Bogans

[ThreeOhFour]

Was great to meet up with you Scarab, and awesome to get someone else in the Corolla karaoke!

[Layabout]

Oh hello Sydney. Grundislav and ben304, you bloody flight is an hour late.

[ThreeOhFour]

But I'm sitting right near you on a stinky train!

[Ponch]

awesome to get someone else in the Corolla karaoke!

Do you guys take requests? 

[ThreeOhFour]

Sadly my Corolla is stuck in Perth while we party in Sydney, so the time for corolla karaoke has come to an end.

[Ponch]

the time for corolla karaoke has come to an end.

But a Corolla duet (trio?) of "Never Gonna Give You Up" would make my life complete, Ben! Don't tell me I built that treehouse for nothing, buddy! 

[Layabout]

Ben you are a cat.

[Grundislav]

Bogans is now over

[Layabout]

Sad but true. Good to meet Ben Chandler Sweets Tin 304 & Dane "Krams Design" Krams for the first time and always a pleasure hanging out with Grundislav.

So what happened was this. April 1 I found a Grundislav at Brisbane Airport like a sad little kitty waiting for a new home. I took him back to mine and we went out for lunch. We had some beers to celebrate the start of something a little bit bogan. Later that evening we took to the city to partake in cheap steak at the beach house (not actually a house, or located near a beach). then it was off for a bit of awful live music at Irish Murphy's.

The next day Grundislav went off for an adventure in WA whilst I had to work.

I'm sure they can fill you in on that part of the adventure.

On Wednesday 10th of April I boarded a flight to Sydney, Australia. The base of operations for Bogans week two. We saw sights, we found our own local pub, in-jokes were continued (of which I had to come up to speed with) and new in-jokes were created. Our diet consisted of a healthy stream of pasta, pie-face, beer and coca-cola (which 304 informed us every time was delicious). Day 1 we arrived around 8pm to our hostel. We went to Coles (the local supermarket) to buy supplies like pasta, Bran, Milk and Rolo pudding. We cooked our dinner and then it was time for the hostel guide to take us to our first drinking consultant. This was a pub called O'Malley's, which would soon become our local (due to proximity, prices, and 304 getting free Coca-Cola from Nikki the bartender. We drank and chatted amongst ourselves and to others. It was a good night.
For the rest of the week, we explored Sydney during the days, occasionally just lying in parks chatting or reading. Our nights would mostly start at O'Malley's and then off to another bar for a drink or two.

On the 17th of April it was time to say goodbye to Sydney and get on the 1 1/2 hour flight to Brisbane... or so we thought.

We arrived at the airport around 1 1/2 hours before our flight departed and went to the departure lounge to wait. one hour 4 minutes before our flight was due to depart I received an email from the airline informing me that our flight to Brisbane had been cancelled. We tried anxiously to find an employee of the airline to find out what was going on to no avail. After about 10 minutes a Jetstar employee arrived at the boarding desk. We asked what was going on and were told to go back out of security and speak to the customer service agent. We did as such. About 10 minutes after waiting in the incorrect line, over the loudspeaker we were told our flight had been cancelled. We went to the correct line and waited. When we finally got to the line, we were told the next and last flight to Brisbane only had one seat remaining. Luckily we were able to get seats on the flight to Gold Coast, about an hour and a bit from Brisbane leaving in 30 minutes. We took that flight.

We arrived on the Gold Coast after a rather uneventful short flight to be told that there would be a bus to Brisbane Airport provided free of charge. We were quite happy with this. We spoke to the Jetstar employee and queried whether the bus would be stopping in Brisbane City. He said it wasn't but if enough people wanted that, it may be able to be arranged. In the end, we stopped at Mount Gravatt (where 304 got off as it was quite close to Krams house, where he was staying), Brisbane City and Airport. Grundislav and myself got off at the city.

We were in Brisbane for the next few days. We went out and saw the sights of Brisbane. We ate delicious food. We met Dane Krams and we drank some beers (except 304, who had delicious coca cola). On the Thursday night we went out for pizza/pasta, then we went to Ric's Cafe to sample some live music. The bands were okay. We had some cheap drinks and a merry time. 304 & Krams did miss their last bus, only to be saved by Krams' mother.

On Friday we all met up again in the afternoon. We found a used book store where 304 found the 'Doom: Knee Deep in the Dead' novel. He purchased it along with a couple of other books.

That night we had some food then we went to Irish Murphys. The same shit musician was playing. Grundislav drank a beer called Pig's Arse. It was awful. We left and went to the Victory Hotel to consume more drinks. We talked a lot of crap. Ben read some of the Doom book. 304 and Krams had to get their bus so they were off. Francisco and I stayed for a bit then went home.

On Saturday, we were greeted by Resulka (who does Let's Plays) at 10:30am for our adventure to Byron Bay. Resulka hired a car so we drove down to Byron. We hung out discussing adventure games and at the end of the day we bid adieu to Resulka as she had to return to Brisbane to catch a flight back to Melbourne. Byron is a delightful town. We walked to the lighthouse, we listed to some excellent music and we went swimming. This was really the most relaxing part of the trip. Well for most. I got a cold and screwed up my calf muscle. Byron is really a place you have to experience if you ever come to Australia.

On Monday 22 April we took a bus back to Brisbane. By this time, my cold was really acting up, so Grundislav collected his stuff from mine and I parted ways with Grundislav and 304. They went to Krams to stay with him that evening and be silly, like in the photo in the previous reply to this thread.

I'm sure Grundislav, 304 and all the others we met along the way will be able to fill in further details.

This was Bogans 2013.

[Grundislav]

On April 2 I headed to Brisbane airport and caught a flight to Perth. Upon arrival I found a cat holding a big sign which read "GATO." Fearing for my life, I followed him to his car, where I attempted to appease him by giving him lots of American candy. It worked, and we drove to a beach where I stuck my feet in the Indian Ocean.

Following that, we drove east towards the mysterious land of Doodlakine. A couple of hours of listening to music and singing along later, we arrived and I was given a brief tour of the city. Soon after, I was taken to the Chandler Homestead, where I met Mr. Chandler, the mayor of Doodlakine, as well as Mrs. Chandler and Ben's brother. After a lovely steak dinner, we went out on Ben's dad's ute and spotted some night creatures.

The next day, we embarked on our road trip, but first we stopped at the home of Grandma Chandler, who wished us luck fishing later in the week. From there, we began the drive to Esperance, stopping on the way in Ravensthorpe for a Mrs. Mack's meat pie. How I survived that remains a mystery.

We arrived that afternoon in Esperance, and spent the next day and a half there going to the beach, swimming, climbing rocks, jogging, and basically being bad nerds until the evening, when we would discuss game-related things. On Friday we drove to Albany, which was a quaint seaside town ripe for exploration. I had unfortunately come down with a bit of nerd flu from GDC, but I didn't allow it to affect my enjoyment. We were the only guests of the hotel we stayed in, and we got a lovely window from which we serenaded the town (tee hee.)

After departing Albany, we got to Walpole, a very sleepy town. Some might even call it comatose. However, the point of going there was to fish with Ben's dad and Trevor from down the road, so fish we did. The first night proved uneventful, save for the recording of a mini podcast, but the next day we each caught a big salmon and had fish and chips for dinner.

Once done in Walpole, we drove back to Perth, where we met up with Scarab for an afternoon of pub food and beer. From there we went to the home of DarthHelmet86 (another LPer) who very graciously let us spend the night. The following morning we just managed to catch our flight to Sydney, where we met up with Ryan.

There are more details, but I am tired now. This evening I am again in San Francisco staying with Edmundo before catching my final flight back home to Miami tomorrow afternoon.

[Ponch]

Was there a podcast? Did you interview the mayor? Did Ben's mom bake cookies? There are still questions to be answered! Damn your jet lag!

[Miez]

This evening I am again in San Francisco staying with Edmundo before catching my final flight back home to Miami tomorrow afternoon.

Wait, what? Didn't you move to the Big Apple recently?

[Anian]

This is actually interesting to read. Australia is kind of USA (but less deadly people with more deadly animals) meets Mediterranean (a lot of things have a fairly similar vibe to the coast towns here on the Adriatic) style of living.
I've actually spent an hour or two with Google street view, looking through some cities mentioned here (it's a budget holiday ). Without any disrespect though, every town (apart from the big ones) looks the freaking same there. 

In any case, seems like you had a great time, which was kind of the point.

[Grundislav]

This evening I am again in San Francisco staying with Edmundo before catching my final flight back home to Miami tomorrow afternoon.

Wait, what? Didn't you move to the Big Apple recently?

Not yet, that happens later this year.