruin]

3am it is!

[night hound]

(9 or 10 pm for the rest of us)

[acoustic lark]

(Wonderful)

[static ruin]

Well pack it now while you remember

[acoustic lark]

Village cafe?

[coral crescent]

PM

[coral crescent]

look cafe is cafe

[night hound]

Yup. Kirribili Village Cafe

[night hound]

ahahaha. Ahem. AM. Unless you want to make extra dosh in the city...

[coral crescent]

Too bad some of us are only shooting in mono

[fleet edge]

I'm shooting mono at a wetlands rn

[coral crescent]

Color where

[fleet edge]

Colour didn't exist when Jesus died

Biblically accurate photos

[coral crescent]

[quaint comet]

okay memelord

[fleet edge]

Just got a shot I like

Lettuce pray it's in focus

[foggy steppe]

9 or 10 sun then?

[coral crescent]

10 works for me probably

[foggy steppe]

Also @fleet edge I took inspiration from your 70-200 street and shot 400 prime street yesterday lmao

[foggy steppe]

Same

[coral crescent]

How'd the 400mmm prime go?

I'm debating using my 150-500 for the walk

[foggy steppe]

Stuff like this

Tons of fun

[coral crescent]

Ohhhh

[foggy steppe]

Lots more than that but some very fun shots

[coral crescent]

looks fun enough

[foggy steppe]

1dx and 400 combined makes the ideal street combo

[coral crescent]

not my style of street but it looks good

[foggy steppe]

Everyone notices you

Even when you're like 30m away

[coral crescent]

My freinds call my lens a sniper

we'll be at a carnival or smth I'm shooting and they're like

"Snipe that guy, snipe him"

[foggy steppe]

When your setup is 6.5kg lmfao

Long range is fun for street tho

Just very noticeable and heavy

Esp with the loud monster that's 1dx

[coral crescent]

guess I'll take my 150 out as well

Should be fun

[foggy steppe]

Do it

Just make sure you don't mind being noticed lmao

[coral crescent]

I don't do people that often when I street so yeah it's fine

I'll keep my hood off as well

that thing makes it look twice the size

[static ruin]

Just means you're not using a long enough lens if you're noticed /s

[foggy steppe]

1200mm street is the key next time

[static ruin]

I'll bring the telescope

[foggy steppe]

Actually what lenses are people bringing to the photowalk

[coral crescent]

16-28 and 150-500

[static ruin]

I only have 2 lenses, 24-70 and 70-200, so both of those

[foggy steppe]

Can't decide a 2nd lens I want to bring

[coral crescent]

those are nice focal lengths

I need to get a 24-70

how much was yours?

[static ruin]

I got it with th z6, so ended up dirt cheap even new

It's f4 not f2.8 for the 24-70

[coral crescent]

Ohhhh

kit one?

[foggy steppe]

A kit lens is a 24-70 f4? Damn

[static ruin]

Yeah, "kit", except an actually good kit lens lol

It's still a Nikon z S lens

[coral crescent]

24-70's are always nice

[static ruin]

So has all the good weather sealing and all that

[foggy steppe]

24-70 I'm bringing for sure, not sure if I should go 85 prime or 70-200 for 2nd

[coral crescent]

go 85 prime

[foggy steppe]

The bowling ball

[coral crescent]

if you really need long focal lengths just use my 150-500

Yes

[foggy steppe]

Also got the af speed of a bowling ball

[static ruin]

lol

[foggy steppe]

Makes sense tho I'll probs decide morning of

[coral crescent]

@night hound What lenses are you bringing?

[night hound]

I'm bringing the foojs and going in light.

[coral crescent]

[static ruin]

"going in light".. what as by fuji, it's the gfx

[night hound]

The GFX is onnly like 800 or less grams?

[coral crescent]

My kit with the 150-500 is like 3kg so really light

with the 16-28 like 1.7

so even lighter

[night hound]

The GFX with the 35-70 is 1.34 kg

[fleet edge]

15-35, 24-70, 100-400

[night hound]

I will bring the xt5 too with the 16mm

Augie will bring the 6D, doesn't know what lens. She is thinking of the 24-105 and maybe the nifty.

Or the 24-70

[acoustic lark]

Mmmm yes and I will bring the 76F ghA 96-112

[fleet edge]

Am I the only one with proper UWA

Weaklings

[acoustic lark]

🥲

[static ruin]

You pay for one, I'll use it

[fleet edge]

I'll make y'all use mine

[night hound]

UWA?

[foggy steppe]

You want me to bring 11-24?

[fleet edge]

Ultrawide angle

[fleet edge]

Damn son

That's wide

[night hound]

Neah. I actuallly just want to shoot streets, reallly. I live here so don't wanna do landscaping, etc. And people suck.

modern cars suck too

wait

[fleet edge]

UWA street or go home

[night hound]

why am I shooting again?

[fleet edge]

[night hound]

I just want to play with the foojs, really

I haven't realy played with them

esp the gfx

I wanna pixel peep

[foggy steppe]

When a pano makes sense but you can't be bothered

24mm is as wide as I go for street tho normally

[coral crescent]

I've got my 16-28 for street

Well doing APS-C math it's a 28-44

[foggy steppe]

Imagine using apsc

[coral crescent]

It works

[static ruin]

Then Augie is sitting there laughing at us for only having full frame

[coral crescent]

Now that I think about, I've never seen Augies photos

[night hound]

That's because I'm not real

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

Robin made me up.

I'm a bot

[coral crescent]

Do you have a website Augie?

[night hound]

Not anymore

I'll post a pic later, but Augie needs to let me know it's ok

[foggy steppe]

Can't afford gfx so we can only use tlr medium

[coral crescent]

[sweet egret]

I was going to suggest we can do early

[fleet edge]

6:30am

[sweet egret]

because I have to go around midday

I will be down 🙂

[acoustic lark]

Robin no

[sweet egret]

good lighting too

I find that dusk and the light has been going away way too quick after 4pm ish

[coral crescent]

Earliest I do is 9

At this stage

[foggy steppe]

Same

[night hound]

Ok. 9 am, then? Angie, you ok with that?

**PHOTO MEET **
Kirribilli Village Cafe
9 am
8 pax

If the cafe is full, we meet in front of it, anyway.

[sweet egret]

@fleet edge @static ruin we could meet up earlier to get some shots and hang out

and meet up with you guys a bit later

[night hound]

That's a good idea

[coral crescent]

I'll try be there at 9

[fleet edge]

@quaint comet

[acoustic lark]

Yeah I’m chill waking up early- but only because it’s you guys

[fleet edge]

[quaint comet]

ye

[night hound]

If anyone is running late, just let us know. We can tell you where we are at if we have moved on.

Is this fair?

[acoustic lark]

Sounds good

At what point in the day are we ending this little meet up?

[night hound]

1 am at a dodgy karaoke bar somewhere in The Blue Mountains.

[acoustic lark]

Beaut

[sweet egret]

is this on Sunday or Saturday?

[night hound]

Sunday

[sweet egret]

okay sweet

yea easy ill lock that in my schedule

@fleet edge @static ruin you guys good with it being a bit early?

[night hound]

If anyone wants my mobile, just dm me. Just in case.

[sweet egret]

crap my sunday is going to be the death of me

ill be basically doing an allnighter haha

[foggy steppe]

Looks all good to me

[coral crescent]

Same

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

You guys should do the Bondi to Bronte Coastal Walk

[coral crescent]

I've told my parents I'll be there the whole day anyway

They're heading out somewhere else

Wait Augie, couldja bring a spare rebel?

[night hound]

You want to mount one of your lenses on it?

[coral crescent]

Nah it's not that, my cousins also there and while he doesn't really do photography I think he'd enjoy it

[night hound]

Then you don't need to change so much

[night hound]

No problem at all. I'll bring the 40D with the Tamron 18- 135 or whatever the fuck it is

[fleet edge]

Whenever we want really

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

Bring extra SD cards if anyone wants to play aroud with the GFX

[sweet egret]

ill need to leave at around 12-1pm

[static ruin]

Yeah very much in the realm of I'll see how I go, I'd be surprised if I'm there all evening, but it's for future me to decide

[fleet edge]

Just ditch your plans

We're clearly cooler

[sweet egret]

haha or you guys come down to Kiama for astro

[night hound]

Kiama is pretty

[static ruin]

And I can get my camera soaked again!

[sweet egret]

offt looks like it would be a very narry window

narrow*

[night hound]

Now I have to think of lunch options to suggest

[coral crescent]

kbbq

[night hound]

Although we may be around The Rocks by then

[sweet egret]

I hope we don't drown haha

[night hound]

It's pub food there or meh cafes or expensive ass food

Oh wait

No

[static ruin]

Low tide seems to be at a good time for it, astro dark starts at 6:30ish right now

[night hound]

Kirribilli > Darling Harbour > Chinatown > tram to Opera House/The Rocks > CBD street at night

Lunch in Chinatown then

[coral crescent]

kbbq in china town?????

[night hound]

Expensive

We can do it, if that's what everyone wants

Or can afford

[coral crescent]

decide on the day ig

[sweet egret]

oh that is good

are we mostly doing street?

[night hound]

Urban landscape, too

I mean, you can do macro on garbage bins if you want

Or boba macro

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

The Chinese Garden in Darling Harbour is pretty, too.

[coral crescent]

Oh wow you're right

We should go there

Most of my nature shots are from a very similar place

[night hound]

We can macro the water dragons there if you are game

[coral crescent]

I don't have a macro

Nah but I'm used to places like that, a lot

[coral crescent]

I used to go a garden like that every weekend

90% of nature shots on my website are from said place

[night hound]

Those things freaked me out last time. I thought one was a statue cause it just didn't move when I looked at it. Then its eyeballs moved and I jumped back.

Augie just watched me with a grimace

[static ruin]

lol

[shut flint]

sapnu puas

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

I like it there. And would love to try the yum cha there, actualy sometime

[shut flint]

how do I type upside down so u guys understand

[coral crescent]

No

Yum Cha is

Just no

[shut flint]

this is the only upside down stuff i know

[cobalt blade]

I have infiltrated the aussie lounge

[shut flint]

i apologize

[fleet edge]

Someone hates yumcha?

Illegal

[cobalt blade]

european takeover when

[static ruin]

dw, phones have a built in auto translater when you turn the phone upside down

[coral crescent]

I don't hate it but

[shut flint]

is this like boba

[coral crescent]

Gong Cha is just supremely better

[shut flint]

but upside down

[coral crescent]

yes

[night hound]

Thats boba. Not y um cha

[coral crescent]

yeah our pearls are actually at the top of the drink instead

[shut flint]

huh

[shut flint]

yum

[fleet edge]

Yum cha is eating morning tea/brunch in Cantonese

Literally translates to Drink Tea

You go to a Yum Cha restaurant and eat a bunch of food with friends/family

[coral crescent]

Am I getting my boba shops mixed up

[night hound]

yes

Shit, they have a dumpling bar there....

https://lotusdininggroup.com/lotus-dumpling-bar/

Not that i fucking need another dumpling option. Ashfield is littered with them.

[coral crescent]

oooooooo

[night hound]

May I also suggest Eating World, which is a food court in Haymarket? It gives us options for different asian palates.

https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/food-and-drink/article/eating-well-eating-world

Arguably and one of Augie's favourite ramen is there, called Gumshara

Punter may even find something to eat there :D

[coral crescent]

Looks good

[cobalt blade]

that looks really good

[coral crescent]

No I'm not getting my boba mixed up

[cobalt blade]

i'm extremely hungry

[coral crescent]

It is boba as well

[coral crescent]

Haven't been to this one though anyway

[night hound]

If you want Korean:

https://www.kpos.com.au/seoulria/index.php?subject=LUNCH+SPECIAL(12~4PM)

[coral crescent]

Im easy

I'll eat anything honestly

[night hound]

For dessert, Old School Kafey for Bingsu, etc

[fleet edge]

@quaint comet it's almost as sweet as you ^_^

[sweet egret]

Gumshara is pretty decent

but also a bit overrated

cheap though!

[night hound]

Her favourite is Ra Ra

[sweet egret]

you guys need to try the one in north sydney

next to my highschool haha

[night hound]

I think she found a new one in the city for Ramen and prefer it there - can’t remember

[sweet egret]

it is hands down the best imo

[night hound]

In crows nest?

[sweet egret]

yea

[night hound]

What’s that place again… can’t remember

If it’s that one, it’s ok.

[sweet egret]

Ryo's noodle

I am a pretty huge fan

[night hound]

Yeah its ok. So many better ones now

[sweet egret]

really?

I havent been in a while

been to all of the main ones

[night hound]

Ramen explosion everywhere

[sweet egret]

gumshara, ippudo, Yasaka,

can't remeber

[night hound]

Rara, chako ramen, rising sun, etc

So many

[sweet egret]

might add onto the list

I don't go for Ramen that often maybe once a few months

[night hound]

The “main ones” don’t specialist in ramen. Gumshara does, but it’s such a different style. It’s not my fave, but augie likes it cause she likes tonkatsu style

[sweet egret]

yeah I am not a really huge fan of Gumshara

but I havent had it in a while

[coral crescent]

I don't mind at all

[night hound]

It’s too thick for me but I get the style, it is actually really good

Even comparable to what you get generally in Tokyo

“Generally”

[sweet egret]

ah I really really want to go to japan

haha but I am soo broke

[night hound]

It's hard to find a bad ramen there. Eating in japan was just amazing. The best pizza I have ever had was in Tokyo. Hands down.

Let's see if that changes when we go to Italy in October.

[coral crescent]

The Japanese teacher told us to avoid eating pizza is tokyo

[night hound]

Don't say Jap....

[night hound]

Tell your teacher to go to Seirinkan in Nakameguro next time.

[coral crescent]

I keep forgetting I can't say that

I just mean it as an abbreviation cause I can't be bothered to type the full thing

[coral crescent]

I'll keep this written down

We'll have plenty of free time so I'll try make time for it

[night hound]

https://www.eater.com/2017/2/21/14670944/best-pizza-tokyo-guide this

[coral crescent]

We're only in tokyo for 3 days

wait lemme find the schedule and make sure I'm not mixing it up

[night hound]

Tokyo is HUGE. It's mind blowing how huge it is.

[coral crescent]

fk I can't find the schedule

[night hound]

One week in Tokyo barely covers it. barely.

[coral crescent]

uh

shit

I haven't started on it yet

[coral crescent]

I think it's 4 days

but 1 day for travel to takayama

which is what I'm most excited for

[night hound]

You will have so much fun.

Even if you eat ramen everyday, it will be such an experience.

[coral crescent]

One of my white freinds is going and he's never been to a foreign country ever

It should be a fun time

[fleet edge]

Ayy they're checking my references

Also

I am

Tired

[foggy steppe]

JP/jpn/japn are common

[coral crescent]

I guess I'll just add an n at the end then

[static ruin]

At the rate some of our train network is running today, you may be in Sydney before I get home.. over an hour, 3 trains later, not even halfway home lol

[coral crescent]

Oh shit, from CBD?

[fleet edge]

Might be faster if you walked

[static ruin]

Yeah, there's already track work on the line I usually use, then more problems today, which doesn't surprise me

lol I'll probably drive tomorrow, sad when it's faster to fight Sydney traffic

[static ruin]

Gotta get those steps in

[sweet egret]

what happened?

[static ruin]

🤷‍♂️

[foggy steppe]

Traffic was alright today from city

[willow rivet]

normal lounge is being weird can i hide in here with you guys

[acoustic lark]

Honorary Australian!

[fleet edge]

We are the superior lounge

[fleet edge]

Hello puffin man

[willow rivet]

:puffin:

oh, kinda dissapointed with discord

[coral crescent]

What's the worse lounge done this time?

[willow rivet]

oh honestly nothing just couldnt find the energy to catch up

[coral crescent]

It's fine this lounge is always better

Sonny I'll be able to access fancy lounge as well

[willow rivet]

there is no fancy lounge

[coral crescent]

I was a booster once

[night hound]

This is me all the time

[willow rivet]

then you were a booster when fancy lounge still existed

#🍸・fancy-lounge

[coral crescent]

It was removed?

[willow rivet]

guess you'll find out

[coral crescent]

Don't make me hop on my alt and boost the server

[willow rivet]

u do u buddy all I'm saying is fancy lounge isnt a thing

[coral crescent]

[willow rivet]

u figure it out yet

[coral crescent]

No I can't be asked to get on my alt acc

[willow rivet]

#🍸・fancy-lounge

o right

[coral crescent]

idk I'll find out eventually

[coral crescent]

[willow rivet]

wtf

[coral crescent]

[willow rivet]

ok fine ill be nice

[acoustic lark]

Fancy lasagne

[coral crescent]

It still exists

[willow rivet]

no lounge is dead

there is only lasagne

[coral crescent]

yep, 4k points off

I should get ced to buy popcorn again

[fleet edge]

Oh hey, I'm closer than I thought I was to the next one

[fleet edge]

Have you ever had fancy lasagne?

[acoustic lark]

I have not, have you?

[static ruin]

2 1/2 hours later, still not home, free entertainment as people start swearing their heads off at the station

[winter surge]

any one from canberra?

[versed lily]

oi

[static ruin]

@fleet edge Is

[versed lily]

fuck is this mate

[static ruin]

You wot m8

[winter surge]

SHUT THE FUCK UP

[feral herald]

Wot?

[coral crescent]

[winter surge]

have any of you bloody people been here?

https://www.photoaccess.org.au/

[sharp steppe]

Hello West Islanders

[winter surge]

western Australia?

[fleet edge]

Gday cunt

@quaint comet

[fleet edge]

Photo access is good

[quaint comet]

fucken cold today ay

[fleet edge]

I don't like lasagna

[winter surge]

Gota mebership mate?

[coral crescent]

Flight in ~14 hours

[quaint comet]

[coral crescent]

wait can I pack my batteries on my hand carry bag

Camera batteries

[static ruin]

How many spares are you talking?

[coral crescent]

2

3 total batteries

and charger ofc