Hey Aussies et al. I hope everyone is having a good day. I just went to physio to have my various injuries looked at and now my arm and hamstring hurt. More. I should also be looking forward to a big bruise appearing on my arm, apparently. Why does physio always hurt a lot and make you look like you've lost a fight before it makes you better? Urgh!
Feature photo
Today's lovely photo was taken by 
Last week's meet-ups
Adelaide
End of month drinks were last Thursday and a record 18 people showed up. Woo! Go Adelaide!
There were a couple of write-ups including, 
Melbourne
Random Drinks took place at the Good Food and Wine show last Saturday. 
Upcoming meet-up
Melbourne
Interstate traveller 
If you're in the Melbourne area and interested in either of these events, check out this post for more details.
The Christmas Party
The third raffle is now underway. This week 
Congratulations to 
Steemit baby of the week
Hmm, this seems to be a new section since I've now put it in two weeks in a row. Congratulations to 
The usual community notices
You should follow @mrsquiggle, who is doing a great job recognising Aussie creativity by curating quality content.
Check out the awesome Minnow Support Project (MSP). Details on how to join are here. Come say hi in the #teamaustralia chat room in PAL-Discord. It's fun and you will make new friends.
If you have spare witness votes, you should consider voting for 
Check out @anzub, the Australian and New Zealand upvote bot in the Australia-New Zealand Discord server. You need to register to receive upvotes and delegations are welcome. Speak to @jackmiller if you have questions.
Lastly, if you're feeling generous, you can delegate SP to the Team Australia upvote bots @centerlink, @mrsquiggle and/or @anzub (or any other bot you like) using Vessel. You can delegate to any of the MSP bots using this link.
Candidate 1
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"If you're wondering why I went with a pony for an avatar, it's cos I have a face like Sarah Jessica Parker."
Nothing wrong with that. I'm a big fan of SJP. I loved Sex and the City as much as the next woman. Possibly more.
Candidate 2
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun Fact
"I enjoy big cups of coffee to get me through my days."
I think a lot of people enjoy big cups of coffee to get them through their days.
Candidate 3
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I can hum and whistle at the same time."
What? How is that even possible?
Candidate 4
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I almost always have either my camera or GoPro with me when I'm out and about, because I like to record footage from my day to day life and make them into videos."
Well, people like vlogs. Plus if you stick 'em on dtube you might get a sweet dtube upvote.
Candidate 5
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I once saw Ron Jeremy in real life in a hotel. I nearly went up to shake his hand... then I thought better of it. I know where that hand's been."
I'd never heard of Ron Jeremy until I googled him to see who you were talking about. For anyone else not in the know, he's a porn star, filmmaker, actor, and stand-up comedian.
Candidate 6
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I like to see how long I can go only on water, so far my maximum has been three days."
Cool. Someone was doing a water challenge here a couple of months ago. I can't remember who, but I feel like he did at least 10 days or two weeks or something. It was a while.
Candidate 7
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I love colouring in and gardening."
These are two things I think I would like if I had more time, pencils, and had a garden (or at least a balcony).
Congratulations everyone, you're now part of Team Australia.
The rules for joining Team Australia
If you’re not yet a member and want to be, this is what you need to do:
- Vote here for our resident steemit witness and our Minister for Welfare @ausbitbank.
- Send me your introduction post so I can find out a bit about you. If you’re new to steemit you'll have to write one so use the introduceyourself and teamaustralia tags to help boost your following. Use this handy guide by @teamsteem if you don't know what to write.
- If it’s not mentioned in your introductory post, tell me which city and country you’re in, cos let's face it, a lot of us live in Australia's fourth largest city—London. You need to have a connection to Australia to join.
- Tell me a fun fact about yourself. This can be anything. For example, maybe you have eight kids and three dogs, or you rode your bike across America, or you won the blue ribbon for javelin throwing at sports day back in high school, or Toadie came into the pub you work at one day and you served him a beer, or, maybe you can fit 55 maltesers in your mouth like Ed Sheeran can. It doesn’t matter what it is, I want a fun fact about you! The more fun, the better.
- Regularly check the Team Australia and Australia tags and upvote/follow the content you like. You can show your support by following the centerlink curation trail in steemauto. Instructions are here.
- Comment below or DM me in PAL-Discord that you want to join.
Once I receive this information I will try my best to write a good introductory paragraph about you for the official Team Australia membership updates. So the better your information is, the better I can make you sound. Where relevant, please use the teamaustralia and australia tags to promote your work. I will try and post weekly updates.
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Team Australia footer by @bearone