Lounge but Australian

[coral crescent]

Did like that one

[fleet edge]

https://shutterhub.org.uk/the-top-100-auto-photo-awards-2022/

Mix of meh and really good ones in here too

The meh ones are still better than alot of car photographers tho

Couple are oof

[foggy steppe]

Landscape competition with a car blocking the view

[coral crescent]

thats what I was saying

^

[foggy steppe]

Lmfao

[coral crescent]

Just shoot the landscape

[foggy steppe]

I've still never seen a car photo and been actually very impressed

[coral crescent]

Neither

some of the stuff there is amazing sure

but still nothing that just

[foggy steppe]

For cars I almost always just like the advertising renders/images

That's about as good as it gets

[coral crescent]

From what I've seen so far yeah

With plane photography it's different cause there is some genuinly amazing stuff

[foggy steppe]

It's also meh for me

Trains too lol

[coral crescent]

Its the same "just shoot landscape"

but

planes are just so much more dramatic

E.g

[foggy steppe]

It's like neat but doesn't rly wow me

[coral crescent]

Trains I gotta disagree with cause they're always in some fkin amazing landscape

[foggy steppe]

That's just landscape photography

Like I often include roads in my landscapes

But it's not car photography lmao

[coral crescent]

I really fkin like this one ngl

could be better composed

Or even something like this

[foggy steppe]

The only train photo Ive really liked is that Elias one and it's coz it's more about the person

[foggy steppe]

This is a smoke cloud photo

[coral crescent]

For me, yes and no

I wouldn't call it a smoke photo but I wouldnt call it solely a train one either

[foggy steppe]

They're all like neat

The advantage steam trains have is we rarely see them

[coral crescent]

Maybe for us but fkin europeans get them all the time

[foggy steppe]

It's the same reason people like supercar photos more than Toyota photos

[woeful belfry]

Probs one of the best car photos from that comp

[coral crescent]

[woeful belfry]

Look at those lines!

It's rather evocative

The passion of the manufacturer is palpable

[static ruin]

I still think someone here on PL put it best a while back (can't remember who it was), if you replace a car in a photo with something generic like a corolla and it's no longer a photo people like, it was never a good photo to begin with, people just liked the car

[woeful belfry]

Couldn't you say the same for bird photos though?

[static ruin]

True, though same principal often still applies, a lot of people like bird photos just because of the bird, but most are just generic, very few are more unique and good composition

[woeful belfry]

I'm seeing that with macro on bugs too.

Still gotta make a good composition.

Just have a bug in focus won't make it awesome

[coral crescent]

Yes and no

Sometimes the whole vibe of the scene is reliant on the bird

E.g, you can't edit the same way for an owl you would for a wren

Complete different stories

[night hound]

Gmorning! I'm awake

[left ridge]

Guten morgen

[foggy steppe]

praetor maybe? i totally agree with that tho, car people dont

[errant linden]

monin (its 8pm)

[night hound]

Ah yeah, nice and early.

[errant linden]

arent u in the phillipines or smth

[night hound]

Fuck neah, been back for over a week now.

I'm back to ass freezing.

[left ridge]

The good ol’ days of freezing in the morning

I sure love australia 🫶🇦🇺

[night hound]

Can't wait for the ass-scalding 40 degree mornings.

[left ridge]

Had the pleasure of arriving in February.
Never again.

[errant linden]

I love waking up to 10 degree mornings

[static ruin]

I was complaining it's too hot today, yesterday was certainly cool though

[static ruin]

Ah yes, break out into a sweat trying to sleep

[coral crescent]

Its already hot here

[night hound]

You're at the gym all the time of course you're always sweating

[coral crescent]

worth

Arms rn are just

[errant linden]

https://tenor.com/view/kevin-levroni-bodybuilder-gym-gif-27330637

[coral crescent]

I'm not that big

See

You got 10 seconds before it go bye bye

[static ruin]

Checks logs

[coral crescent]

Ben doesn't have that power

[static ruin]

Atleast you took a selfie, as we all know, it's literally pointless going to the gym if you don't as per the internet

[coral crescent]

yes thats how it works

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

But I mean, at least gotta have 1 pump pic

[errant linden]

https://tenor.com/view/david-laid-david-laid-flex-gif-27084622

[coral crescent]

No no don't compare me to David laid

That man is on another level

Ben are you secretly ripped like phantom as well?

[errant linden]

no 💀

im light asf I gotta bulk

[coral crescent]

Bulk up before the next meet

[errant linden]

I weigh 60 rn

[coral crescent]

5'10 right?

I weigh like 67

[errant linden]

bro I got measured at the doctors

im fukin 5'8 💀

😭 😭

[coral crescent]

5"8 and 60 isn't bad

[errant linden]

I am a skinny boi

[coral crescent]

I used to be a fat cunt

Now I'm not

Honestly 5"8 and 60 doesn't sound skinny to me

[errant linden]

its honestly not

but the biggest thing are my forearms

I hate them

so I just spam forearm curls or whatever u call them

[coral crescent]

Biggest part of me is shoulders

Forearms are ok there

[errant linden]

GYATT

[coral crescent]

[coral crescent]

That's the opposite of what you wanna do no?

You said they're the biggest thing so don't you wanna get everything else bigger instead?

[errant linden]

to grow my forearms

oh no

I meant my biggest thing I hate

[coral crescent]

Ohhhh you meant that

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

Mb mb, I just thought you had huge forearms

Personally I don't train forearms that much, but when I do forearm curls are plenty enough

But yeah as you saw biggest thing upper body wise for me is shoulders

I like it, just spammed lat raises for a while

[errant linden]

bro I knew girls only trained legs

some girls in my year can legpress like 190 or sum shit

tf

[coral crescent]

I can do 230 lol

Leg press is nothing

Now squats

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

yep

I can do like 110

Which is good but not 2x bw yet

[errant linden]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-lifting-heavy-epic-fail-doyouevenlift-gif-16764427

[coral crescent]

Yikes

But you're right, girls tend to train legs a lot

I train them once I realise I haven't trained them in a week

[fallow perch]

kg..? 😳🫃

[errant linden]

ye bro kg

[fallow perch]

mad

[coral crescent]

190 isn't crazy

Leg press is incredibly easy compared to almost every other leg exercise

Ben you could hit 180 easy

[cobalt blade]

imagine being under 75kg

skinny bitch

[errant linden]

[cobalt blade]

when your legs are as short as urs yeah

[errant linden]

bruh

[cobalt blade]

[fallow perch]

tbf last time i did leg press i was in the uk

so i cant remember how much i did

[feral herald]

5’8”?

More Arm Rests!

[coral crescent]

Still waiting on Aus post

[woeful belfry]

10 Degree is not freezing

[night hound]

Aus Post is not even open yet, silly boy :D

[gentle wind]

neah you’d know if it was out for delivery or not by now

[night hound]

Pretend you're paying attention in class, child!

UWU

[serene ibex]

Good arvo

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

I told you

[coral crescent]

Where the hell is my camera dammit

[fleet edge]

The convoy got raided

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

Raid the emus back

[coral crescent]

Too busy gyming

[late parcel]

Oh my this is awesome

[coral crescent]

Ik

[late parcel]

Thanks lol

[coral crescent]

Aussie lounge

[late parcel]

@fleet edge Thanks

[coral crescent]

Started off as the Meetup organisation thing and then just became Aussie lounge

[late parcel]

Its awesome

[fleet edge]

This server has a ton of Australians

[late parcel]

Anyways. Currently I have no water or power so I was drinking from the bore water and I didn’t realise but the hose was muddy

[fleet edge]

A weirdly large amount

[late parcel]

So if I die you know why

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

I'm sure you won't die

Maybe a trip to the ER

[late parcel]

What else can Aussies do. It’s too hot to play sports in summer

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

Probably a trip to the ER

[coral crescent]

Volleyball

Volleyball

[late parcel]

Its right next to the septic tank……

[fleet edge]

Oh yeah right

[coral crescent]

Summer is cutting season as well

So go get ripped

[fleet edge]

We'll take photos of your funeral

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Body insecurity and beaches don’t go hand in hand lmao

[late parcel]

Lmao nice

[coral crescent]

I meant indoor

Or go gyming like me

[static ruin]

Eventually you just learn not to care what others think

[coral crescent]

Eh I didn't go down that route

[static ruin]

Most random people will forget about you entirely that day

[fleet edge]

That's a pretty shitty situation

[coral crescent]

I went down the get jacked instead route

[fleet edge]

Did it taste like death

[coral crescent]

Both work

[fleet edge]

And cholera

[static ruin]

You can do both

[coral crescent]

True

I used to be a fat cunt

[late parcel]

Its hard when even your dad makes fun of your body lol

[fleet edge]

Oh lol

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

My mum did that when I was young

She called me fat and pudgy

[static ruin]

I used to be larger than I am now, do need to cut it down further though

[fleet edge]

Now I'm underweight and don't eat much

[coral crescent]

Gym

[fleet edge]

Who woulda thunk messing with someone's self esteem would cause problems down the line

[coral crescent]

People genuinely don't give a shit what you look like there

It's amazing

[late parcel]

I ordered jeans in the wrong size and instead of letting me return it dad made me loose weight instead 🥲

[fleet edge]

Become my second shooter

[fleet edge]

Sounds like a lovely father

Lemme guess, beer belly the size of the moon?

[late parcel]

Actually no

He’s a slim jim

[fleet edge]

Oh damn

[late parcel]

Yeah lol

[fleet edge]

Can't call him a hypocrite :(

[static ruin]

$$$$

[fleet edge]

There's my day ruined

[coral crescent]

Oh true

[late parcel]

I mean I ain’t fat. I’m 5”4’ and 61kg

[coral crescent]

Calestenics

[late parcel]

Aw no

[coral crescent]

BMI sounds fine

I'm 5"10 and 67

[late parcel]

It is

[fleet edge]

Oh hey, I'm 5'3 50kg

[late parcel]

Oh my

[static ruin]

I'm almost 2 robins

[late parcel]

Take some of my weight lol

We can share

[fleet edge]

Lmao

I'm tiny

Tiny Asian femby

[late parcel]

Lmao

Im a chubby Asian

[coral crescent]

Yeah Robin is tiny now that I think about it

[fleet edge]

Very comical when I'm hauling my wedding gear

[coral crescent]

It was funny seeing you with the huge Lowepro

[coral crescent]

Another Asian

[static ruin]

I did think about swimming in summer for exercise, only to find the public pool closes before I can realistically get there after work, so annoying lol

Cheaper than gym, and still some exercise

[coral crescent]

Swimming is amazing lol

[fleet edge]

Asian parent problems

[coral crescent]

If you just wanna cut down than swimmings better

[static ruin]

Well... It needs to be accessible to those that work regular hours lol

[late parcel]

I make my tiny horse look huge because I’m a shorty

Don’t judge my fit lol. I lost my helmet and my pants

[fleet edge]

You look like a normal weight tho

Your dad on crack

Watching too many movies with Asian models

[coral crescent]

That's fine lmao

[late parcel]

I love swimming. Though I had a lot of shoulder problems over the years and very little mobility

Dads a white Aussie. I’m half Singaporean with my mum though

[coral crescent]

If we're sharing physique pics though....

[fleet edge]

What are those socks

Kinda want them

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

Twig arms

[late parcel]

Bubble o billlll

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Birthday gift a friend gave me lol

[coral crescent]

The hell is bubble o bill

[late parcel]

Bruh

The best icecream

My childhood was built off it

[coral crescent]

Never heard of it

[fleet edge]

For me it was rainbow paddlepops

[coral crescent]

Brb repping

[late parcel]

And you claim to be Aussie

[fleet edge]

Did you know rainbow paddlepops are caramel flavour

[late parcel]

I’ll be back in a few mins. Dads a tad possedere at the dirt in the carport

[coral crescent]

I'm Asian as well

[late parcel]

Im so easily distracted lmao

[fleet edge]

When were we thinking of doing the next meet

[coral crescent]

December iirc

[fleet edge]

Weren't we thinking about October or something?

December I see

[coral crescent]

I think the Augies are in Europe in October

[fleet edge]

I see

Lucky

[late parcel]

Im gonna sleep through December

Its too hot

[fleet edge]

You live rural?

[late parcel]

Half time

[fleet edge]

Ah

[late parcel]

Live in the city for school

[fleet edge]

I grew up in the country

[late parcel]

Got the week off though

Oh nice

[fleet edge]

Bad place to be Chinese and in school

[late parcel]

Yeahhhhh

Bad place to be anything but drop dead gorgeous and rich

[fleet edge]

I do a mean bogan impression tho

So an upside I guess

[fleet edge]

Idk, you can always be a white male tradie working for the mines

[coral crescent]

God my upper body is so much more built than my legs it's scary

[fleet edge]

Do your legs

[static ruin]

I think mines the opposite, legs get a good workout carrying this fat ass around, especially on hikes

[coral crescent]

Too lazy

[fleet edge]

Weak

[coral crescent]

Gonna have your work cut out when the 180-600 arrives

[coral crescent]

[static ruin]

Was curious about the pools, closes at 7 during the week

So yeah by the time I actually get home, that ain't happening with any meaningful amount of exercise

[coral crescent]

Guess that makes sense, the only viable thing would be calestenics then

Well gym if you want to pay for it

[late parcel]

As a gal though

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

I got the bonus of being trans and Asian

[late parcel]

😂 good on ya

I caught a lamb but it didn’t remember me from last time and it freaked out and now I feel bad 🥲

Now it won’t come close

[coral crescent]

God I really need to train legs

I thought volleyball would be enough but clearly my upper body is progressing too fast

[late parcel]

Get a horse lol

My legs got to be ripped

But now they’re kinda flabby after a year or so of doing nothing lol

[coral crescent]

Mr arms and back are fairly ripped

Lats need work

[late parcel]

Horses will do lats for you

If not the riding the pushing wheelbarrows up hills will do it

[willow rivet]

get a pole

[coral crescent]

Lad I'm not getting a horse

You and your damn poles Reqy

[late parcel]

Take Maple

I hate her

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

You can have her for free

[willow rivet]

git

[late parcel]

I’ll pay you even

[coral crescent]

I'll stick to the gym

[late parcel]

She’s a full body workout

Including mentally

Such a beautiful day

[foggy steppe]

Is this Brisbane lmao

Looks way too similar to a spot I go for birding

[late parcel]

Mid north coast

Dad and I build this jetty ourselves over 4 years

[foggy steppe]

Ahh cool haha

Looks like a great place

[late parcel]

It is

A tad lonely though

[fleet edge]

Can you bring friends for a holiday visit?

[fleet edge]

Ooooh

Seems like a fun place to bird

Take a 600/4 out on a kayak :P

[late parcel]

Nooooo

I’d 100% prefer to just walk the banks

The road follows the river for about 4 kms

[errant linden]

brooo

those used to slap

I havent had one in ages

[coral crescent]

The hell are those

[karmic lily]

Spring almost here

just need the Kingfishers to start showing up and we're golden

[coral crescent]

Oh right they should popping up soon here as well

Might go visit the claypan or just head to the aviary

[late parcel]

Ooo I saw my first azure of the year

Just a few weeks ago

[karmic lily]

Ducklings and Cygnets are already here in Perth

[errant linden]

what

[late parcel]

And the plovers just hatched

[errant linden]

how do u not know what a bubble o bill is

[karmic lily]

Strict parents probably

[coral crescent]

No clue but that reminds me to grab some Boba after this

The fuck are they???

Gimme a sec

[errant linden]

😔

[karmic lily]

Mine wouldnt let me have a bubble o bill or the Callipso shots

Plain choc wedge or frosty fruit only

[coral crescent]

Ohhhh those

Yeah wasn't my thing

[errant linden]

life was at its peak when I last had this

[late parcel]

Oh my goodness

[static ruin]

We've had a couple of magpies start visiting the backyard here over the last couple of weeks, I think they may be starting a nest across the road

[late parcel]

I’ve had it once at my friends birthday when I was maybe 10

[late parcel]

Naw baby

[static ruin]

I forgot that was even a thing it's been so long

[karmic lily]

he's coming for ya

[late parcel]

My Mag should has a chick hatching soon

[late parcel]

Lmaoooo

Have*

[errant linden]

POV me walking to school having the most amazing morning

[karmic lily]

Theres a good spot for kingfishers near where I live luckily

and they even start showing up in my neighbourhood

[night hound]

Why you guys not napping?

[static ruin]

Nice

[errant linden]

oh ye btw the girl that does photos isnt interested in anything

back to taking photos by myself

[karmic lily]

it's like mid afternoon

[static ruin]

I'd like to tame them a bit more, but I also don't want them getting too comfortable and having my dog kill one of them

[late parcel]

Some sacred king fishers used to nest in one of my trees but a goanna raided the nest and they left

[night hound]

Yeah. Afternoon nap time just before the pre- dinner nap time

[late parcel]

Its too nice to nap here

[karmic lily]

theres like 5 pairs at a riverside park last year in a 1km strech

[late parcel]

Some black cockatoos and an Australian hobby just went over

[karmic lily]

Also there's loads of pardelote sized tree hollows

[late parcel]

Oooo

[karmic lily]

can set up with the tripod and wait

[static ruin]

I need to do more scouting once I get that 180-600

Maybe a couple of weeks, maybe...

[late parcel]

Also wth. I saw these whistling ducks spring 2019. Never seen them before or since 😭

[karmic lily]

passing through maybe?

[late parcel]

Yeah

I want them to come back

They were so cool

[night hound]

December Aussie Photo holiday meet up

[static ruin]

Birding Meetup? I'll bring the throwing 700d

[night hound]

What? You wanna look for more seagulls?

Maybe pigeons this time

[karmic lily]

Seabird season is already over

[late parcel]

Im not 18 until next year so no way my parents would agree

They don’t support my do photography

[night hound]

It's 24/7/365 in Circular Quay yo

[night hound]

wut

[late parcel]

I used to day quay how it’s spelt 😭

[night hound]

where's your parents? I'll have a few words with them.

[late parcel]

Say*

[late parcel]

Dads in town and mums on the couch

[night hound]

Kwey

[coral crescent]

Frauxgie

[late parcel]

Go through the back door, they front doenst work

[errant linden]

we meeting city right

[night hound]

You keep pumping those arms - I need you to carry my gear when we go to Nepal

[karmic lily]

Do you mean they don't financially support it or do they outright oppose you doing photography

[coral crescent]

They're ready

Arms ready to carry the 150-600

[errant linden]

[night hound]

Neah, I don't have a 150-600. I only have 100-400

[fleet edge]

Boys and their gym pics. You can't tell me there isn't some sort of homoerotic undertones going on

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

💀

[errant linden]

spare me please

[coral crescent]

I like my gym pics

[errant linden]

we are all secretly gay

[night hound]

You knwo there's like bromance happening when we're not around, right?

[coral crescent]

NO

[late parcel]

The second. Well both

[coral crescent]

Easier

[karmic lily]

..why?

[errant linden]

😏

[karmic lily]

It's not exactly a controversial hobby

[coral crescent]

I have the same question

[late parcel]

Because It’s not being a doctor or lawyer lol

[coral crescent]

In the name of the father, son and the holy spirit

[karmic lily]

Doctors and Lawyers still have hobbies

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

"why you no nurse?" - every filipino mothers

[errant linden]

nah its jokes

your not gay

[coral crescent]

@gentle wind is this true

[errant linden]

but

[night hound]

yes

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

[gentle wind]

it’s true but she doesn’t do it to me lol

[night hound]

Alright, have fun with your bromance chats. I need to book accommodation in Paris

ciao for now

[coral crescent]

Disappointed in you frauxgie

Why she no nurse?

[fleet edge]

AYYY

I got this too!

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Wooo hoooo!

[fleet edge]

I'm a wedding photographer nowadays

And using my portfolio and getting interviews for full time high paying jobs lmao

[late parcel]

Lucky bugger

My absolute dream would be to do aircraft photography for the adf

[fleet edge]

You are Augie, not Bugie. Become doctor

[coral crescent]

God my parents could use the same line on me

Fkin hope they never discover it

[karmic lily]

"NO GIRLFRIENDS, YOU MUST STUDY TO BE DOCTOR"
5 years later
"WHY YOU NO MARRY YET, AUNTS STARTING TO THINK YOU GAY"

[fleet edge]

Jokes on them I am gay

[late parcel]

My parents threatened to disown my brother when he got an offer from the adf to be an engineer

[fleet edge]

I even want a Subaru

[coral crescent]

I think teethy had the same rant somewhere

[late parcel]

Lmaoooo

[karmic lily]

[gentle wind]

Fun fact @night hound makes a weird noise whenever something is massively expensive for what it is or damn fucking cheap

[fleet edge]

Was it the ADF part or the engineer part

[late parcel]

Adf part

[gentle wind]

Goes something along the lines of AECHHHHHH or HEEEEEEE

[fleet edge]

What sort of engineer?

Army?

[late parcel]

Navy

[fleet edge]

Navy is good tho

You're not surrounded by brain-dead infantry

[late parcel]

😂

And engineer is Hugh paying

High*

[karmic lily]

What was the expected annual income?

"YOU NO BECOME ENGINEER"
"The pay is $200k+ starting"
"WE SO HAPPY FOR YOU I TELL ALL AUNTYS"

[late parcel]

100 grand. It all goes into saving because they pay pretty much all your expenses too

[late parcel]

😂

[fleet edge]

Great when you're young and don't want to settle down yet

All into the bank

[serene ibex]

Apart from photography what other hobbies do u guys have?

[late parcel]

I don’t have any others 🥲

Photography is the main thing that makes me happy these days

[coral crescent]

Volleyball

[late parcel]

And I had all three of my cameras confiscated two days ago 😭

[coral crescent]

[karmic lily]

I target shoot and go hunting sometimes

[fleet edge]

Read
Write
Hike
Cook
Game
Headphones
Speakers
Videography
Used to skate

[late parcel]

Ooo I used to hunt

[fleet edge]

I run discord servers too

[karmic lily]

I'm getting my category H license soon too

[late parcel]

Don’t have much to shoot now days

[coral crescent]

Yeah we're not American

[late parcel]

Lmao

[karmic lily]

We technically have a lot more to shoot with all the invasive species we have

[late parcel]

I used to hunt Roos and pigs in the drought. Now there’s barely enough grass but we’re not desperate enough to cull again

[serene ibex]

Apart from photography I do music

[late parcel]

Foxes drowned in the flood

So did the local wild dogs

[acoustic lark]

@late parcel hi! I haven’t met you before

[karmic lily]

I remove the foxes and feral cats so they don't yeet the native birds I wanna watch

[late parcel]

Oh my goodness

My name is Angie toooooo

[acoustic lark]

Really????

[fleet edge]

No way

[late parcel]

My friends nicknamed me AJ

[fleet edge]

Now there's two of them

[late parcel]

Nice to meet you!

[serene ibex]

Ngl need more hobbies

[acoustic lark]

I’m Angelina but y’all can call me Angie lmao

[late parcel]

I can’t tell what time you’re using lol

[serene ibex]

Names moon

[late parcel]

Im Angela, prefer Angie but my friends randomly call me AJ and I got discord to chat with them so that why I have AJ here lol

[acoustic lark]

Pfffft that’s awesome

Whereabouts you from?

[late parcel]

I feel like all the Angela’s I’ve met were 60+ grey check out chicks lmao

Mid north coast

You?

[acoustic lark]

Central coast, NSW

[late parcel]

Ooo

Lovely

[acoustic lark]

You’re up close to Taree/Lake Cathie right?

[late parcel]

Fairly close to Taree

[acoustic lark]

Yeah awesome

[late parcel]

About 45-50 mins drive

[acoustic lark]

I go up there once or twice a year lol

[late parcel]

Oh nice!

My fam is from the area but I live half time in the Hunter for school

[acoustic lark]

Hunter Valley?

[late parcel]

Yeah

The greater Hunter. I dunno what to call it

Some people say Newcastle but it’s really not

[acoustic lark]

Man you’re pretty close to me lol

[late parcel]

Have you been to ash island at Hexham? Awesome birds there

[acoustic lark]

Pffft I’m not a bird photographer

But I haven’t been there, no

[late parcel]

…..

Ok lmao

[acoustic lark]

The nickname is a joke

[late parcel]

Oh 😂

[acoustic lark]

I took one photo of a seagull at our meet

Dubbed myself a bird photographer

[late parcel]

😂

Seagulls are cool

[acoustic lark]

That they are

Except this specific one, it wouldn’t fly for the others

[errant linden]

nah this some real shit

[acoustic lark]

They were all very salty about it

[errant linden]

nah one stole my mcmuffin in town hall

[late parcel]

I have too many seagull pics

[late parcel]

😂

[acoustic lark]

Oooo very cool

[late parcel]

I used to be into free diving

Until I burst my eardrum

[static ruin]

Apart from being a generic nerd that plays video games (or some card games like MTG irl), astro is the other main hobby, though 95% of that is spent complaining about the moon, or clouds.

My photography just ties into hiking and storm chasing, so both are different hobbies, but done with photography

[late parcel]

Now I can’t dive

[static ruin]

But that said, there's a potential naked eye comet next month which will be interesting if it happens

[errant linden]

that a doggo I see

[late parcel]

Yes Indeedy

Look at itttt

[late parcel]

Ooooo

[acoustic lark]

Aw such a cute pupper

[late parcel]

I got up at 4 last Sunday for the meteor shower but it clouded 😭

[coral crescent]

Oh all of Aussie lounge seems to be active

Even Angie's here

[acoustic lark]

Hi Oliveeeee

<3

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

😂

[static ruin]

Sounds about right

[late parcel]

👋

[acoustic lark]

There’s two Angie’s now!!

[late parcel]

😎

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Twinsies

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

AJ and I are vibing

[late parcel]

In close proximity too lol

Who knows. Might bump into eachother one day

[acoustic lark]

Actually out of everyone, I think you’re second closest to me

Plus we’re the same age

[late parcel]

Ay no way!

[acoustic lark]

17 😎

[coral crescent]

Imagine being old

[static ruin]

Ok zoomer

[late parcel]

😭

[acoustic lark]

Shut up you 15yo

[static ruin]

Imagine being born on 2000 or after

[acoustic lark]

(Jk love you Olive)

[coral crescent]

Who's taller than you

[acoustic lark]

HEY

bY AN INCH

[late parcel]

Atleast we’re not fossils yet

[static ruin]

90's were great 😎

[acoustic lark]

AJ’s right, you’re a bit of a fossil Punther

[coral crescent]

More ripped

[late parcel]

Your height?

[acoustic lark]

5’9

[errant linden]

inch goes a long way

[late parcel]

Naww

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

You’re tallllll

[static ruin]

Get off my lawn!... Oh who am I kidding, I can't afford one of those in this economy

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Im 5’4

[errant linden]

oh shit

[coral crescent]

Jfc

[acoustic lark]

Pfffft he got a point

[late parcel]

I stopped growing in year 5 😭

[errant linden]

your taller than me

nooo

[coral crescent]

And I get called an arm rest here

[acoustic lark]

5’4 lmfao

[late parcel]

Shut upppo

[errant linden]

[late parcel]

Its not that short

[acoustic lark]

Hah loser Ben

[errant linden]

im 5'8 but 5'10 with shoes on

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

That’s like saying “I’m 5’5, 6ft with 7 inch heels 😎”

[late parcel]

I can be 5’10 with tall ass heels

Lmaooo

[acoustic lark]

^^

Point

[coral crescent]

I'm like 5"11 with shoes

[late parcel]

I can’t walk in heels

[coral crescent]

My volley ones at least

[errant linden]

ok but rly who gives af if ur shorter or taller than 1 inch or smth

bit loserish

[coral crescent]

5"8

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

Because height is funny af

[errant linden]

FAK

[static ruin]

Sounds like something a short person would say

[late parcel]

I fell over on Darby street wearing heels when a dude cat called me and i was zoned out and it scared me

[acoustic lark]

Oh god

Yuck

[late parcel]

😂

I hate Darby street

How tf does he have literal soot on his face?

[static ruin]

Must have been horsing around

[acoustic lark]

Aw, why the long face?

[late parcel]

😭

[errant linden]

username checks out

[static ruin]

Pretty sure it was forced, I did change it back, then a higher mod put it back to punther I think

I get no say in the matter now

Also apparently possible storms tomorrow afternoon 👀

As I get home sadly so probably not enough time to go driving for it

[late parcel]

Stooorrrmmmsss

Please

[left ridge]

Hmmm kirks

[errant linden]

hmmm

[late parcel]

Mmmmmm

Saxbys is better

[left ridge]

Never had dat

What’s it

[acoustic lark]

@left ridge hi! I haven’t met you either!

[left ridge]

Yo wassup

[acoustic lark]

I’m Angie, nice to meet you

[errant linden]

me neither

doins

[static ruin]

Yes, more aussies, next meet is going to be a full PL army that overtakes Sydney

[acoustic lark]

Yes. We will storm the capitol.

[left ridge]

Oh how fun

[acoustic lark]

Are you in NSW, Coffee?

[errant linden]

NSW on top

[left ridge]

I’m stuck in the depressing cold of melbourne

[acoustic lark]

Oh you poor thing

[left ridge]

Hopefully i’ll get out ;(

[errant linden]

melb lowkey pre cool

[acoustic lark]

See as much as you wanna get out of Melbourne, I want to go TO Melbourne

It’s so great there

[errant linden]

got the pagani dealers

f1 circuit

[static ruin]

I mostly want to head to the great ocean road, so will fit a trip to Melbourne in that if I ever go

I'm not into urban photography, but Melbourne seems to be the place to do it in Aus, atleast for cities

[acoustic lark]

Melbourne has an amazing night life

[left ridge]

I’d say school here pretty dope (although i did pay international fees)

[acoustic lark]

University?

[left ridge]

Great place to creepily snap snap at fed sqaure

[left ridge]

High school actually

[acoustic lark]

Oh what year are you in if you don’t mind me asking?

[left ridge]

11

[acoustic lark]

Oh awesome, getting ready for prelims?

[errant linden]

yoo same

yearlys coming up

[coral crescent]

Hah imagine being in year 11

[left ridge]

Yeah let’s say i’m ready :D

[errant linden]

got to study for legal studies, economics and business studies tests

[acoustic lark]

Olive is a lil baby

[coral crescent]

Year 10 on top

[acoustic lark]

Oh god not legal studies

[errant linden]

im not 💀

[coral crescent]

That's taller than almost everyone here

[left ridge]

Legal studies is boring — (my friend)

[acoustic lark]

Ooooooh exciting

Legal studies gets.. painful. Trust me. 3 hour exam is not worth it

[left ridge]

And tmr i have a sport day which means more snap snap

Yipee

[gentle wind]

Year 9 <<<<

[left ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/yippee-happy-celebration-joy-confetti-gif-25557730

[acoustic lark]

Lmfao augie

[left ridge]

Bro really got economic nightmare blunt rotation

[errant linden]

idk why tf I picked all these subjects was feeling smart at the beginning of the year

[left ridge]

And look at you now

Suffering in your mistake

[errant linden]

[left ridge]

[errant linden]

I also do multimedia

which is

meh

[left ridge]

Sounds pretty meh

[acoustic lark]

Pffft

I take religion, legal, Drama, English and math standard

Dropped society and culture

Yucky

[left ridge]

SOCIETY

[errant linden]

any sciences ☠️

[acoustic lark]

Nope

Yucky

[errant linden]

I should have picked art

[acoustic lark]

Art has too much theory

[left ridge]

Real which is why i picked art and food

[errant linden]

I went into my mates art class and it was jokes

the teacher is a bum

but its funny

[late parcel]

Here I am doing 2 sciences 😭

[left ridge]

Look what I made in food tech

[acoustic lark]

That looks tasty

[late parcel]

Yummmm

Anyways back to cleaning ✌️

[static ruin]

Ah I remember the struggles at school... I loved psychics class, wasn't so great at chemistry... And now a decade later, most of that knowledge is gone

[acoustic lark]

Pfffft

Respectable

[errant linden]

see school doesnt matter

[static ruin]

IPT class was mostly spent playing lan games

[errant linden]

[static ruin]

It does teach you problem solving to be fair

The skills transfer even if the specific knowledge isn't retained, it's easy to pick up again

[acoustic lark]

School teaches patience, problem solving, routine, working as a group, and these skills are not quantifiable

[late parcel]

Youre def ready

[errant linden]

definetly patience

[acoustic lark]

Mhm

[late parcel]

Wtf i sent that like an hour ago

[errant linden]

the fkin year 10s and 9s

[acoustic lark]

Lmfao aj

Wifi’s a bitch

[late parcel]

Middle of nowhere especially

[fleet edge]

I am now home

Who are we bullying and why is it olive

[static ruin]

Because he's a rebel user, we only have limited time left to bully him for that

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Look what I just found

Anyways back to tidying

[coral crescent]

I don't see any of your left facing owl photos old man

[static ruin]

You see, I haven't cheated and gone to the zoo for them

[coral crescent]

[static ruin]

I'm totally not buying an annual pass when I get that new lens

[coral crescent]

You're a car photographer

[errant linden]

I do some wildlife

[late parcel]

That is amazing

Look what I just found

Oh the memories

[acoustic lark]

Omg not dollarmites

@fleet edge Hi robinnnnn

[late parcel]

Lmaooo

[errant linden]

birb

[late parcel]

I wanna hug it

It looks sad

[static ruin]

Does my bird poop car photo from the Sydney meet count as car photography and wildlife combined?

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

Yes

[coral crescent]

birb

[late parcel]

I’ve never really photographed cars

[coral crescent]

Keep it like that

[static ruin]

Someday I'll go check out the spot I heard the boobok owls, someday

[late parcel]

I took one in sg but I haven’t gotten it off my camera yet and I dokt have access to it 🥲

[fleet edge]

HELLO

[acoustic lark]

HI ROBIN

HOW ARE YOU

[errant linden]

[late parcel]

These are my only owl photos but they were at a bird park 🥲

NEF yay

Its a tawny

[errant linden]

one day Ill find another car photographer on here

[late parcel]

I’ve got phone pics of tawny owls though

[errant linden]

[late parcel]

One day

[static ruin]

Only ever seen one owl here at home, that was before I had a camera remotely close to being capable of trying to get a picture in teh dark

But one of my solo astro sites I heard boobok's, afaik there is a hike nearby I've never tried so may go for an afternoon evening hike someday and hang around

[late parcel]

I saw a freaking white tawny on one of my plants but in the 30 seconds it took me to sprint for my camera it was gone

[coral crescent]

You mean tawny frog mouths or what?

I've never heard of a tawny owl

[late parcel]

And we have one that sits on a fence post about a km away most nights

[late parcel]

Yeah

[coral crescent]

Those aren't owls lol

[late parcel]

Though they’re an owl right?

Oh

Oh dang

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Whoops

[coral crescent]

Different family iirc

[late parcel]

Dang wow

Im a bad Aussie

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

Blame it on my SG half lol

Ok I really gtg clean

[foggy steppe]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawny_owl

i mean..

[static ruin]

Ah there's the owl that visited years ago, had the 700d and 55-250, so not great at all for the low light, has never returned

[late parcel]

Naw

[foggy steppe]

ive never seen an owl

[fleet edge]

TIRED

[acoustic lark]

Aw :(

Came from work?

[foggy steppe]

i feel like i havent shared this bird photo enough tho

[fleet edge]

Worse

The mechanic

[static ruin]

lol

[coral crescent]

Ah

Gotcha

[static ruin]

Not sure I've seen that picture

[foggy steppe]

birds are metal

[late parcel]

Oh my goodness

May I send that to my friends?

[foggy steppe]

sure lmao

[acoustic lark]

NOT THE MECHANIC

[late parcel]

Thanks lol

[coral crescent]

Same

[errant linden]

daily struggle

[coral crescent]

I had a game and then fked off the gym after so my arms are fked

[late parcel]

I should get back into eggs

Given I had 60 chooks I was getting so many eggs

[static ruin]

Eggcellent idea

[late parcel]

Wow. My dad picked up two hitchhikers on his way out of town and drove them back in. Turns out they were his classmates wife and child. How awesome is that

[errant linden]

[errant linden]

the coincidedinces

[late parcel]

Indeed

[errant linden]

oi ya dogs

doins lad

u sure your australian?

yes

nice try fed 🇺🇸 🦅

cant fool me

i aint no fed fooh

i just mess around with this name

OOp prints doen

prints?

3d print

ahh

what u printin

frog hotshoe thingy

i found it on thingiverse

very cool

I wanted to get a 3d printer for when I used to paint alot of warhammer

oh yeah

but now I just spent all my money on cameras

i just got it yesterday

x1 carbon

nice

[serene ibex]

Good morning

[late parcel]

Morning

[fleet edge]

G'dmorning

[late parcel]

How are you all?

[night hound]

hello hello

it's oign to be a nice day today in Sydney so I have to make sure I touch grass today

[late parcel]

😂

[fleet edge]

Need to finish off my rego check

And book a service

Am at uni rn

Today sucks

[fleet edge]

Thunderstorm here

Might blow over to you guys later :P

[static ruin]

Sadly not really, storms are supposed to be all the way out west today, maybe a small one further south

For more normal people (so not me), it's just a nice day as said above

[night hound]

Come over :)

[cobalt blade]

good morning friends

[errant linden]

monin

hows everyone doin

[sharp steppe]

Looks like i'll be in Sydney around the 30th of Aug.

[errant linden]

oooh

[late parcel]

Naw

[errant linden]

every day sucks

some just suck less than others

[late parcel]

Amen

[errant linden]

dam u live on a farm

ye nice

[night hound]

Ooooh --- you are?? Got time for a drink or photo meet?

[sharp steppe]

might do, not sure on the exact details yet

[night hound]

Let me know if you are keen to catch up and have time. @static ruin you game?

[late parcel]

Half time

It’s a chore 24/7 though

[fleet edge]

Not long till fire season

[cobalt blade]

what are u catching?

I don't understand aussie language

sounds like "aborse"

[static ruin]

TBD, should be free, but won't commit right now

[cobalt blade]

horse?

[static ruin]

We had a bunch of fires start around the general area last weekend, nothing significant, but also a sign of things to come

[cobalt blade]

oh I hear horse now

[static ruin]

I assume some are idiots starting them intentionally

[night hound]

If Raptor is up for it and has time, we can do a mini meet up again when he arrives.

[late parcel]

Oh yuck

[late parcel]

A horse lol

[cobalt blade]

my excuse is that I'm uhh

[night hound]

No worries as nothing is in stone atm, anyway. But should be fun to meet up with Raptor eh

[cobalt blade]

partially deaf

[sharp steppe]

I'll let ya know when dates are set. Will be 1 or 2 nights

[late parcel]

Horse secured

Poor senior boy is losing some hair

[cobalt blade]

honse

pet the boy

[late parcel]

He gets many pets

He’s the best boy

[serene ibex]

Hey @night hound

[night hound]

Morning :)

[serene ibex]

How r ya?

Hopefully well

[sharp steppe]

Looks like it will be Wednesday night (30th Aug). Just arranging travel and accomm now.

[serene ibex]

Literally hit the bed until I received an email that my AT2 was unsatisfactory. So here I am fixing up the assignment

Such Joy

[coral crescent]

MY CAMS HERE

Picking up after school

[static ruin]

Be here for the weekend or just a couple of nights?

[static ruin]

Oh nice

[coral crescent]

Yeah still in class rn

[static ruin]

And now the painful few hours

[coral crescent]

yep

Gonna have to wait until Saturday to go shooting

[sharp steppe]

just the wednesday night

[serene ibex]

Done my photography assignment

[fleet edge]

Gday

[fleet edge]

Put it in gloves off /s but kinda not /s

[left ridge]

Hello wassup people

Im stuck at a boring school sport day

[fleet edge]

At the mechanics again

[static ruin]

Ah, the money drain

[fleet edge]

Rip my dreams of a 800/11 anytime soon

My C1 yearly sub came in too

And a medical bill