You might be able to get an additional 15% off if you use both 15FINFEST and FINFEST15 but you didn't hear that from me.

By loitering you mean presenting right?

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow - This is what I currently look like.

Cheap parking here for anyone driving in - need to book 30 min before booking apparently. https://www.wilsonparking.com.au/parking-locations/new-south-wales/cbd-sydney-north/barangaroo-reserve-car-park/

I'll be hanging around in the area morning around from 9 am (getting Bourke Street Bakery cravings), if anyone is keen for quick coffee + brekkie prior.

@shadow thank you for reminding me of the Bourke street bakery around the corner (though not on Bourke street if others are looking!)

Looking forward to meeting a few friendly faces

Sorry, I missed the bakery message this morning.

It was nice to meet you all today though!

How did the afterparty go? (For those who went)

Sorry didn’t get to meet some of you yesterday, but if anyone is keen for drinks or something else’s in Sydney CBD sometime i would be keen, it would just have to be outside of work hours or one weekend.

I never made it to the after-party in the end.. must be getting old.

Really great to see a bunch of Strawpeople and put some faces to the names.

I can't ever see us throwing an event like that -- mechanical bulls, margarita bars and food trucks could just be a touch out of our league -- but we should definitely organise a casual dinner sometime. Will look to line something up closer to Christmas in Sydney (my home base), but certainly keen to facilitate any other meetups around the country.

Great to meet some of you yesterday. I also skipped the afterparty (must be even older than Andrew... wait I AM...)

@Strawman anybody that made it to the "after party" soon went on to their respective after-after parties. Might have had something to do with the music being so loud that a bunch of people who literally talk for a living weren't able to hear each other face-to-face :'D

Lol @tbra97 I was wondering if that might have been the case...

I think they might have misread the kind of parties this crowd enjoys.

I bought a ticket a while back. I'm thinking I will be there at this point, though it's now clashing with another event.

Hey @CanadianAussie. I will be there. I'm headed solo as well so keen to meet up too mate.

Hoping to attend, if only to satisfy my curiosity to observe the demographic…

I'll probably check it out as well, mainly for networking as well.

I'll be there, and keen to catch up with other Strawpeople.

Going as well!

@Strawman will you hand out wrist bands to strawpeople so we know who they are? I guess I could have my straw name tag on ????

Maybe we'll just organise a time and place? I'll also be sure to check my DMs throughout the day too so we can co-ordinate.

@Strawman no, no. I think these would be extremely appropriate

@Strawman - perhaps we could start off with a quick Strawman coffee/breakfast, then break out for the conference, and then meet up afterwards for drinks?

Great idea @shadow.

I think there's already some drinks as part of the event, but would be keen to grab a coffee beforehand also

I'm with JP. I'm in a pink shirt and jeans if anyone wants to say hi.

Was running a bit late (track work..) just near the coffee stand at the front

I'm the person that has coffee stains everywhere (black hoodie, green pants) due to an unfortunate exploding coffee cup incident