Cycling in Sydney Australia
My big news - moving on
I hinted at this with my status message the other day - I have some big-ish news.
We (Sammy and the kids and I) have decided to leave Sydney and move to Brisbane.....yep, shocking. I wouldn't have predicted it myself a few months ago.
I've got an opportunity to transfer with my current job to Brisbane, we need more people on our team up there.
Sam and I are in need of a bit of a change of scenery, so it felt like the right thing to do, and hopefully lots of fun. We're leaving at the end of October.
What does it mean for this site ? Absolutely nothing really. The site will keep running, most of you don't see much of me anyway so hopefully nobody will know the difference.
What it does mean is that I'll be bringing Brisbane Cyclist online over the weekend, that's been on the cards for a while but I didn't have anyone to help run it, now I can do it myself. I imagine that I'll stay more involved in this site though because I love the community that has developed here and I'm not 100% Brisbane needs a site like this as much as I felt Sydney did.
I imagine I'll be travelling back to Sydney a bit, so I think I'll invest in a good bike travel bag and bring a bike with me when I can. I'll let people know if that happens and we can go for a ride :)
So, what we should do is have a party.
We're due for our second birthday party anyway, so lets make it a second birthday / going away party.
I'm aiming for Saturday the 24th of October, at the Alexandria hotel again, they looked after us well the last time. Just have to check with the venue and book it in and I'll confirm that.
Also, I'm doing a few gigs this month (on top of us packing, and me finishing up 3 projects), I'm going to be playing at the Macquarie hotel in Surry hills (corner of Wentworth and Goulburn st) this saturday night from 9ish. Also three Sundays (11th, 18th, 25th) at the Kurrajong hotel in Erskineville from 5 - 8pm. If anyone is around and would like to drop by and have a drink and say hi and listen to some music, it would be great. I'm playing with the Leanne Paris band, a bluesy / soul thing.
So that's the news. it's time for a change for me, but Sydney Cyclist will keep being awesome. Some time next week you can let your Brisbane friends know about Brisbane Cyclist, and I'll be looking for some riding buddies.
Would love to see lots of you at the party, and if you feel like some music it would be cool to see some people there too.
We (Sammy and the kids and I) have decided to leave Sydney and move to Brisbane.....yep, shocking. I wouldn't have predicted it myself a few months ago.
I've got an opportunity to transfer with my current job to Brisbane, we need more people on our team up there.
Sam and I are in need of a bit of a change of scenery, so it felt like the right thing to do, and hopefully lots of fun. We're leaving at the end of October.
What does it mean for this site ? Absolutely nothing really. The site will keep running, most of you don't see much of me anyway so hopefully nobody will know the difference.
What it does mean is that I'll be bringing Brisbane Cyclist online over the weekend, that's been on the cards for a while but I didn't have anyone to help run it, now I can do it myself. I imagine that I'll stay more involved in this site though because I love the community that has developed here and I'm not 100% Brisbane needs a site like this as much as I felt Sydney did.
I imagine I'll be travelling back to Sydney a bit, so I think I'll invest in a good bike travel bag and bring a bike with me when I can. I'll let people know if that happens and we can go for a ride :)
So, what we should do is have a party.
We're due for our second birthday party anyway, so lets make it a second birthday / going away party.
I'm aiming for Saturday the 24th of October, at the Alexandria hotel again, they looked after us well the last time. Just have to check with the venue and book it in and I'll confirm that.
Also, I'm doing a few gigs this month (on top of us packing, and me finishing up 3 projects), I'm going to be playing at the Macquarie hotel in Surry hills (corner of Wentworth and Goulburn st) this saturday night from 9ish. Also three Sundays (11th, 18th, 25th) at the Kurrajong hotel in Erskineville from 5 - 8pm. If anyone is around and would like to drop by and have a drink and say hi and listen to some music, it would be great. I'm playing with the Leanne Paris band, a bluesy / soul thing.
So that's the news. it's time for a change for me, but Sydney Cyclist will keep being awesome. Some time next week you can let your Brisbane friends know about Brisbane Cyclist, and I'll be looking for some riding buddies.
Would love to see lots of you at the party, and if you feel like some music it would be cool to see some people there too.
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Comment by ♫ Kylie on October 1, 2009 at 10:45pm -
Why have you not mentioned this music thing before?? I'll catch you for sure :-)
I'm just glad you'll still be onboard, even if at a distance. Sammy, you better keep the Miles and Tilly progress updates coming ;-)
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Comment by Neil Alexander on October 1, 2009 at 10:54pm -
He has. Perhaps b4 ur time, KJ. There are videos. Damian can tell you where.
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Comment by Adrian on October 1, 2009 at 11:03pm -
It'll be sad to see you go Damian but I'm glad you'll be spreading the east coast bike love. Look forward to catching up on the 24th and maybe at one of your other gigs.
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Comment by DamianM on October 1, 2009 at 11:43pm -
I haven't done a lot of playing this year Kylie, took a bit of a break for 6 months so haven't spoken about it much. I used to play a lot lot more, but got a bit bored with the scene. Actually looking forward to playing some music in brissy, I have two brothers up there who play too.
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Comment by Dan on October 1, 2009 at 11:44pm -
Hey! Hope the move all works out well for your guys. Good luck!
We should do one last Centennial early-morning fixie club before you go.
And I'll definitely make either a gig or the party, or both!
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Comment by DamianM on October 1, 2009 at 11:50pm
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I'm trying to do centennial most mornings at the moment, working from home again for a few weeks. So yeah that would be good.
Don't currently have a fixie though, it's at Cheeky getting a frame inspection and new bars. I told them not to hurry. Might have it the week after next.
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Comment by Andrew on October 2, 2009 at 12:08am -
another one bites the dust. And I got my offical paperwork for my redundancy, so I will also be leaving Sydney at the end of October
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Comment by DamianM on October 2, 2009 at 12:11am
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Is that a good thing or a bad thing for you Andrew ? Can you do the 24th ?
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Comment by Paul van Bellen on October 2, 2009 at 12:26am -
All the best in Brisbane Damian.
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Comment by Paul van Bellen on October 2, 2009 at 12:26am
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Sorry to hear of your redundancy Andrew.
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