Lane's edge was really nice. Recommended. We stayed for quite a while, then caught the city circle tourist tram around to Flinders St station, effectively the entire loop. I thought I'd been on the tourist tram before, but, ah, maybe not. I think I've mostly done the 10% we missed

At that point we caught up with @kymbos, and went... er... somewhere. On a rooftop. After that we went... er... somewhere else. I hope the others have a better idea of where we were, or the reports will make dull reading After leaving the really nice restaurant (it was getting late for me, so I excused myself and left early) I circled around until I worked out where I was and caught a train home.

I do have one or two blurry photos, but am desperately hoping the others have done better I'm also rather unclear as to how one posts a photo in a post.

I had a lot of fun, and really enjoyed meeting @dag, @persephone, @spoco2, and @kymbos

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We're at Lane's edge with @persephone @spoco2 and @oritteropo

>> ^dag:

@persephone and I will be at the Crowne Plaza. Is that far?


@dag, Not really, it's either about a 15minute leisurely walk, or a quick tram ride up the street.

@kymbos, I do like the idea of roof top places or those with gardens, and Madam Brussels is ridiculously close to Meyer's Place... it's just that
a) The weather is not looking to be nice and sunny, so rooftops might be a bummer
&
b) Being down at street level I think makes it easier to spot the fellow sifters.

Now, being that @dag and @persephone will be down Southbank way, we could make the meeting point be closer to that area, but I think that runs the risk of the whole thing remaining around the Crown complex, which doesn't really show off Melbourne that well.

What we need is a way of people knowing our movements as the Sift Up progresses. I'll say it here and at the top of the post, if anyone wants my mobile number so they can track us down on the night, then I can do that.

Or, I guess... being that dag tweets, people could follow that? I've never used Twitter in my life, so I can't speak for how well that would work.

Would that make more sense though?

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@persephone and I will be at the Crowne Plaza. Is that far?

As the date approaches, I think we've got things pretty much sorted...

Those in attendence:
@dag, @persephone, @kymbos and myself. With possibles @oritteropo and @Kofi.

Meeting at 4pm.... somewhere around the city for drinks and casual chatting while the group coalesces, followed by dinner somewhere, most likely GingerBoy.

If anyone has a preference of drinking establishment for the 4pm meeting, please put forth your choice, as I am by no means someone who really knows the best places to chill around this fair city of ours.

*promote this as we are about to enter October.

@kymbos has stated that he is now good for the weekend of the 12th/13th of November, which I believe is good for @oritteropo and @dag and @persephone, and it is for I also.

So I think we might be on a winner with Saturday the 12th of November. There was mention earlier by @kymbos that he has family ties with Gingerboy which looks like a nice place to spend at least some of the Sift Up at.

What things would Dag and Persephone like to see/do while in Melbourne, and are any of those things appropriate to incorporate into the Sift up?

Ok, another shoutout to those so far involved and times...

We have @kymbos who has issues with the weekend of 12th and 13th of Nov

We have me, where I can't make the evening of the 19th, but could conceivably do the day, or we could do a day meeting on the Sunday, 20th? I can't lock down dates perfectly as yet as my wife will be getting schedules for her work which include weekend days... but we don't know them as yet.

We have @oritteropo who can't do the 19th either, but says the rest of the month looks ok.

And then we have @dag & @persephone who I think are ok for most any time in November.

So... yeah, these things are hard to organise, at least when they aren't just a quick pop out during a lunch break sort of meeting!

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Also @persephone is coming. I'm definitely up for a Melbourne holiday. Hoping we can keep it to a single season per day.

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