Lounge but Australian

[steep idol]

it only maxed at 105 gust and 60 constant

[static ruin]

Worst part is probably the empty shelves from people panic buying

[prisma atlas]

Lol, yep you got me in bne

More hail tmrw, supposed to be the same, high of 37°

[static ruin]

Yeah you'll very likely see big hail in seq again. Lower chance of storms going supercell at least for tomorrow, chance isn't 0 though. Some of those radar scans today were legitimately scary

Biggest hail today hit 12cm, gusts atleast radar indicated upwards of 150-160km/hr.. which I'd believe based on damage photos, someone had part of his roof just rip completely off

[steep idol]

yea

[prisma atlas]

Oh great 💀

[prisma atlas]

Id believe it, 3 of my mates roofs caves in / flooded and 2 of their cars smashed

It was coming in sideways today

Amazing visibility

[urban quest]

it suddently got warm oml

[sudden karma]

Can't relate, down in aireys inlet rn and the weather is lovely

[frozen lantern]

@sudden karma reckon I’ll need a beanie in Melbourne around Christmas?

[sudden karma]

Lol nah

[frozen lantern]

I should be headed down shortly

[prisma atlas]

Yayyy hail preficted for the next 2 days

[static ruin]

Assuming you're near the coast, high chance it all forms into a squall before it hits you, big hail isn't common in squalls. Mostly wind threat, and heck of a lot of lightning

[prisma atlas]

Oh cool, thanks bro

[deep cape]

https://gpsa.org.au/about-us/our-resources/supervision-support/austalian-slang-dictionary/

[static ruin]

Never heard that one, apparently from state of origin

[patent pecan]

Yeah blues are cockroaches qld cane toads

[sudden karma]

Ay he's blue now

[static ruin]

Clearly wanted to become a cockroach after the conversation

[sudden karma]

And now he's got sans role or smth

This guy refuses to stay one colour very long

[fiery island]

Trying to explain Australia to one of my US buddies...

[patent pecan]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/troy-thompson-report/106051960?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf279319292&utm_campaign=abc_north_queensland&utm_source=m.facebook.com&fbclid=IwdGRleAOU7gtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEejnaGmdpdfPmuUY6PqheRUg03kVujFq-w8qPcWCEDf0VfRuMjc6yte0jLfTs_aem_yYZTpCeeM81pujPQjagQCg

@static ruin remove if this is too much but have a go at this loony lol

Always hated the cunt

Still thought you and Tony would get a laugh

[static ruin]

The no politics rules aren't hard rules, it's fine. just an easy rule to point to if needed

[patent pecan]

Nah I just know ced out a hard 0 on it not too long ago due to some issues rising but half the reason I threw it in here

[static ruin]

Probably after certain events, how much we moderate it just depends on the time and recent drama. Or if few mods around, it just gets shut down quickly. Pretty much all in aussie lounge are probably mature enough, just don't make it habit

Also got a laugh out of the article

[patent pecan]

He’s a clown. Still ran for mayor again and his thing was “complete transparency”

[deep cape]

"any misrepresentations he had made about his past were the result of more than 100 concussions"

that's so funny and insane to say

"more than 100 concussions" is not the defence you think it is

stop getting hit in the head cunt?

[frozen lantern]

Tassie is Alabama, I initially thought Florida for Queensland but NT makes more sense

[fiery island]

I just think NY and CA should be reversed.

[frozen lantern]

To me everything makes sense except Tasmania which should be Alabama, Queensland is a bit of a challenge though

[urban quest]

Any of U guys gonna go?

[still wadi]

nah

[frozen lantern]

I can’t, it’s before I’ll be down there

[steep idol]

I've been to NY and melburn being NY is incredifuckingly accurate

[sudden karma]

this would be genuine permanent brain damage lmao
there's a reason they retire sports players after a few bad ones

[sudden karma]

I might what day

[frozen lantern]

School holidays!

[sour current]

That’s cte levels

Like

You can get cte without ever having had a singular serious head injury

[urban quest]

2nd dec

[sudden karma]

Hm tempting

I'll let you know

I'm working the entire time 💀

Rip

[steep idol]

ive waited 2 weeks to get a discunt but it never came for the stuff i wanted so i just ordered it online now and ill be coming a a crissmass present

[still wadi]

one more week for me, and i have to do activity week... so two more weeks

[frozen lantern]

I’m done for this year

[still wadi]

luckyy

the primary school next to my school just had a stabbing :/

some 11yr old stabbed a younger kid with something

it wasnt serious tho

but a teacher got her nose broken by the kid

[sour current]

Last 3 says for me yeah

[sour current]

Ph yeah i saw that in the news

[late parcel]

Holidays, what are holidays 😭

Love working blue collar and only having Christmas Day and New Year’s Day off

[sudden karma]

i had all of last week off

or this week mroe like

trying to merge back into society cause ive been in the middle of nowhere for a week

[static ruin]

It's nothing unique to blue collar tbf, very much just depends on the company, plenty run through the christmas period

is a double edged sword, it keeps running where I am, on one hand it's annoying, on the other I'm atleast not forced to take leave if I want to use it elsewhere

Just the nature of being an adult, don't get holidays like you did as a teen

[late parcel]

Yeah definitely

[still wadi]

lol

[patent pecan]

God just played kings cup for it to end on the last two people. Never had that happen nor played it since I was 18

Disgusting

[kindred rivet]

Play wisest wizard. LORD SMEET SHALT RISE!

[patent pecan]

I have no clue what that means

[kindred rivet]

It’s a drinking game where you stack your cup and or cans together and carry them around and battle other “wizards”. Whoever ends with the most cups or cans wins

[steep idol]

i wanna tell a story but that would doxx myself doing it

[still wadi]

i just realised i just doxxed myself saying that

[deep cape]

when does the drinking happen

[frozen lantern]

When you finish a drink you put it in the stack

[fiery island]

Only three weeks of work left for me, still delegating responsibilities among the groups. No dramas....yet. Praise me to the level headedness of STEM workers, If this was part of some music project there would be at least one breakdown a week.

[steep idol]

unless its big enough, most likely definatley NO

this was taken a long time ago

[steep idol]

at school lmao

[still wadi]

either he genuinely likes it, or it was a dare

[steep idol]

it was funny seeing it in the wilde tho

[urban quest]

Please auspost

Don't mess it up

[prisma atlas]

Nah they gonna mess it up

[patent pecan]

Really fucking sick of seeing anything related to peking duk or abbey chatfield

never cared for either of them let alone known who chatfield was, and now they're just slapped all over my fucking feeds

[deep cape]

wait whats wrong with peking duck

[static ruin]

It's Aus post, ofc they'll mess it up

Either that or tracking doesn't update and it suddenly turns up

[patent pecan]

Just all I see on my feeds is how shit his aflw performace was, or what he's up to, or his relationship with abbey chatfield

plus the cunts got an annoying face

[deep cape]

oh

i thought you meant the food

as you were

[patent pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/randy-trembacki-like-and-subscribe-happy-hour-happy-hour-live-podcast-gif-20816034

[deep cape]

that face is annoying

[urban quest]

Sacrificing a couple Bunnings snags worked

It's on the tullamarine

It's coming

[eternal moat]

New gear on the way?

[urban quest]

New body yea

[frozen lantern]

What did you get?

[urban quest]

r8

[late parcel]

I should get my camera out again hey

[kindred rivet]

me too tbh, tried yesterday but failed

rain clouds set in, so today was office work day lol. currently writing a blog post

[deep cape]

@delicate ridge welcome fellow australian

[eternal moat]

Ooo fancy! Got it yet?

[urban quest]

yup

happy w purchase enjoying it very much

the things I thought that would bother me isn't bothering me that much

[still wadi]

New Australian Unlocked!

[late parcel]

Ah bugger. I haven’t had mine out since March

[sudden karma]

march

avalon lmao

you barely had it out i used it for most of the saturday

[coral crescent]

man

[patent pecan]

@static ruin @fiery island Any recs on pre-built pc's these days? Getting closer to saying fuck it lately

[coral crescent]

Walking is tiring asf

[patent pecan]

You in Melb yet?

[coral crescent]

And why is it so hard to find something to eat that isnt sushi

[coral crescent]

Nah, perth

Heading to nepal

[patent pecan]

Oh right

[coral crescent]

Have a quick day layover here

So spent the day shopping

Gonna go to the zoo

[static ruin]

As in store or specs?

[static ruin]

Meant to reply to this

[patent pecan]

Mainly store, but both really. I'm so detached from it all now days

But I'm not interested enough in building anymore.

[static ruin]

Store can go with any, specs.. honestly can't help, I'm somewhat up to speed with current gen, last month alone prices have gone ballistic because of memory shortages

These days I mostly use scorptec, pretty sure they have other stores. Used pccg a few times, or it's just other local stores here

[frozen lantern]

Let me know how it is, I think I’ll be going next year

[fiery island]

I buy a lot if my pc parts from Scorptec, pccg and PLE Computers too, ple usually throw in some gummy bears with each order.

[static ruin]

pccg from memory I got gummy bears, was a few years ago I last got something from them

[sudden karma]

chances are prebuilt prices are also up with the ram shortage, it could get worse but it could also get better

[static ruin]

Memory shortage ain't going away anytime in the near future, pretty much set for it to remain for entire 2026 regardless of what happens now

[sudden karma]

yeah so its just gonna get worse then

might be better to buy sooner rather then later

[static ruin]

But anyway now that I'm actually home, I suppose next question is what the intention is, I assume gaming, but how demanding/what expectations we talking

[fiery island]

At first I thought they were those dreaded sugar-free variants which are known to cause "rectal exorcisms" as the hilarious Amazon reviews describe.

[patent pecan]

Well the a 1070ti lasted me a looong time without needing an upgrade, even then only went to a 2070 super when the 40 series was released

I don’t need crazy. Enough to run battlefield 6 comfortably and that’s it. I can only assume that’ll get me through the next 6-8 years

[static ruin]

Your 2070 super will run bf6 fine if you want to play it

Otherwise from the sounds I'd just go with the basic whatever current gen ryzen r5 is with 9070 or 9070xt is what I'd go. Would avoid any gpu with only 8gb vram (basically only 5060 for current gen) given there's games that already max out that vram capacity at 1080p

Can also add me if you ever play bf6, I need to get back into it. Dropped it for a few weeks since I've been reformatting basically every second day trying to fix computer issue, want to pick it back up

[sudden karma]

ryzen 5 7600 is what i have, it runs basically anything

i never got around to beta testing bf6 but it would sit pretty high in 1080p, but that is very gpu dependent

[static ruin]

Pretty much why it's the goto for generic gaming build, anything more in terms of cpu only really matters when one wants to push some absurd frame rate

[sudden karma]

it can handle most modern gpus, up to like a 5080 or something so youre pretty set if you go that

[static ruin]

In good news, my potential pc drama may (finally?) be solved, many months, most bizarre cause... will wait until Sunday before I call it though

[sudden karma]

ive got a 4060 with 8gb and i tend to only notice it in triple-a games, or high end story games with really good graphics like rdr2, but itll still push good frames in most other things

the 9070 looks really nice

[static ruin]

No idea if my ms account has some odd setting saved, had to use rufus and install w11 with local account, kept getting random memory related crashes... that persist with any hardware swap, only been stable now when I've avoided any connection

[patent pecan]

it was struggling hard

[patent pecan]

yeah can defs add me whenever. I might give it another go, who knows https://steamcommunity.com/id/SmeetySmeety/

[sudden karma]

smeet thats not how you friend now

[patent pecan]

still works no?

[sudden karma]

you gotta give out your friend code or some shiot

nah you gotta manually search you up

[patent pecan]

cant you just add friend from profile?

[patent pecan]

why make it retarded tf

[sudden karma]

yeah its weird

not that big of a deal to just search your name up tho

[patent pecan]

96843497

friend code

https://s.team/p/hrh-qjvn/pfhmrmdp

[fiery island]

Just for the hell of it: https://s.team/p/hkk-dnhc/CVGPBMNW

Code: 91695441

[static ruin]

Yeah still be a bit before I play bf6 more, dota2 was one of the games with constant issue, so it's been my current test for intermittent issues... so far so good, but also will need a break from it lol

https://s.team/p/gbm-prjh/fhmqtrjr

67677285

[fiery island]

Sigma 100-300mm f/4 APO EX DG @ f/8 ISO 800 1/40th with a cheap 1.7X TC because I couldn't be arsed with setting up the 250~600mm f/5.6.

[sour current]

I’d do it for 50 bucks

[fiery island]

Just ignore the gossip.

[still wadi]

i mean, 50 bucks is like 500 maccas soft serves

[sour current]

In 1975 sure

[still wadi]

isnt a soft serve 50c?

[sour current]

Your maths is a bit off there then mate

[still wadi]

oh whoops

100 soft serves then

thats still a lot

[sour current]

Exactly

Gib cash

[eternal moat]

Scorptec is pretty good Ive been getting decent prices from them on Synology stuff and hard drives

[frozen lantern]

I thought they got raised to a dollar

[still wadi]

nah they brought it back with the loose change menu thing

[sour current]

Tomorrow’s my last day of school for the year, i’m gonna see if i can eat 10 soft serves lol

It’s only 5 bucks lol

[eternal moat]

I remember soft serve at Maccas being 5c

[still wadi]

yes

send pic if you do

[frozen lantern]

I miss when large frozen cokes were a dollar, but what I miss most is the bubble gum McFlurry

[deep cape]

never forget what they took away from you

also when you used to be able to get a banh mi and vietnamese iced coffee for $5

[still wadi]

fr

[sudden karma]

Fucking everything is expensive

Btw, Macca's is getting rid of the Grilled chicken if the 2 people that order it care

Tell me why a frozen coke costs like 3 bucks when it costs us like 20 cents to make

[frozen lantern]

Maccas has grilled chicken?

[sudden karma]

Exactly fucking 3 people in all of Australia order it

It's actually not that bad but if you want chicken why are you going to Macca's and not KFC

[deep cape]

KFC is cheeks

[sudden karma]

El maco might be coming back in December for anyone who cares

Nothing official yet

[frozen lantern]

The mccrispier patty is worse than the mccrispy patty

[deep cape]

red rooster clears

[sudden karma]

Nah it's actually chicken now

It's actually half decent now

[frozen lantern]

But it tastes worse

[sudden karma]

Yeah but atleast it's not the same shit as the nuggets

The crumb is way better its actually crispy now

[deep cape]

also el jannah has a lock on the roast chook

mayhaps even fried

[frozen lantern]

There’s a local place that’s peak

[deep cape]

way to go

[static ruin]

I've found it hit and miss, our local ones are meh.. when I've been to the snowies, for whatever reason the red rooster down at Goulburn is amazing

[deep cape]

would love a good local chook shop 😭

[static ruin]

It's become my stop if I need for those trips

[sudden karma]

I've got a charcoal chicken near me that does a fucking banging roast chicken and chips if you want Tony

Drive an hour for dinner

[deep cape]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-cloud-homer-simpson-simpsons-the-simpsons-gif-5392692

[static ruin]

Worth it for good charcoal chicken

[sudden karma]

They used to do a really good tabouli aswell, but they've changed owners a few times so I've got no clue if it's still any good

[deep cape]

same our local RR always also closes early because they fucking run out of chicken but!! it is still better than KFC to me which is shit almost 100% of the time

[frozen lantern]

This local place is a staple of cuisine here

[deep cape]

would rather take hit or miss than guaranteed miss

[sudden karma]

Good KFC chips slap but they're so uncommon it's annoying

[frozen lantern]

Zinger box though

[sudden karma]

Macca's chips have to be straight out of the vat to be good

[static ruin]

KFC definitely gone downhill over the years

[sudden karma]

They're going cheap

Even at Macca's were getting rid of a type of cheese to save a few bucks

[deep cape]

a double cheeseburger meal for $10 is still pretty cool though

genuine like fast and cheap

[frozen lantern]

$2 to add a single slice of bacon is pretty bad

[deep cape]

ngl i normally buy like the plainest shit and just add my own stuff on at home lmao

like ill always have fried shallots, some kind of cheese and good pickles at home and now im starting to think i should just make my own burgers atp

[sudden karma]

Mcsmart meal is the goat of value

[deep cape]

go on

you have my attention

[sudden karma]

6.95 you get a cheeseburger and a second side, option of a cheeseburger, hamburger or chicken and cheese, or a sundae, small fries and a small drink

I might've gotten something a little wrong but it's like the only thing of good value on the menu

[deep cape]

oh shit

HOT tip

thanks

[eternal moat]

Maccas has gotten so expensive these days you're better off eating at a kebab shop lol

More food for your dollar

[patent pecan]

How much do you reckon this piece of shit is worth?

2070 super
r5 5600x
32gb ram
1tb SSD
x470 gaming plus mb

probably $500 or what

[static ruin]

Best I can offer is $5, take it or leave it

[steep idol]

walking in melb feels so ez ngl comapred to other cities i've been

id say it beats NY by a long shot, probably cuz its Melb

[steep idol]

1.5K but more like 2K because of "AI"
(my friend built a PC recently)

[patent pecan]

I don’t think I even spent $2000 on it

[steep idol]

used parts right?

[patent pecan]

No this is my current PC if I get rid of it

[static ruin]

On a quick look, maybe $750+ you'd get for it

[sudden karma]

It's designed for this
Also when did you get to Melbourne?

New metro tunnel makes travelling the city a teeny bit easier cause less lights to go through and stuff

[steep idol]

beginning of the the yer

[deep cape]

i forgot to update my friend fucking won the darwin laksa festival

[static ruin]

my old ddr3 sticks going to make me rich

[fiery island]

Good luck finding a MOBO that still uses it.

[static ruin]

that'll teach me for throwing it out

Only kept the i7 2600 from it for the memories

It sits here on the desk currently

[fiery island]

I put the DDR3 SODIMMs from my laptop into my QNAP NAS server, which went from 8Gb to 32gb which gave a significant boost to performance.

[thin abyss]

500-600

you couldm ush 800 just for the ram LOL

[patent pecan]

I lie how the image is still crucial ddr4 lol

[fiery island]

yeah, I wouldn't spend that much on Crucial RAM.

[patent pecan]

I just priced up 32gb of crucial 6000 was about $375 or so

Ddr5

[static ruin]

This new or second hand? If so, that price hasn't been updated, or old stock and will go up

32gb ddr5 right now sits around $700-800 because of the big increases in last few weeks

[patent pecan]

New, it’s like the only brand that’s that low

[static ruin]

It'll be old stock, this isn't a brand thing

the shortages that is

[patent pecan]

I better jump in quick

[static ruin]

They all get their memory from the same supplier, micron, that's where the price increases stem from

[deep cape]

@indigo thicket anyway here’s another one

[indigo thicket]

oh hell yea

i can post photos here too

[static ruin]

Oh no, another one from Melbourne?

[frozen lantern]

You’re saying that like it’s surprising

[steep idol]

god thats exact

[static ruin]

https://www.theverge.com/news/837594/crucial-ram-ssd-micron-ai

Speaking of Crucial.. may not be around much longer

[late parcel]

I know. Was kinda a shit mood and going through some stuff. Had no motivation

[sudden karma]

Fair enough
Weather definitely didn't help

[frozen lantern]

@sudden karma how’s the weather in Melbourne?

[sudden karma]

hot

cool change coming tonight though

[frozen lantern]

Good to know, I’m heading down sometime next week

[static ruin]

How long you going down there for, staying till/after Christmas, or heading back before?

[frozen lantern]

Only down there for a couple days, I’ll definitely be home for Christmas

[indigo thicket]

yes 😊

[sudden karma]

oh another cool person

[still wadi]

hot

i am melting into a puddle

i have to go to school carrying my little electric fan

(it doesnt do shit)

[frozen lantern]

Don’t think I’ll be able to bring one

[still wadi]

why not?, its pretty lightweight

[late parcel]

No ac or fans at school?

[still wadi]

nah, i use it when im outdoors

[frozen lantern]

Nothing to do with size or weight

[still wadi]

then what is it?

[frozen lantern]

Won’t be able to use it

I’ll be doing cadet training and I doubt the instructors will let me use one

[still wadi]

oh, fair

[late parcel]

Yeah fair enough

Our boss just got huge stand fans for the workshop but only one per 2 bays so it does fuck all lol

[frozen lantern]

Can’t say I’m particularly excited

[still wadi]

i have terrib;e heat tolerance lol

[late parcel]

Me too 😭

[frozen lantern]

I’ll be fine, can’t be worse than the tropics

[late parcel]

39 in the workshop the other day. I was dying

[frozen lantern]

I can survive in the tropics I’m sure I’ve got nothing to worry about

[frozen lantern]

Bit too quiet in here

[steep idol]

i sweated in an ice rink

[still wadi]

bro what 😭

[steep idol]

the ice rink was pretty warm at 14c to 16c

[indigo thicket]

6:28 am be like

[frozen lantern]

It was 5:28am for me

[indigo thicket]

Even more amusing lol

Where might you reside in this large landmass of ours

Queensland?

[late parcel]

Perfect for sun bake and swim

[frozen lantern]

That’s the one!

[indigo thicket]

Very nice, SEQ?

[static ruin]

Emergency evac for fire up at gosford from the looks, had a strong dry storm pass through Sydney.. fortunately as far as I'm aware, no fire started from it

[deep cape]

stay safe in the head those in nsw

[static ruin]

We'll be fine.. did notice a fire showing "responding to" suspiciously on the path of that dry storm, so perhaps I lie, seems like an easy access area atleast

[static ruin]

Well looks like that southerly has stalled, so probably just be hot as heck all night

[frozen lantern]

I believe 12 houses have gone up in flames

[static ruin]

Yeah not good there

[frozen lantern]

I’ve got a mate that lives there

[frozen lantern]

Nah, NQ

[static ruin]

Hope he's alright?

iirc that was one of the fires that eventually just turned into an if you've not left, it's too late type situations

[indigo thicket]

Ooo nice

Been to FNQ but not just NQ

Is it a mix of the two areas

[frozen lantern]

Mate wasn’t at home when things got warm fortunately

[frozen lantern]

I actually don’t know where FNQ is considered to start

[static ruin]

Ah, catch 22 I suppose not knowing what's happening, being safe definitely more important. This southerly stalling probably also throw a spanner in the works, so not sure how conditions will be through the night for fires, definitely going to be hot right through to am hours up there now

[frozen lantern]

The weather doesn’t look like it’s being much help to the crews on the ground

[indigo thicket]

Here ish?

[frozen lantern]

What I’m seeing really is that FNQ starts around Cardwell which is halfway between Cairns and Townsville

Looks to be Cardwell and up to the Torres Strait Islands so I live in FNQ

[indigo thicket]

ooh yeah okok nice

[patent pecan]

That’s what I’ve sort be thought too. From Cardwell up

[deep cape]

im sorry for interrupting but mitch starc is fucking on 75 runs

this is fucking nuts

[frozen lantern]

I guess that Townsville would be a bit more central while Cairns is more northern than Cardwell is smack bang in the middle

[patent pecan]

Yeah I think Mackay up is still technically the border for NQ/CQ

[frozen lantern]

I figured it would be somewhere around there
It’s 550km from Cardwell to Mackay and 960km from Mackay to Brisbane which is SE QLD

[steep idol]

water from when everyone panicked buy for the cyclone

[late parcel]

I partied way too hard

[late parcel]

@sudden karma yo wtf there’s a coulsons herc and citation doing drops like 2 kms from me

Keeps flying over

And I’ve slept through it until now

[sudden karma]

ooh

[late parcel]

There’s a chinook too

I hope work is closed tomorrow

[sudden karma]

ooh

nah thats fucking sick

[vivid verge]

Are you at redhead?

[late parcel]

Very close

Down oakdale at Gateshead

[late parcel]

@vivid verge been watching the helis drop water all morning while doing ecu reprogramming

[vivid verge]

Tuff

The fires are still fucked

my schools so shit Ive still got two weeks if I didn’t I would’ve gone to woy woy on the weekend with my mates

This is what they got

[subtle geyser]

hell yea

[static ruin]

Nice. Did see those helicopters here a couple months back, didn't have time to go to the lake they were filling up at

In good news, good chance of a reasonable amount of rain Wednesday onwards, should help with those fires

[fiery island]

Saw that on insta...

[static ruin]

Yeah it's somewhere accurate, g3 watch, wouldn't give a timing that precise though, always give or take. Also (near) full moon to compete with which will make it more difficult to see if it happens.

Only thing to note is the weakly visible pushing right up to northern NSW on that map will pretty much only happen if the IMF aligns perfectly, which rarely happens

[static ruin]

Yeah so on that timing.. it's already late, be at a minimum 2 hours from now, probably longer.. Probably means a write off here because cloud

[fiery island]

https://tenor.com/view/thomas-britton-fucking-classic-fuck-olivia-gif-19298550

clouds always gotta ruin the party.

[static ruin]

It's half of astro in a nutshell, still perfectly clear now, that'll change in the next few hours, it's pushing up

[static ruin]

Not sure if it were something you're actually interested in, still no sign. We usually get a jump in low energy protons 1-2 hours before impact, that's not happened yet. Later hit probably means a bit weaker. May wake up early am hours, but losing hope. Southern Aus probably still a decent chance regardless if it hits while dark

[steep idol]

its today huh?

[static ruin]

Was supposed to hit last night.. it's still not hit, it'll be weaker now when it does

[patent pecan]

I'm up a grand on the pokies in the last few days

And made good commission

I'll be purchasing my new machine

Thoughts

[sour current]

I thought you meant hitting the pokies lmfao

[static ruin]

And here I am happy with my $5 wins

My once or twice a year gambling

Build looks fine, only thing to "maybe" look at is amd 9070. In terms of gaming it's nearly the same price but will have a ~40% ish higher performance.

5060ti has the advantage of dlss, and will win hands down for productivity, things like LR AI denoise will be faster, so pretty much just depends on what you value more

Otherwise not much else to comment on, looks like a solid build, even with above you'd be very happy with either route

[steep idol]

tip: dont buy windows

sincerley - Windows 11 pro workstation user

[static ruin]

This is also very much an option, hadn't even noticed that, still using my key from win 7 lol. There's easy ways to just activate it online free without a key

There's easy to Google methods, takes all of 2 seconds, need to make a USB installation, MS has a program you just run and it'll format the USB as an installer

[frozen lantern]

Can’t wait until I can do that

[steep idol]

i also kinda want to reccomend a sata drive (not that they're any cheaper thanks ai)

and also.... Display calibrator perhaps?

[patent pecan]

This'll only be a gaming rig primarily

I use my mac for my creative stuff

[steep idol]

i saw the police camera trailer

the veichle that was carrying it had the license plate "ISEE U"

[patent pecan]

[static ruin]

Nice, building yourself of just getting it done for you?

[sudden karma]

fyi if no-ones said it, its a micro-atx mobo in an atx case so itll just look a bit weird

otherwise ive got no commennts, good components

oh wait, you might want to order some case fans if you havent already, oftentimes the ones that come with the case kinda suck or theres not enough

[static ruin]

Honestly didn't even notice the board being micro atx, my brain filtered out the m apparently

[patent pecan]

Plot twist, I bought a case so that it wouldn’t matter

It’s not designed to look nice

You can’t see the oc anyway

[sudden karma]

Fair enough then

[static ruin]

I'd certainly hope you got a case for it

[patent pecan]

Alright after an absolute fuck around with finding a usb to make a boot drive and trying to log into my steam account I’m finally into the new rig lol

[deep cape]

gl with your scores today high schoolers!!

[sudden karma]

Should get into my course 🙏

Happy birthday @late parcel

[steep idol]

speaking of i need to replace my PSU

i can technically fit 2 gpu but my case has a hard drive cage that prevents it

[static ruin]

Typically not worth 2 gpus anymore, it was a thing at one stage, always a pain to get working well

[patent pecan]

The fuck are you doing to want 2 gpus in this day and age

[sudden karma]

It's really only worth it for productivity stuff anyway

[patent pecan]

[sudden karma]

And advanced stuff at that

How can you afford it

[sudden karma]

please tell me you bought a few extra fans

[static ruin]

I did run 2 6970's at one stage years ago on crossfire, second one I got cheap... 2x 250w cards in a non suitable case was fun

Ended up needing some beta driver just to make it stable and actually useful for gaming

Wasn't surprised when support for sli and crossfire just disappeared

[patent pecan]

Why?

Case already runs 3 in the front, one in the back 120mm

And lives in air con

[static ruin]

Wait till he hears I only have 2 case fans

[steep idol]

blender os some engineering HPC software shit

[steep idol]

i have a 1070 lying around and a 1080TI i can steal from dads comp

[steep idol]

nvidia removed NV link for the workstation gpu's since the ADA gen (still exists in server gpu)

[static ruin]

Yep, it was always more of a pain than it was worth

Can be a fun project given you've got the cards laying around though

[steep idol]

i aint got the smarts to do that

[late parcel]

Thank you ❤️

[sudden karma]

Ah I thought it only had like 2

Hopefully your temps aren't gonna shit themselves in the aircon room 🙏

Mine did when I built it but it turns out it was because I hadn't hooked up the exhaust fan

[patent pecan]

Nope, paid for a case that had 2 more fans on it but less showy, still cheaper than the fish tank shit

[sudden karma]

Yeah mine was like 120 and it's fishtank

I have it up on my desk so it felt like paying a bit more for aesthetics was sorta worth it

[kindred rivet]

wait til he hears i only have one case fan

[vivid verge]

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-james-scared-scary-flop-gif-8576938341887257950

[kindred rivet]

yes ik, be scared

i also run a 1060 in 2025

even more scary

[static ruin]

Outrageous

I did think about adding more, just never had a need to

[sudden karma]

I think I run 6, 3 intake, 3 outtake

[frozen lantern]

@sudden karma are you in daylight savings down in Melbourne?

[sudden karma]

uh i dont know

[static ruin]

Yes

QLD, NT & WA are only ones without

[frozen lantern]

That would explain a few things

[frozen lantern]

I’ll be down there shortly

[fiery island]

Australia doesn't quite get 4 seasons with visual distinction - this is the best I could do.

[steep idol]

Communication in this game is very important btw

[sour current]

survived jetstar for 9 hours to osaka

Hats off to the pilot

Buttered

[frozen lantern]

It’s messed up quite a lot of games

[deep cape]

huge enjoy the trip bro

[static ruin]

Is this because of the new laws kicking in, or unrelated?

[sour current]

At the halfway point on the flight i thought it would never end bro that was brutal

But the food was ok

So the flight was bearable lmao

[deep cape]

ngl i hate plane food so i normally bring like 4 cheeseburgers from HJs and just snack on them throughout the flight

[sour current]

dang what a strat

[static ruin]

I guess the food is a bit plane

[frozen lantern]

Well it’s a bit hard to play games where you have to communicate with other people but you can’t communicate with them

[static ruin]

I know, I'm asking if the communication limitation is because of the Aus law under 16 restrictions, or was there before

[sour current]

[steep idol]

its a bit harder when no one your age plays and without communications youre bound to cause a nuclear meltdown or be votekicked out

[fiery island]

Seems legit...

[static ruin]

Given ram prices, this is a risk I'm willing to take

[fiery island]

I'm glad I bought 64Gb when I did.

[static ruin]

I wanted to upgrade from 32 to 64, never did, was a mistake

Fortunately not the end of the world, was always very much it'd be nice to have, but not necessary by any means

[fiery island]

Unless you're stacking 120 45Mp astro shots into one exposure and want to get the whole process done in under 5 mins.

[steep idol]

i once did a 250mp pano. lr loves ram

[fiery island]

I remember chatting with gigapixel artists back in the 2010s, they usually let their computers "cook" the images overnight.

[steep idol]

lmao

i hope i can do some GpX macro someday, perhaps even with SEM's

[static ruin]

Mostly just convenience when multi tasking, if I did serious astro imaging, I already would have had 64gb+ well before any of the spikes

But yeah very much a nice to have but far from needed, so chances of getting more has gone down to 0% indefinitely

[frozen lantern]

@sudden karma I’m in Melbourne

[sudden karma]

coming rn

[frozen lantern]

Nuh uh

You can’t find me if I don’t know where I am

[fiery island]

Swapped the 3rd panel from the bottom, so things don't look so overwehelmingy brown and dry.

Despite my misgivings about the nature of fisheye lenses ( their unmistakable optical signature is often an impediment) I've had a real blast with the Sigma 15mm f/2.8.

[thin abyss]

if anyone has friends between 13-16 and aree willing to participate in a survey

please let mew know

[steep idol]

hi

[sour current]

hi

[steep idol]

hi

[vivid verge]

you guys seeing this shit at Bondi

[sour current]

Another stabbing?

[static ruin]

No, just googling now

A shooting?

People in Bondi have reported hearing up to 50 gunshots and people on the ground in the vicinity of Campbell Parade.

[frozen lantern]

I hope not

[sour current]

Oh shit

[frozen lantern]

Hopefully it’s just some boofhead messing around with fireworks not actually gunfire

[static ruin]

It was gunfire

[sour current]

100%?

Fuck

Cannot be good

[static ruin]

Yes, multiple people shot

[frozen lantern]

50 rounds is a decent bit of lead

[static ruin]

I'm still trying to find info, but a quick glance, this could very well be mass shooting level event

Trying to find out, but not good

[frozen lantern]

Well yeah shootings are never good

[sour current]

Oh crap, has that been confirmed with decent certainty already?

This one’s somehow worse than the last time

[static ruin]

idk about injuries or deaths, only there's a heck of a lot of gunshots

It's all breaking, I can't tell you much

[sour current]

ik

Checked the news myself

Apparently two people dressed in black

And then some shots

[frozen lantern]

I guess I’ll find out more likely tomorrow

So this is going on right now?

[static ruin]

It's over now afaik, but it's still very recent. Seeing some videos of suspects either arrested or.. no longer alive? but again, way too early to make much sense of what's happened so far

No doubt get more info later tonight and tomorrow

[frozen lantern]

Suspects are arrested

[sour current]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSPJW4JCZzA/?igsh=MTg1eHc4bnF1MDY4dQ==

just got sent this reel from a mate

manlyobserver

AVOID BONDI: MASS SHOOTING IN PROGRESS

We cannot verify this video in a timely enough manner but based on credible reports and in the interest of time we share warning of two armed men in Bondi shooting at people.

Avoid the area at all costs and see your regular news provider for timely updates.

Update: We understand they may have been sh...

Likes

3316

Instagram

[sour current]

Shame

jo

Jk

[static ruin]

Yeah seen that video, not good

[frozen lantern]

I’m watching it on the news right now

They’ve got it on 7 News

[static ruin]

Apparently it may have been targeting Hunukkah festival (Jewish event happening there), but also something I'll wait to confirm, as with anything this early a lot will be thown around

[sour current]

Might just be an unfortunate coincidence i guess

[frozen lantern]

7 news said it was a Hanukah festival

[static ruin]

Looking like it's a probable mass casualty event 🙁

[sudden karma]

:(

some people are horrible

this guy has the right idea

maybe not public viewing tho

[static ruin]

It's always been a mixed thing for me, there's definitely people out there who deserve it.. I'm against purely because sometimes we get it wrong

[sudden karma]

agreed

im glad theyve brought the whole under-18's getting tried as adults now, should help a smidge with youth crime rates, those are horrible

[frozen lantern]

We can only hope

[vast crystal]

How is social media now down there?

I imagine it must be nice without all them kids

[static ruin]

implying the new laws have actually stopped kids accessing it

[sour current]

Yeah nah

Saw some news outlet interviewing kids about it

And they were like “nah we’re still in”

[static ruin]

Pretty much, kids are naturally going to be creative with bypassing. Adults (like myself) are also just as interested in bypassing it, I refuse to send video/photos of myself or legitimate ID

So I dodgy up my verification

[vast crystal]

only the stupid ones

[static ruin]

If anything it'll stop more less tech savvy adults than it will kids accessing it

[vast crystal]

mhm

[deep cape]

jesus fuck

[steep idol]

wadafak

[sudden karma]

im sorry did he shoot the gunman

i mean respect for confronting the guy

also a whole ass shotgun

[frozen lantern]

I thought so too

10 dead and 2 cops in hospital

[sudden karma]

:(

[frozen lantern]

I don’t think old mate shot the guy he got up and moved away

[late parcel]

Mates cousin got shot but will be ok

[thin abyss]

i have friends down at bondi who rw ith ap

crazy shit

[thin abyss]

true legend lets br fr

[steep idol]

holy shit^2

[sour current]

a shotgun within a metre would physically remove a chunk of you

Although his titanium balls would protrct him

[sour current]

yeah nah just all the ones too dumb to figure it out

[steep idol]

anything at speed is gonna remove a chunk one way or another, even after 100's meters

[thin abyss]

this

[sour current]

From a distance you’re still going to get fucked up, but you will be toji style swiss cheesed point blank

[steep idol]

depends on ammo if you're swisschese or not, but even wihtout projectile the gasses is still gonan fuck you up

shame this is happening in aus

[sour current]

buckshot or birdshot does not matter when a touhou level bullet hell is shot at you

[steep idol]

conclusion: You're fucked

[sour current]

Pretty much

The second ending for that dude was this

[frozen lantern]

Doesn’t matter what shell is being fired at that distance you’re not walking away from it

[frozen lantern]

If he hadn’t gotten that weapon there would have been more casualties

[patent pecan]

Everyone’s families in the area are safe I hope

[late parcel]

@sudden karma @coral crescent IM NO LONGER HOMELESS

[sudden karma]

LETS GOOOOOOOOO

im so happy for you

[steep idol]

LES GOOOOO!!!

congratulations!!!

[late parcel]

Thank you bothhhhh

I’m gonna go mattress shopping this arvo

I can’t wait to sleep in a bed lmao

We get the keys on Friday

[coral crescent]

W

[static ruin]

glad to hear, hopefully more permanent and don't go back

[thin abyss]

PEAKKKKK

[coral crescent]

GUYS

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR U18 RAHH

[deep cape]

YOOOO

CONGRATS

well fuckin deserved mate

[steep idol]

CONGRATSZE!!

[coral crescent]

CHEERS

WE ALSO MADE TOP 5 AND TOP 10 WITH THE OTHER IMAGES 😭

[late parcel]

:) it’s a 6 month lease with option to extend but we may need to downsize by then anyway

[static ruin]

Is easier to find something more suitable now that you're not as stressed about just getting anything

Be up that way again in Feb, this time longer than a weekend, tossing up the idea of a sunrise trip to check out nobbys lighthouse and area.. but anything will hr last minute

Still be an hour out from there, but far closer than Sydney

[sour current]

RAHHHHHH WHAT THE FUCK

[coral crescent]

we up

[sour current]

w mans congrats

[rare oracle]

hell yeah man congrats

[urban quest]

Bro I'm being fucking blinded rn 😭

[steep idol]

feels like this is somehwere in melburn

i got some drops put in yesterday that dialates my pupils and now its like someone puts emission setting to 11

[urban quest]

Literally

[sudden karma]

IM SO PROUD LETS GO

[coral crescent]

RAHHHH

[frozen lantern]

Deserved, that shot is so sick

[late parcel]

Kill meeeee

I just fell out of a car and bumped the obd scanner and unplugged it mid software update

1 hour job with 10 mins left just turned into a 4 hour job fml

[static ruin]

Well in good news.. is a mistake you probably won't make again

[thin abyss]

anyone going to march for Australia for documentation

[vivid verge]

why go for documentation when you can go for the cause

[static ruin]

As usual I'd be travelling the opposite direction, rather go out bush in nature.. but yeah regardless of anything, is nice to see Aussie flag rather than foreign flags all over with Aussie flag being burned..

Idk when it even is, I just assume there's some protest every day on the weekend and avoid city in general atp lol

[late parcel]

I’m a clumsy person 😭 was trying not to bump the cord, didn’t see where my other foot went and fell 🤦🏽‍♀️

[frozen lantern]

People were right the weather in Melbourne is bipolar

[sudden karma]

They weren't lying

Yesterday was fucking boiling, that cool change was amazing

[frozen lantern]

It’s been freezing, cool and pleasant

[sudden karma]

bro it was 37 yesterday

[frozen lantern]

But I was inside in aircon for that

[sudden karma]

yeah fair then

i was at work, aircon was broken im the dining area, absolute hell

[frozen lantern]

Weather in Melbourne isn’t my concern anymore fortunately

Flying home today

[static ruin]

Expecting low to mid 40's here today, is awful

[frozen lantern]

Can’t wait to get home

[late parcel]

I would love to punch my boss

[urban quest]

32 then tmr is like 21

[frozen lantern]

Well it’s lucky I flew out of Melbourne this morning

Back home in FNQ now

[steep idol]

thats not really that bipolar?

[true wolf]

Australia is a buns country

(Neighborly banter don't be mad)

-# Australia is cool, too many things that will kill me though

-# imma head out of this thread now

Buee

[sudden karma]

sunday is like 30mm of rain, so yeah

[late parcel]

Moved into the house:)

Well ish

[thin abyss]

🙏 🙏 🙏

[thin abyss]

Very happy for you dude!!! You rock

[thin abyss]

damn

[frozen lantern]

@vivid verge I got a challenge coin from Commander of the Australian Fleet, Command Warrant Officer - Fleet Command and a coin from a 1 star officer

[sour current]

how’d you pull that one off lol

I shoulda shot my shot

He spoke at my school

Like hell i would’ve gotten one though

[frozen lantern]

Gifts from Fleet Command to my cohort that I got promoted with

I got a few coins I even got my personal coins that I can present

I’ve now got 10 challenge coins and I have my 2 coins that I can present

[sour current]

Oh i see

So are you a member of the navy?

[frozen lantern]

Still cadets

Australian Navy Cadets has a very good relationship with the RAN. They provide a lot of incredible opportunities for us, that includes RAN staff promoting cadets and presenting challenge coins

[frozen lantern]

Cadets is really quite interesting, even though we’re not ADF we still get presented challenge coins from the ADF

[thin abyss]

i have firm beef with navy cadets lowkey

they always just manage to pmo

[frozen lantern]

I understand your point of view, there certainly is some who take things too seriously and others who can be a little bit different. Do keep an open mind though, many of us are there to develop as young adults and assist in that development.

I for one, have my heart set on giving back to a unique and outstanding organisation that has given me so much.

[thin abyss]

no it's line

here at least

they always seemed like, weird if ykwim

then again tho i have some bias

i was air force

no offense for what I'm aboute day

but they always seemed like raging homosexuals, and like the annoying kidn ifykwim

like those weird kids who gather and make a club

[frozen lantern]

If you have any suggestions or recommendations feel free to speak with me, I’m happy to see what changes can be made.

[thin abyss]

and they just always manage to piss me off somehow

[thin abyss]

it's not the program itself

it's kinda like scouts yk

[kindred rivet]

howdy peeps

[thin abyss]

it's a good program don't get me wrong

but the people who it attracts

tbf tho army isn't any different, they're a buncha egotistically jocks

[frozen lantern]

We are essentially just militarised scouts and that goes for my fellow services (I mean this in a positive way)

I am gobsmacked by how professionally I am speaking. My course must have really rubbed off on me.

[thin abyss]

ik

i did army for like a couple years and when I moved schools moved over to air force

[frozen lantern]

Both are great organisations but having been navy for four years I am biased as to which program is the best

[thin abyss]

i think there isn't a definitive " best program"

i will say tho the new gpua suck

i don't like em

they feel shit

[frozen lantern]

I for one cannot wait until the ANC receives MMPU

Fortunately though, I actually have been briefed on the status of it

[frozen lantern]

I wholeheartedly agree, we share our similarities but each service has their own customs, traditions and lingo which makes them all unique

[thin abyss]

and their own banter which I think is funniest

legit ik here in vic some units have their own Instagram pages where they jst shit on orn another for banter sake

but i think there r stigmas behind each service

like as I said...

[fiery island]

Last week of work...

[thin abyss]

i got work till xmas eve

https://tenor.com/view/fish-anime-girl-sh-im-fi-crying-gif-21420642

[steep idol]

horizontalrotatenfishe

[sudden karma]

I got work on Christmas

Double rates and the fact that my entire family is going to be asleep while I'm working anyway is the only reason I'm working it

[static ruin]

Even if they're awake... double $$ is nice given it's presumably morning

[sudden karma]

6-1130am, back in time for Christmas lunch

Best part is, I work in kitchen and majority of people are just coming in to grab a coffee or a small snack before they head to family etc, makes my life really easy

[static ruin]

Yeah that's pretty good, enjoy the money camera gear funds

Work up to the 24th here, managed to get the time off between Christmas & NY... somehow they've managed to schedule a lot of work for the 24th, annoying, but atleast get the week and a half after it off

[fiery island]

hehe

[static ruin]

It'd catch me..

[frozen lantern]

Me too, I see some gear money

[deep cape]

get fucked poms

[kindred rivet]

The pommys bazball approach has been their Roman Empire

[deep cape]

absolutely mental to be pumping themselves up and talking shit at us for years and then to lose

• with 5 of our starting XI unavailable for considerable parts
• getting good batting surfaces and conditions in the third test
• winning two of the tosses
• in 11 fucking days out of 25

[kindred rivet]

yeah, now just for strikers to win the BBL (got my money on short, have a signed piece of his history in my room)

[deep cape]

matty short's a good lad

@timid cipher welcome australian, i assume based off your name

[static ruin]

Won't be able to type here because of server points

[steep idol]

Ohhhh FUK

[sour current]

how tf

[steep idol]

YOU"RE IN AUSTRALIA TOO

YOU SHOULD KNOW

[sour current]

I don’t have this

[steep idol]

FUCK!

i need to borrow someones face RQ thats 18+

[coral crescent]

Yeah neither

😭

[steep idol]

fuck all of you

stupid privacy bullshit

[coral crescent]

Social media ban couldnt have hit at a better time

Lowk

I think its completely reasonable for ppl under 14

[steep idol]

at least i can still say koont

[coral crescent]

I think 16 is wild

[steep idol]

worst chrismas prenst, and i dont even celebrate chrismas

[coral crescent]

😭

I js dont wanna do all the verification crap

Im on holiday rn so it hasn't hit

[steep idol]

i will be un-hit once i leave for the holly's

[timid cipher]

Thanks but I’m American 😅

[sudden karma]

Nothing's hit me yet, not sure if they're gonna make me verify anymore lmao

[static ruin]

That hit as soon as the social media under 16 ban hit for me.. fortunately there was already ways around it

[late parcel]

Hello

[coral crescent]

guys we made it to Australia museum

[sudden karma]

lets goo

[sour current]

w mans

[eternal moat]

Careful that you don’t let it become your personality

[eternal moat]

Lol, Im of age and am cagey of the verification process as just a month before Discord rolled it out to Australia there was a data breach of that exact system.

I’m not exactly convinced Discord could keep it under wraps and it was confirmed.

[frozen lantern]

Yeah that’s the intention. I got home on Friday night and being the holiday season I have family talking to me about it but I can incorporate what I learned into real life

Learned a lot of really good stuff that I can use outside of cadets

[sour current]

lmfao

I yearn for when i return home for my 500ml monsters

I cannot fathom the mini monsters in asia

[steep idol]

merry fucking chrismas lads

[sour current]

That’s right it’s Christmas back home already

may many lenses stuff your stockings

Of arrive late through auspost idk

[steep idol]

0

merry kwissemasse @sour current

[sour current]

marry chrysler to you too

[steep idol]

may your storage be limitless, and your camera last forevermore

you're gonna need it with flash prices

[sour current]

may all’s uploads be faster than the estimated time

[steep idol]

may all's camera get a free 100% megapixies upgrade at the manufacturers expense

[sour current]

And may msrp be cut in half

[steep idol]

and may there be no more noise or hot pixies (awghmmemmmmahhmmm) in your RAW's (mmnfukshxjfmngm)

[frozen lantern]

Merry Christmas Aussies!!!

[static ruin]

Merry Christmas

[frozen lantern]

Too early to christen the Yeti cooler?

[sudden karma]

It's Christmas it's never too early

[frozen lantern]

It’s 5 o clock somewhere

Try not to get alcohol poisoning

^^^For everyone^^^

[coral crescent]

Merry Christmas

[deep cape]

merry christmas!!!
||and happy boxing day test eve for those who celebrate||

[kindred rivet]

its never too early

[vivid verge]

If we could not have a batting collapse this fine day that would be lovely

[indigo thicket]

I’m sitting here watching it

It’s kind of hilarious how fucked we are rn

[vivid verge]

not laughing.

[indigo thicket]

So it seems to be a bowler’s pitch

Which is helping us now

This may be a very short test

[urban quest]

Guys in melb where do you get Ur film developed or scanned

[fair rivet]

There’s Halide Express, Irohas, and there’s also FilmNeverDie

I don’t live in Melbourne but I know those places

[eternal moat]

Halide Express is good

Had a couple of rolls done through them and are happy with results

[late parcel]

How are ya aussies

[sudden karma]

pretty fucking solid

bursting at the seams

eaten even more food

[deep cape]

send it to lumina labs

john umina who runs it is a fucking deadset legend

cleanest scans ive ever had come back

[late parcel]

Yay lol

[frozen lantern]

Ready for the Christmas and new years holidays to be done

[late parcel]

Why lol

[frozen lantern]

I’m done with drinks for a while

[static ruin]

Well you don't need to drink during holidays

[subtle geyser]

Are you okay?

[static ruin]

Yes

[subtle geyser]

You should always drink on holidays smh

[static ruin]

I guess I am drinking.. a water right now

[subtle geyser]

Needs to be a dr pepper or white monster

Smh

[static ruin]

Ewww

[subtle geyser]

Fym ewww

[static ruin]

I mean exactly that

[subtle geyser]

Dr pepper and white monster goat

[static ruin]

dr pepper is more acceptable, as for monster, I've just never liked energy drinks

[subtle geyser]

Ah

I love citrus stuff so the white monster is awesome

[frozen lantern]

Dr Pepper is alright, I don’t do energy drinks

[kindred rivet]

@deep cape well crap, we lost Boxing Day, Oscar was bad luck

[sudden karma]

Who cares we already won the ashes

Time to explore a new group or just have fun

[fiery island]

I can't taste any difference between Cherry coke and Dr.Pepper.

[vivid verge]

stupidest shit I’ve ever heard

[late parcel]

😂

[sour current]

never had either in my life but i find this extremely hard to believe

[frozen lantern]

Good, it’s the truth they don’t taste the same

Cherry Coke is a lot sweeter

[sour current]

This is the same debate as pepsi is just like coke

Tf it is not

[static ruin]

ofc not, pepsi > coke

[sour current]

https://tenor.com/view/looney-gif-8561417070170405595

[deep cape]

bepis

[frozen lantern]

You appear to have chosen the wrong arrow

[late parcel]

I agree with Punth

[static ruin]

Coke < Pepsi

[frozen lantern]

Pepsi is too sweet

[sour current]

Doesn’t have that refreshing sharpness

Tooooo smooth

[static ruin]

Definitely needs sunrise/sunset light and cloud, beautiful day otherwise

[sudden karma]

coming to find you

[ebon mango]

Oh no i am extremely alarmed

[frozen lantern]

You should be

[urban quest]

wait ur melbs too?

[ebon mango]

yeah i love it here

[frozen lantern]

I don’t get how it gets colder than winter during the summer

[static ruin]

wdym, it is colder during winter

Unless you're talking temperature swings in Summer can be quite cold occasionally, just the nature of no landmass between Aus and Antarctica, cold fronts can be significant, they pretty much vanish by the time they make it as far north as you

[frozen lantern]

Below 15 degrees in summer is absolutely insane to me, that’s generally what winters are like on a bad day up in the tropics

[static ruin]

It snowed in Tasmania on Christmas day

[frozen lantern]

Holy crap

Are you lying? I genuinely don’t know whether or not to believe that

[static ruin]

But yeah pretty much just the closer to the pole, the stronger cold fronts will be. They still somewhat make it to SEQ, usually pretty much vanish by the time they go any further, either that or any real temperature drop is miniscule

I'm being serious

I'll see if I can get the photos again, gimme a minute

Was on a mountain, but yeah can happen

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/christmas-day-weather-snow-in-tasmania-heat-across-australia/106178338

[frozen lantern]

Never in my life did I expect to hear that Australia got snow in summer

I didn’t think that was possible

[static ruin]

Our mountains west of Sydney can get snow during November, is very rare though

Usually a once a decade type thing

[frozen lantern]

It would be hectic to see

[static ruin]

I've been a bunch during winter, usually get a few dustings a year, it is nice to see familiar landscape transformed

Mostly melts by midday even during winter when it happens

Is a bit of a weather nerd thing so won't go too in depth, right now between Aus and NZ you can see cold air pushing up on Satellite, while it drags tropical air down. Just yeah in this case you see it starting to drop again before it reaches the tropics, usually won't make it that far up

Highlighted in blue and red lines, pretty much when that happens you get those temp swings in Southern regions of Aus during Summer, intensity ofc can drastically vary

[coral crescent]

@sudden karma are you going to monash

[steep idol]

why cant i sleep?

[sudden karma]

Nah Swinburne

I know a few people going to monash tho

[coral crescent]

Ahhh

Gl gng

[late parcel]

Our new scan tools are ridiculously huge

Like a large Mac book

Def won’t fit on my lap in a lot of cars or in the center console gap

[sour current]

a90 wallpaper 🔥

[late parcel]

😂 of course. I work for Toyota

[sour current]

nicest thing they make rn yeah

[deep cape]

lost on purpose to keep baz in a job for the 27 away ashes

real 4d chess hours

[steep idol]

i love industrial computers

[steep idol]

@sudden karma

[sudden karma]

jesus

[steep idol]

hi lex

[karmic lily]

Grebe

[static ruin]

Nice

Went out this evening for a bit of birding, had a black shoulder kite ripping a mouse apart, that was interesting

[karmic lily]

get a pic?

[static ruin]

Yeah

Also a bit of video, more gruesome than I expected. On a lighter note, there were wrens out

[late parcel]

Ikr the new hilux and new everything is a disgrace to the Toyota legacy

[late parcel]

It does very fancy things:) only this specific computer can do. It’s brand specific to Toyota

[late parcel]

The babies are so cuteeeee

[frozen lantern]

Correct me if I’m wrong but comfort was never the idea behind utes and 4wds

Some of the old design elements are still relevant in today’s world

[ebon mango]

what degree?

[ebon mango]

omg i love birds where was this?

[karmic lily]

Herdsman lake

[late parcel]

No never. Utes and forties are made to work not to get cozy in. The new hilux interior is a mash of a lot of other modern Toyotas, about as luxury as it gets but it’s no longer a hilux

[steep idol]

gunpla

[sudden karma]

Media and comms

You going there/there?

[rare oracle]

happy new years all

[static ruin]

Happy new year

Those silly QLD people still stuck in 2025 because of no DST smh

[steep idol]

not new years yet here nt

[frozen lantern]

New years

Stole it

[frozen lantern]

How long until you get into 2026?

[steep idol]

28m

[frozen lantern]

2026 in Queensland

[coral crescent]

Happy new years chat

[steep idol]

not even yet

[coral crescent]

Im 4 hours out man

Im still in nepal

😭

New years in spirit

[steep idol]

now it is new years

[ebon mango]

nah but ik someone who is, if youre amelbournian ghen mahbe yall go to the same uni

[sudden karma]

I am yeah

[kindred rivet]

Also the 79 series and troopies are the only cars farmers drive

[frozen lantern]

Sounds right to me

[kindred rivet]

Saw something from spotto that said “the car is brand new and it had wind up windows”

[frozen lantern]

I first learned how to drive on a cattle station in a troopy

[late parcel]

Eh we had a hilux on the farm but an older one

[stray turtle]

Hello guys

Going into Melbourne cbd tomorrow, any photo spots you guys would recommend close to flinders Street?

[sudden karma]

Botanical gardens and surrounding areas is a classic

[stray turtle]

Yeah, had that in mind already, thanks!

[sour current]

W unicorn

put the horn back in bro

[steep idol]

nu uh

[indigo thicket]

Caw caw australiaw

[indigo thicket]

How’d it go

[steep idol]

caw caw and go back and eat ur pizza parrot

[indigo thicket]

No

:)

[indigo thicket]

Lmao

[stray turtle]

We lowk just wandered around and got lost a few times, it was great fun. You can see the photos on instagram at "S.kavanaghphotography"

[static ruin]

Couple of 2am storms, and a snake on the path while running back to car from lightning that developed right overhead

First time seeing a Bandi Bandi, nice looking snake

[still wadi]

12 apostles!

[fiery island]

God fucking damnit, every time I go there it looks like this:

[still wadi]

oof