It was great to meet up with members last night! Thanks for the great conversation and war stories (and for putting up with the odd rant or two from yours truly...)
We'll try and do this more often, and also arrange some get-togethers around the country.
Ok, everything is finalised!
Apologies for the last minute change, but we're moving tomorrow night's catch-up & dinner to Circular Quay.
We have a room booked for 6:30pm at Hurricane's Grill which is located at Gateway Building, level 2, 1 Macquarie Place. (Map link is here, head up the escalator near Messina, click here for an image)
I suggest we meet at the Ship In Bar (Corner of Pitt St and Alfred St), which is more or less next to the restaurant. I'll be there between 5-5:30pm.
Hurricane's has a $60 set menu which hopefully is suitable for everyone (there's a caesar salad, stuffed capsicum etc for any vegos).
Looking forward to catching up!!
Ok, we have 13 confirmed and 2 maybes for Thursday. This is shaping up to be a great get together.
I've looked at a few restaurants, but for groups this large they force you into a set menu affair. (The ones that don't seem to not have the space)
Not necessarily a problem, but if people are happy with that I was going to suggest The Meat & Wine Co or there's a restaurant upstairs at Barangaroo House. I also looked at Lotus house but they dont have a table until after 8pm
Any preferences or other suggestions? We could even wander up to Crown or back towards the city?
If no one has any strong opinions I'll make a call later this evening.
It's been a while since we did an in-person meetup, so I was wondering if any Strawpeople would be keen for an informal get together?
I've been chatting with @mikebrisy who'll be in Sydney on the 21st of September, so I thought we could get together at 5pm in Barangaroo on that day. That seemed to work pretty well last time.
(Also, apologies for the Sydney-centric focus. Next time i'm interstate i'll put out a call for a meetup. But I'd also encourage people from other parts to arrange catch-ups here if interested. Certainly happy to help promote and coordinate)