I find it a very sad place, it's like there's been an economic depression there for the past 20 years, which it has since industry moved and stopped paying rates and providing jobs
Then the artists & students and people looking for cheap housing close to the city moved in. A much more eclectic mix, and quite an interesting one. Thriving art scene and good food available very cheap (compared).
Footscray has been cheap and mixed for as long as I remember. When I studied and worked in the area a few decades ago there was a thriving immigrant community and lots of artists and students. It hasn't changed in that regard.
I wanted to go in today because I need to go over a spreadsheet with my manager and looking st that over teams sounds like the worst thing in the world. But I slept in and it's now too late to head in
New shoes finally arrived. I've corrected my previous error and bought the shoes with the gore-tex so hopefully they're a bit waterproof. It will be great for being a dad and riding to work
Trying to figure out what different areas are like to live in based on people's online opinions is very challenging. The area I am looking at ranges from a really nice place to live (as long as you avoid a small problem area with housing commision flats) to an absolute hellhole where you need to sleep with one eye open and can expect to be murdered every couple of years.
I don't think I can get the secret until I actually moved there, but I'm guessing it's some sort of zombie virus spread through meth.
Whatever it is I'm sure it will be worth dying on occassion as the area has good public transport and has large house blocks which are still affordable. The great Australian dream's not available without sacrifice these days, and giving up the avocado toast is nowhere near enough sacrifice in the current housing market. Dying every few years or giving up a kidney seem like the going rate now.
I look at crime maps, public transport and facilities maps. Go visit the area in person. Look at online house sites. Looks at Google maps street view
One thing I really like about Australia is I have never heard anyone ask if a city or suburb was decent to live in. This is white people code for "are there any black or mexican people living there"
Vicmap also has the overlays for flood, bushfire etc. and I've also been looking at maps of the soil type in various areas (as having a garden is a major thing for me). Ballarat also has the bonus issue of a major gold mine right in town, which adds issues like underground blasting, tailings dams and possible toxic dust/water runnof, plus there are unmarked underground tunnels which occassionally lead to surprise sinkholes.
It's quite challenging pulling all the information together. Unfortunately street view here is quite out of date for most areas - plus when the car last went through in 2010 a leaf got stuck to the camera and the entire area has the centre of the frame blocked out by that. It is on my way to work though, so I've been trying to drive down a different street every time to get a better feel for the area. I plan to take Mr Woof over there and spend some time walking it as well.
As far as I can tell most of the negative stuff is just prejudice from people who don't have any connection to the area and just denegrate it because its a lower socio-economic area.
One advantage of LSE areas is that they haven’t gentrified yet which may mean more affordable grocery prices and cheaper more practical shops. And sometimes the thieves tend to go further afield to rob the richer suburbs. But you definitely can still get interpersonal and property crimes for sure
The other one here is arsenic which is high in some areas due to the gold mining. I found some maps from the GardenSafe program where you can send in your soil samples for free testing and was able to identify that the areas of the inner east in Ballarat are the ones to watch out for - which coincides with the soil types I was looking at on another map. I'm likely avoiding that area because of that, as well as it being a bit more hilly - but it does have some beautiful leafy areas filled with historic homes that would make it a bit nice to live in too.
There are definitely some cheaper shops - multiple op shops, NQR etc feature prominently which is definitiely the sorts of shops I appreciate. The biggest crimes around here seem to be theft from/of cars that are parked outside, but that is happening everywhere.
Back in the 80s when I was 'touring' western NSW, there were stickers/flyers in the bus stops of Deniliquin (and other places like Forbes) from the 'League of Decency' advocating 'keeping our town nice'. Needless to say, those towns were then off my radar as a place to actually live. Dunno if the League of Decency still exists, but at that time it seemed to be closely associated with the local protestant churches.
It’s so hard, yeah. Been having that problem myself.
I check out the historical news, see if people on various sites mention any particular streets or trouble spots, and kind of keep a weather eye out for red flags when I see the place. Unfortunately it’s still easy to miss things that become a problem and then you’re stuck until you can get another place.
I do have the bonus information that comes from working in emergency services, I get to see a lot of things that are going on that most people don't, so that at least reduces the risk I'll get stuck with the dodgy neighbour.
Melton's biggest downside is that it up with Rockbank to become a bunch of new suburbs no one ever heard of. The huge advantage of that is the suburbs creeping down towards the south stopped the weir being a great place to torch stolen cars, which a decade ago was Meltons main claim to fame (as far as emergency services go).
Realistically speaking there are no suburbs or towns I'd say are overall really bad. Where there is a problem spot it's generally at most a street or two, or isolated dodgy neighbours. I read a study a while ago that looked at the crime distribution of a bunch of areas and identified that there were crime 'hotspots' but they generally were no bigger than a block or two, and outside of those areas there was not much impact felt from it.
Interesting. I've swam in the weir. They used to have boat races or water skiing or some shit down there. It's down the hill, left to Werribee or right to Bacchus Marsh via Eynesbury/ Exford. Basically the back roads. Always seen burnt out cars. Green Gully road in Keilor use to be the same or they'd push them into the dam there.
Rockbank/Cobblebank used to be farmland until a collective of owners sold their properties for a Victorian record to developers.
If you speak to anyone associated with Melton they will tell you to avoid The Birdcage (a bunch of streets with bird names) or Melton South which is where I'm at. Honestly I feel safe here but I will not let YL walk home from the station but I wouldn't let anyone walk alone anywhere. Safety in numbers.
Amusingly I'm currently living in an estate of bird names. In Ballarat area you mostly want to avoid the flower name streets in Wendouree. But Wendouree also has the most expensive property in the area around the lake.
Sebastopol where I am considering moving to is probably second on most people's list of dodgy places, but there is just one section of ministry housing and along the main road that seem to actually have some problems, the rest is just a bit poor. Which suits me perfectly, as it has let to a bunch of larger parcels of land that still have small unimproved homes on them which is exactly what I am looking for. I want a big garden, I don't want four bedrooms, two bathrooms, three living areas and 17 sheds covering every spec of land, which is what happened to most of the bigger blocks where people had the money to do it.
Spreadsheet isn't ready yet so no painful meetings. My manager is working from home as well so I would have been doing calls over teams anyway. And it means I still lost the import lottery so I'll be dealing with it at some point
I don't think I've talked about it but I mourned terribly after my cat buddy Oscar died. I had taken him across the world with me and we were close buddies. He died of a heart attack in my arms after getting Feline cardiomyopathy from a vaccination, which was horrible for him, and me.
I basically could barely get out of bed or eat for two months.
Twining Jasmine Green Tea. What a terrible disappointment. This tea was flat with very little fragrance of any kind, no green, no jasmine. I checked and it is many years to use by date so it's not stale.
Twinings does rather default to the lowest common denominator - and provides nothing extreme enough to frighten people. I've given up getting that brand of Lapsang Souchong, which is a favorite tea of mine but a lot of people don't like it as its so strong. The Twinings version is pale and weak and has little taste.
The reputation was true until the early 2000s. After that ... For ordinary tea I like the Australia Nerada black tea, and go to a proper tea shop for my Lapsang Cowdung fix. There's a couple in Collingwood that sell looseleaf tea of very good quality.
No sign of the little visitor today. Feels sad and lonely but is also a massive relief. I’ve been fighting this ringworm for months and was stressing about whether he’s being cared for, so I hope he’s tucked up warm at home and eating well (hopefully with a vet visit scheduled). The magpies will be a lot safer now and there won’t be food remnants to attract foxes.
I’m in bed with a hot water bottle and have been catching up on sleep. I’ve started reading again.
This is normally the weather when Melbcat would have been extra snuggly or asking me to put the heater on. Here she is in the prime spot in front of the heater. She’s got the hot water bottle too. You snooze you lose :P
They had a plant based Milo but they may have discontinued that? They discontinued Aktavite which was a favourite for me. There was premix chai syrup in a bottle that I would mix into hot soy milk for a chai latte but haven’t been able to find it again. Woolies has chai mixes but they all seem to have milk.
Now I drink cocoa or Cadbury’s hot chocolate though the latter is expensive and a bit too sweet. Otherwise I have peppermint tea, decaf coffee, ginger ale/lemonade, or use chocolate or vanilla Ensure as a hot drink.
There is a coffee substitute made of barley and chicory but it’s not that tasty
Edit: I forgot about malt extract. You used to be able to get it in a tin from one of the supermarkets and when dissolved in hot plant milk it has that malty taste. The drawback is that it’s a syrup so is incredibly sugary and sweet.
Thanks for all the suggestions. 😊Miss Seagoon tells me an easy way to be dairy free is to choose vegan and I'm starting to see that may be the easiest way to choose products.
91 Comments
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 134d
Start my new job in 2 weeks.
FUCK YES!
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
rock 'n roll
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
Congrats! Special treats for Gibson & the Range Kitties to celebrate!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
Congrats!
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Wooooooooo!!!
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Woohoo
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
LOVE THIS!
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Bloody brilliant! 🍾
tone212_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Yes! Hope this role is better than the last for you.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
That's awesome! Congratulations!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
yay , happy dance 🕺
_miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Congrats!!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 135d
I’m calling in sick
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 135d
I'm going on an excursion to Footscray today.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 135d
CHEAPER BUY MILES!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 135d
Ooooo. Yes. Thank you.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 135d
I find it a very sad place, it's like there's been an economic depression there for the past 20 years, which it has since industry moved and stopped paying rates and providing jobs
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 135d
Then the artists & students and people looking for cheap housing close to the city moved in. A much more eclectic mix, and quite an interesting one. Thriving art scene and good food available very cheap (compared).
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Footscray has been cheap and mixed for as long as I remember. When I studied and worked in the area a few decades ago there was a thriving immigrant community and lots of artists and students. It hasn't changed in that regard.
tone212_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 135d
Love a good Footscray excursion day. Nhu Lan for banh mi lunch.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 135d
Don't miss out on going to the market. The fish/seafood section was AMAZING the last time I was there.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 135d
That's where we're going. Also the shit shops cos I need wooden spoons.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 135d
Your suburb has no spoons?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 135d
I've never really looked.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 135d
Dear sleep
Whatever I did to upset you, I'm sorry.
Let's get back together. I've changed.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 135d
same
worst sleep I;ve had in a long time
so very tired, back to bed
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 134d
Much fun today. I don't need another tote but how could I refuse this cutie.
Also got the world's tallest dunny roll holder.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
As a long time espresso drinker i can confirm the accuracy
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Hahaha. Very cute. I'm a cappuccino. Also accurate.
What's everyone else?
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Latte, no sugar, full cream milk.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 134d
Five breakouts today. Renaming him to Samdini.
Max doesn't try to open doors, he just assumes he's supposed to be everywhere and trots blithely past you
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 134d
Called in sick, went back to bed. Have since had a good two or three more hours of at least dozing.
This is helping
Catfish@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 135d
Happy Birthday to TheVoid! Off to market to buy gooshy treats. And cheese.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 135d
Happy Birthday 🖤
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
Happy birthday!! 🖤
Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
🖤🎈🎁
Nath@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 134d
Disappointed that today's emoji was not the fire one, @YarraByte.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 135d
I wanted to go in today because I need to go over a spreadsheet with my manager and looking st that over teams sounds like the worst thing in the world. But I slept in and it's now too late to head in
Pilk@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 134d
After being so good for so many years, I think I'm gonna need a filling after my next checkup. Maybe too much chocolate just before bed...
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 134d
New shoes finally arrived. I've corrected my previous error and bought the shoes with the gore-tex so hopefully they're a bit waterproof. It will be great for being a dad and riding to work
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 134d
In front of the heater
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 134d
Trying to figure out what different areas are like to live in based on people's online opinions is very challenging. The area I am looking at ranges from a really nice place to live (as long as you avoid a small problem area with housing commision flats) to an absolute hellhole where you need to sleep with one eye open and can expect to be murdered every couple of years.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Please share your murder recovery method. I seem to be in the wrong video game.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
I don't think I can get the secret until I actually moved there, but I'm guessing it's some sort of zombie virus spread through meth.
Whatever it is I'm sure it will be worth dying on occassion as the area has good public transport and has large house blocks which are still affordable. The great Australian dream's not available without sacrifice these days, and giving up the avocado toast is nowhere near enough sacrifice in the current housing market. Dying every few years or giving up a kidney seem like the going rate now.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
I look at crime maps, public transport and facilities maps. Go visit the area in person. Look at online house sites. Looks at Google maps street view
One thing I really like about Australia is I have never heard anyone ask if a city or suburb was decent to live in. This is white people code for "are there any black or mexican people living there"
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
Vicmap also has the overlays for flood, bushfire etc. and I've also been looking at maps of the soil type in various areas (as having a garden is a major thing for me). Ballarat also has the bonus issue of a major gold mine right in town, which adds issues like underground blasting, tailings dams and possible toxic dust/water runnof, plus there are unmarked underground tunnels which occassionally lead to surprise sinkholes.
It's quite challenging pulling all the information together. Unfortunately street view here is quite out of date for most areas - plus when the car last went through in 2010 a leaf got stuck to the camera and the entire area has the centre of the frame blocked out by that. It is on my way to work though, so I've been trying to drive down a different street every time to get a better feel for the area. I plan to take Mr Woof over there and spend some time walking it as well.
As far as I can tell most of the negative stuff is just prejudice from people who don't have any connection to the area and just denegrate it because its a lower socio-economic area.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
You might want to look at the lead/heavy metal contamination map too if the gardening is edible!
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-soil-lead-concentrations-in-Melbourne_fig2_327021918
One advantage of LSE areas is that they haven’t gentrified yet which may mean more affordable grocery prices and cheaper more practical shops. And sometimes the thieves tend to go further afield to rob the richer suburbs. But you definitely can still get interpersonal and property crimes for sure
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
The other one here is arsenic which is high in some areas due to the gold mining. I found some maps from the GardenSafe program where you can send in your soil samples for free testing and was able to identify that the areas of the inner east in Ballarat are the ones to watch out for - which coincides with the soil types I was looking at on another map. I'm likely avoiding that area because of that, as well as it being a bit more hilly - but it does have some beautiful leafy areas filled with historic homes that would make it a bit nice to live in too.
There are definitely some cheaper shops - multiple op shops, NQR etc feature prominently which is definitiely the sorts of shops I appreciate. The biggest crimes around here seem to be theft from/of cars that are parked outside, but that is happening everywhere.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Yeah, you can even send off soil samples directly if you’re worried.
Envious, NQR has some pretty mint stuff
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Back in the 80s when I was 'touring' western NSW, there were stickers/flyers in the bus stops of Deniliquin (and other places like Forbes) from the 'League of Decency' advocating 'keeping our town nice'. Needless to say, those towns were then off my radar as a place to actually live. Dunno if the League of Decency still exists, but at that time it seemed to be closely associated with the local protestant churches.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Sounds like code for no First Australians allowed in town. 😠 So racist.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
It’s so hard, yeah. Been having that problem myself.
I check out the historical news, see if people on various sites mention any particular streets or trouble spots, and kind of keep a weather eye out for red flags when I see the place. Unfortunately it’s still easy to miss things that become a problem and then you’re stuck until you can get another place.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
I do have the bonus information that comes from working in emergency services, I get to see a lot of things that are going on that most people don't, so that at least reduces the risk I'll get stuck with the dodgy neighbour.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Oh you are so lucky on that one
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Is Melton really bad? What parts? The bird cage? Help? You will not offend me? I'm stuck here anyway? Help? Please!!!!.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Melton's biggest downside is that it up with Rockbank to become a bunch of new suburbs no one ever heard of. The huge advantage of that is the suburbs creeping down towards the south stopped the weir being a great place to torch stolen cars, which a decade ago was Meltons main claim to fame (as far as emergency services go).
Realistically speaking there are no suburbs or towns I'd say are overall really bad. Where there is a problem spot it's generally at most a street or two, or isolated dodgy neighbours. I read a study a while ago that looked at the crime distribution of a bunch of areas and identified that there were crime 'hotspots' but they generally were no bigger than a block or two, and outside of those areas there was not much impact felt from it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 134d
Interesting. I've swam in the weir. They used to have boat races or water skiing or some shit down there. It's down the hill, left to Werribee or right to Bacchus Marsh via Eynesbury/ Exford. Basically the back roads. Always seen burnt out cars. Green Gully road in Keilor use to be the same or they'd push them into the dam there.
Rockbank/Cobblebank used to be farmland until a collective of owners sold their properties for a Victorian record to developers.
If you speak to anyone associated with Melton they will tell you to avoid The Birdcage (a bunch of streets with bird names) or Melton South which is where I'm at. Honestly I feel safe here but I will not let YL walk home from the station but I wouldn't let anyone walk alone anywhere. Safety in numbers.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Amusingly I'm currently living in an estate of bird names. In Ballarat area you mostly want to avoid the flower name streets in Wendouree. But Wendouree also has the most expensive property in the area around the lake.
Sebastopol where I am considering moving to is probably second on most people's list of dodgy places, but there is just one section of ministry housing and along the main road that seem to actually have some problems, the rest is just a bit poor. Which suits me perfectly, as it has let to a bunch of larger parcels of land that still have small unimproved homes on them which is exactly what I am looking for. I want a big garden, I don't want four bedrooms, two bathrooms, three living areas and 17 sheds covering every spec of land, which is what happened to most of the bigger blocks where people had the money to do it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
See Sebastopol is "apparently" the dodgy part but I say go for it because it's bs. Victoria pretty safe.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 134d
Spreadsheet isn't ready yet so no painful meetings. My manager is working from home as well so I would have been doing calls over teams anyway. And it means I still lost the import lottery so I'll be dealing with it at some point
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
Ugh. Bad dreams.
::: spoiler spoiler Dreaming about conflict with people and that Melbcat is still alive. No I am not doing well :::
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
she is alive in your heart , that is a good thing
I don't think I've talked about it but I mourned terribly after my cat buddy Oscar died. I had taken him across the world with me and we were close buddies. He died of a heart attack in my arms after getting Feline cardiomyopathy from a vaccination, which was horrible for him, and me.
I basically could barely get out of bed or eat for two months.
Mourning is normal. It shows it was real. 🫂🫂🫂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
I’m so sorry.
These little ones have such an impact
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
I might just lie on the sofa today and watch telly, try to get over this fever/cold
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 134d
I bought coasters
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
those are pretty cool 😊
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
I made sure the spelling was correct. Lol.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 135d
construction noise loud
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
yay, new keyboard cover has arrived, hopefully I won't make as many typos now. 👍
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Tea review. 🍵
Twining Jasmine Green Tea. What a terrible disappointment. This tea was flat with very little fragrance of any kind, no green, no jasmine. I checked and it is many years to use by date so it's not stale.
Would not be served at a Hobbit tea. No stars. ❌
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Twinings does rather default to the lowest common denominator - and provides nothing extreme enough to frighten people. I've given up getting that brand of Lapsang Souchong, which is a favorite tea of mine but a lot of people don't like it as its so strong. The Twinings version is pale and weak and has little taste.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
I had no idea they were so bad, they have a reputation for quality. 🤷♀️
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
The reputation was true until the early 2000s. After that ... For ordinary tea I like the Australia Nerada black tea, and go to a proper tea shop for my Lapsang Cowdung fix. There's a couple in Collingwood that sell looseleaf tea of very good quality.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
No sign of the little visitor today. Feels sad and lonely but is also a massive relief. I’ve been fighting this ringworm for months and was stressing about whether he’s being cared for, so I hope he’s tucked up warm at home and eating well (hopefully with a vet visit scheduled). The magpies will be a lot safer now and there won’t be food remnants to attract foxes.
I’m in bed with a hot water bottle and have been catching up on sleep. I’ve started reading again.
This is normally the weather when Melbcat would have been extra snuggly or asking me to put the heater on. Here she is in the prime spot in front of the heater. She’s got the hot water bottle too. You snooze you lose :P
::: spoiler spoiler
:::
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
So Milo has milk in it. I just wanted a caffeine free no milk drink.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
I do miss Milo and Ovaltine.
They had a plant based Milo but they may have discontinued that? They discontinued Aktavite which was a favourite for me. There was premix chai syrup in a bottle that I would mix into hot soy milk for a chai latte but haven’t been able to find it again. Woolies has chai mixes but they all seem to have milk.
Now I drink cocoa or Cadbury’s hot chocolate though the latter is expensive and a bit too sweet. Otherwise I have peppermint tea, decaf coffee, ginger ale/lemonade, or use chocolate or vanilla Ensure as a hot drink.
There is a coffee substitute made of barley and chicory but it’s not that tasty
Edit: I forgot about malt extract. You used to be able to get it in a tin from one of the supermarkets and when dissolved in hot plant milk it has that malty taste. The drawback is that it’s a syrup so is incredibly sugary and sweet.
https://www.coles.com.au/product/saunders-malt-extract-1kg-173530
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Thanks for all the suggestions. 😊Miss Seagoon tells me an easy way to be dairy free is to choose vegan and I'm starting to see that may be the easiest way to choose products.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
What about a chai tea? Easy to make. Add what you want. Use the "milk" you want.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
I'll try that. Thanks. 😊
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
There's heaps of recipes out there. Substitute in what you like.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 134d
Another hour or so of nap
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
Played this song tonight. Australian/NZ nostalgia
https://youtu.be/I8Y_LQT5E_I
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
That was a blast from the past.
and then this 😊Split Enz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmQlBfxh4Us The design by Neil Crombie is just awesome
just everything about this group was amazing
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
I love Split Enz. I played this song too tonight.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
cool
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 135d
Beep Beep 🚚
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Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 135d
All the different mushroom types sauteed for ages in butter, garlic and chilli, served on toasted focaccia with avocado please
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 135d
You'll need these
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 134d
oodie time