This community is a place created for the people of Melbourne and Victoria. We are a positive, welcoming and inclusive community. We might not agree about everything, but we always strive to stay civil and respectful.
The focus of our discussions is based around things that effect Victoria, but we are also free to discuss our local perspective on wider issues. Or head to the regular Daily Random Discussion thread to talk about anything.
Ongoing discussions, FAQs & Resources (still under construction)
Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Sherlock Dan has solved the Case of the Crumbly Bread.
And like most cases, the reason is pure idiocy on my behalf. I thought I put in 340ml of water. But, the measuring cup is 200ml and I put in 200ml and then another 40ml thinking I'd already had 300ml in there.
So did another one last night with the correct amount of water and the result was pure, heavenly breadiness worthy of Jesus himself.
Maths. Every. Single. Time.
Be careful of recipes on the net and buying measuring utensils. make sure they are Aussie.
Our American friends use Freedom Units. The cups are 240 ml and the tbsps are 15ml.
Oooo
Mildura to Mallacoota by PT, 22 hours with the longest layover being a couple of hours. I'd arrive the next day, but because the last leg of the trip leaves the same day, the entire fare would only be the price of a daily
As someone who frequently caught the Tilt Train in QLD before moving here and had an alright time, I'm kind of curious as to what the route actually entails. Are there any swap overs, is there a decent stretch to get some sleep since it's a 22hr journey, are there sleeper cars, and what about food options/amenities?
tilt train (and Qld in general) is ♥️♥️♥️
the route is mostly coaches but does have 1 train. I've done the Mildura night coach a few times (which is 9 hours and arrives at 6am), plenty of people do get a nap on that but being a coach there's no sleeping areas, best you can do is put your seat back by about 30° and hope there's not too many potholes
The journey looks like this:
8am coach from Mallacoota to Genoa (30 mins)
Connect to a coach to lakes entrance (3hrs)
2 hour layover in lakes entrance
2:30pm coach to Tralagon (2.5hrs)
5:20pm train to Melbourne (2.5hrs)
2 hour layover in Melbourne
9:10pm coach to Mildura (9hrs)
Arrive in Mildura at 6am
The train is fairly smooth but not designed as a sleeper, so you could get a nap but it wouldn't be great
While not my thing, mostly due to the lack of trains and onboard amenities, I can see how it'd be a fun little adventure.
Not going lie, if you did do the trip I'd read a write up of your journey and how it went.
I have only stepped out my apartment once in the past 3 and 1/2 weeks and that was to go to hospital . Can't wash my hair and have mostly been subsisting on frozen food. I missed xmas and nye with friends and fam too.
But I have recovered from depression so that is good.
I have so much to do. :)
I had two wins today. Some code I straight copy pasted off the internet worked first go, fixing a real doozy of a work project in one swoop.
The I put Linux mint on an old laptop and the WiFi started working again. I'll either give it to the kids to play with or I'll play around with it as a home server.
ffs, reddit is so full of paid political trolls it's painful
this place is a blessed relief
I can never understand the anger people have on reddit. The cattiness and the back and forwards is just not for me.
Anger is the right word. So angry and for what purpose? 🤷♀️
Some people take things way too personally and resort to name calling and derogatory terms.
I have gone back and forwards maybe a hand full of times but I have since curbed my ways.
Go do a blood test 5 minutes before opening time. Notice there's already 10 people in front of me. Go get a coffee and croissant. Will fast another day.
I went to the art site of the youtube channel to see about the free colour wheels (it has a free stuff section). It looks legit but even with no cost and a free pdf downloadable it still wants your credit card details and address. That's gonna be a no from me dawg. Downloading anything is already something I'm hesitant to do. The ones being sold on art supply shops online are kind of different, not how I want.
I'm sure I could make equivalents if I was determined but honestly not really seeing the point. I've gone off art a little bit lately and am just feeling like shit, sleeping all the time.
I came across paletton a little while back. Works pretty well, exportable colour charts, is web-based though.
gentle hugs
if there's anything I can do just ask :)
Sauce dins:
Special shout out to the lovely retiree couple who always waves from their balcony on the way back from the beach and says hello. The world needs more of that. I have no idea who they are but they always say hey which is nice.
I will be unable to make the new thread at midnight for tomorrow if somebody else could do it, that would be great.
Will do it ifyalike.
You're a legend
No probs.
Still not feeling great, the nausea is hanging around from god knows what, but thankfully the headache appears to have disappeared after a long sleep (got up before all my alarms! Hooray!) I'm going to try sipping a little bit of coconut water throughout the day in the hopes it eases the nausea.
Didn't get around to re-reading Shades of Grey yesterday, BUT... to my absolute chagrin, even though Red Side Story is supposed to be released today (6 Feb), the ebook is not appearing in the app - then I call and find out that release date is based on American timezones 😑😒😔😩 So 4pm here at the very earliest. Possibly 7pm. I guess I was being naïve and overly hopeful... but still, in the absence of any other information, with digital releases/information isn't it reasonable to think 6 Feb 2024 starts at 12:01 am in the local timezone?
Oh well, personally that works out well as I can blast through Shades of Grey now while waiting. Wrote a strongly worded feedback message anyway, about being clearer about this on the website/preorder info for next time.
My parents keep taking their dog away in the caravan then realising that taking the dog with them sucks because they can't go out anywhere together because they can't leave the dog alone. This leads to me being asked to house/dog sit at their place, which I'll be doing from tomorrow until Monday. Doggy is being driven home from Yarrawonga and dropped off today. Sigh.
Can we please have doggy tax when you get him?Thanks
Absolutely!
Grabbed some hummus chips from Aldi to try.
Inhaled the bag within minutes. They're that good.
If anyone is looking to eat more healthy I recommend this cookbook from Michael Mosley. It's got a lot of really good and easy recipes in it.
Pizzas are in oven
keen to start planning my next camping trip. heck, I could even do tidal river again. Its just so nice down there.
Pizza dough is rising, pizza sauce is made.
man I really wanna try that slow cooked lamb meatlovers from dominos. Even though I know its gonna suck.
Just on a jam packed tram into the city, and no one sat next to me. Lots of people standing etc. strange mix of nice because personal space, but also feeling like a leper.
the seat beside you was occupied.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Bought a few art pieces from Etsy that needs A) printing and B) framing. What's the best place to get prints - what quality and paper do I print and where can I buy cheap ass frames?
I've found Myer to be a good source of cheap frames when there are sales on. The least expensive ones are still decent quality and have glass instead of Perspex. Others IKEA and Kmart are pretty safe choices.
Aussie Frugal seems to have died. I'm just in there alerting when hygiene products are half price because (other than occasional art supplies and basic necessities) I don't really buy anything
I haven't had one mozzie bite this summer.
Where'd they go?
Why aren't I attractive to them anymore? I work out, wear revealing clothing so I know I have a operational circulatory system.
So I'm having an affair with March flies instead. At least they know my worth.
I watched the movie "Mr Bojangles. I remember watching William Robinson movies growing up, old black and whites with Shirley Temple. Such beautiful movies.
People used to get up and walk out of his boundary pushing live shows and movies because they were so offended!!
Fuck 'em.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
This is very early indeed!
What's the blue P plate mean? I'd google it but I don't wanna.
From what I've noticed, it likely started out green but was a cheapo plate that didn't like being under glass in the hot sun all the time and discoloured.
