Possible visit to Australia July 2013

[Tomasz]

looks like scandinavia got dropped out of europe

 

[gnoff]

Australia is very safe by travellers standards so feel at ease booking a trip.

Tasmania is well worth a look, especially for the beer fan. Cascade Brewery is the oldest in Australia, and Tasmania is also home to James Boags, and has ties to James Squire (one of the countries oldest and finest), and many micro breweries. There are also some great ones around Melbourne and Victoria (Mountain Goat and Holgate being my favourites), and I'm sure more in NSW but I am not familiar with that area. I would also consider working in a visit to Queensland while in Aus. It boasts a completely different, tropical climate, and some amazing island beaches, as well as access to the Great Barrier Reef. As mentioned above though, don't underestimate travel time between states and even cities. Australia is a massive place.

Cheers!

 

[gnoff]

looks like scandinavia got dropped out of europe

we're special!

 

[Gazza]

let me know dates so i can get a week off work, bro

 

[gnoff]

let me know dates so i can get a week off work, bro

will do!

Likely fly to Sydney about a week into July or so, want to wait so I'm sure I get my letter from the school so I can accept

Then about one week or so i Sydney, followed by about one week in Brisbane, then hit Melbourne after that, so perhaps last week of July or so?

I'll make sure to email you once I've booked the international flights, then ask for some help with domestic Aussie flights.

 

[Gazza]

sounds good!

domestic flights are pretty easy to organise. i'll help you out with that.

 

[gnoff]

sounds good!

domestic flights are pretty easy to organise. i'll help you out with that.

Sweet!

 

[gnoff]

These are the highest rated Aussie beers on ratebeer, sorted out the retired ones and the ones I have already rated.

Any of these looks familiar so you think I'll be able to score some of them?

Murrays Wild Thing Imperial Stout
Thorogoods Billy Bs Golden Malted Apple Beer
Murrays Icon 2IPA
Wig & Pen Russian Imperial Stout
Mountain Goat/Mikkeller Cross Breed Gypsy & The Goat Black Pepperberry IPA
Feral Hop Hog
Mountain Goat Before the Dawn
Murrays Heart Of Darkness
Murrays Heart of Darkness Oak Aged
Bridge Road/Mikkeller The Dark Harvest
Southwark Old Stout
Wig & Pen Velvet Cream Stout
Red Hill Imperial Stout
Bridge Road B2 Bomber
Temple Midnight IPA
Little Creatures Single Batch The Big Dipper
Murrays Shawn’s Fault
Murrays Spartacus Imperial IPA
Mountain Goat The Thorny Goat
Kooinda Black IPA (Full Nelson)
Bridge Road / Nøgne Ø India Saison
Feral Karma Citra
Moo Brew Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Thorogoods Billy Bs Dark Malted Apple Beer
Mountain Goat Seedy Goat Coffee IPA
La Sirène Saison
Mornington Peninsula IPA
Murrays Angry Man Brown Ale
Redoak India Pale Ale
Jamieson The Beast IPA
Moon Dog Black Lung II

 

[gnoff]

And just for fun, these are the beers from Australia I've rated, from best to worst in my personal opinion.

I should be made an honorary Aussie for having Fosters in the end

Redoak Baltic Porter
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Little Creatures Single Batch Dreadnought
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Barons Black Wattle Original Ale (-2011)
Duckstein Red Ale
Coopers Original Pale Ale
4 Pines Stout
Hahn Premium
Coopers Best Extra Stout
Reschs Real Bitter Beer
Victoria Bitter
Cascade Pale Ale (Australia)
Carlton Mid
Melbourne Lager
Powers Bitter
Emu Bitter
Fosters Lager

 

[Brisantni]

Hui, I've learned something! Really always thought, that Duckstein was from my neighbourhood, and that it was one of the reasons for the sporadic hop smell in the air. But Perth definitely is too far away. Huch, how many beers you know! Impressively! What do you think, how many (official) beer sorts are there all over the world.. round about?

 

[gnoff]

Hui, I've learned something! Really always thought, that Duckstein was from my neighbourhood, and that it was one of the reasons for the sporadic hop smell in the air. But Perth definitely is too far away. Huch, how many beers you know! Impressively! What do you think, how many (official) beer sorts are there all over the world.. round about?

well of course there is the German Duckstein too

oh my, there are soooo many beers!
on ratebeer I think there are among or over 200,000 diferent, including on offs and retired beers, but there are maaany beers not on ratebeer

I've sampled and rated about 5950 different commercially available beers so far

but if you add home brews, well the numbers will climb :Spin:

 

[Brisantni]

I've sampled and rated about 5950 different commercially available beers so far

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Woah, that's a lot! Can't imagine.

 

[Gazza]

And just for fun, these are the beers from Australia I've rated, from best to worst in my personal opinion.

I should be made an honorary Aussie for having Fosters in the end

Redoak Baltic Porter
Coopers Sparkling Ale
Little Creatures Single Batch Dreadnought
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Barons Black Wattle Original Ale (-2011)
Duckstein Red Ale
Coopers Original Pale Ale
4 Pines Stout
Hahn Premium
Coopers Best Extra Stout
Reschs Real Bitter Beer
Victoria Bitter
Cascade Pale Ale (Australia)
Carlton Mid
Melbourne Lager
Powers Bitter
Emu Bitter
Fosters Lager

absolutely! haha!

remember when we had the VB's at the bar we went to in Gothenburg? the price of them was extraordinary. that was a fun night

 

[gnoff]

Of course I remember

ooooh man my body is feeling the week with almost constant drinking now!

Had an amazing time though!

 

[gnoff]

Possible plans right now is to leave Gothenburg July 7 and land July 8 local time in Singapore.
Relax until morning of July 10 and head for Sydney.

Do Sydney - Brisbane - Melbourne - Geelong - Tassie with possible day trips for other places, home on August 11.

They'll email me a price proposal and then I'll decide at least on dates and times for flying in and back home.

 

[gnoff]

OK, booked!
Fly Gothenburg - Frankfurt July 7, depart Frankfurt again same evening
Land Singapore July 8

Stay that night and one full day in Singapore, get into the time zone some, and see a new country for the price of two hotel nights =)

Depart Singapore July 10, land that afternoon in Sydney


Fly back home from Sydney morning of August 11

Sweet!

 

[Gazza]

will work out your internal flights etc when i return from europe

 

[gnoff]

Great

 

[gnoff]

So, preliminary dates are:
Land Sydney July 10
Going to Brisbane July 18
Going to Melbourne July 24
Going to Geelong August 1
Going to Tassie August 3
Fly back to Sydney August 10
Fly back home August 11

 

[Brisantni]

Nice. Hope I also will win the lottery.:hotjump: