Thanks @Strawman! Great to meets lots of other Strawpeople and excellent conversation. Hope we didn’t max out your credit card, please send details so we can pay you back!

Wait @Strawman was paying!

I’m coming to the next one!

Only for the drinks. I thought I'd get some tap water for the table..

I echo the thanks to @Strawman for organising and fronting the drinks. It was a great evening and wonderful to meet so many StrawPeople, to share our investing and professional journeys to date, and to debate more than a few stocks. I didn't catch up with everyone, so - hard though it is to leave the Sunshine State - I'll be happy to join in again at a future date. I confirm the Sydneysiders are very welcoming of "foreigners".

Ditto the Sydney Meetup sentiments shared so far.

@Strawman knocked it out of the park with great venues, a generous tab and top shelf guest list!

Even the interstate "import" was well behaved - at least up untiL I left...

Bugger, missed it. Next time

Thanks for organising the meetup. It was great to finally catch up with a few members in person.

That's great Andrew. All sound good to me. Agree 8pm is probably too late if we're starting for drinks at 5pm. I like the look of The Meat & Wine Co, but I'm sure whatever you decide will be fine and I am happy with all cuisines and to fit in with others.

Playing to the $QAN theme from other straws, I'm flying down on Rex (saving myself over $200 on the return compared with $QAN and Virgin) in the morning for my early pm meeting. Fingers crossed that choice is less susceptible to the arbitrary cancellations that several friends have suffered of late on $QAN. Swear I'll never fly Jet Star again - but that's another story altogether. My wife is flying Rex to ADL via MEL 30 minutes earlier - she often used Rex and swears by them. Bring on the competition!

Looking forward to meeting some StrawPeople in RL.

@Strawman are you dead set on a Barangaroo location? I find Circular Quay's Hurricanes a good place to vibe and could be nice, with pubs around for drinks afterwards?

Actually, I've had so much trouble finding something suitable at Barangaroo that I'm just going to jump on that suggestion @shadow

Plus it looks like we can get a private room and a set menu at $60 each (the cheapest ones in Barangaroo were all around $80 or more)

Let me confirm and I'll send out an email to those who have RSVP'd

Huh - I was thinking yesterday that I should ping you about organising another meetup ... great minds and all ... :)

Can I be so bold as to suggest we do food (dinner) as well this time and not just drinks - somewhere not too noisy so everyone can talk and hear

Absolutely @Remorhaz -- I'll book something once we have a better idea of numbers

Good idea @Remorhaz, I second that. So, I am locked in for that date, as I now have a commitment to another meeting in Sydney earlier in the day.

I know I've been unable to make the previous Brisbane events, but should the @Strawman ever venture to the Sunshine State, I'd made a special effort. Of course, We QLDers don't need to wait until then.

The last Sydney meet up was great.

I'm in for drinks or dinner on 21st Sep.

Or both - drinks for dinner??

Great idea @Strawman

We'd love to host you up in Brisvegas when you can too - I'm sure there are plenty of Strawpeople in QLD keen to have a chat and a bite with you sometime.

I'm keen to join the Brisbane event if we were having one.

Sydney Straw people,

Are we still on for 5pm in Barangaroo this Thursday 21st Sep?

Same venue as last time - Barangaroo House (35 Barangaroo Avenue)?

Looking forward to catching up

Agreed @Slomo will be nice to meet some of the Sydney folk.

Cheers

Nnyck

5pm it is @Slomo

So far we've had 8 confirmations. I'll give it another day, but with that amount I'm tempted to book a table at a restaurant as opposed to the Barangaroo House bar (although I think that's a good place to meet before hand).

Thoughts? Suggestions?

(if you havent RSVP'd, you can here)

Count me in Andrew. Just signed up on your RSVP form. See you soon.

Excellent! Looking forward to catching up.

I've put my name down as a maybe depending on my schedule.

5pm is a little rough for me as I work outside the CBD but keen to join in around 5:30

No stress @shadow. I'll be there from 5pm, but won't book a table until 6 or even 6:30.

I vote restaurant (again :)) - both for food :), but also because I think it would be easier to talk and hear if the place isn't as noisy?