Hello, hello! Well, last week I made a comment that interest in Team Australia seems to be directly correlated to steem prices, and I think I might have been right. Membership has picked up this week, although we aren't back to the old highs just yet.
Feature photo
This gorgeous photo was taken by 
Meet-ups
Adelaide
End of month drinks will be on again at the Jade next Thursday, 26 April from 6pm. Rock up or DM 
Melbourne
Several Melbournians got together last Saturday to meet 
ANZAC Day
I feel like I've been talking about ANZAC Day for ages, and thankfully it's nearly here so I can soon stop. However, there's still time to get involved in 
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.
You should consider voting for the MSP witnesses, particularly @ausbitbank and @aggroed, who've a done a great job in getting the MSP project off the ground.
Lastly, if you're feeling generous, you can delegate SP to the Team Australia upvote bots @centerlink and/or @mrsquiggle (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
"I love alfalfa sprouts and after a dare a few years ago, I discovered I can fit an entire punnet of sprouts into my mouth, chew and swallow them. I've done it a few sporadic times since."
Lol! That is so weird.
Candidate 2
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"Despite being in a suit every day as a corporate consultant, my side hustle has been to dance on podiums at 60s themed corporate gigs dressed as Austin Powers. No one has ever recognised me through the wig, glasses and fake teeth."
Hmm, if they are reading this, they might.
Candidate 3
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I live in Doge Palace."
As in the house that dogecoin built?
Candidate 4
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I used to like playing the guitar and singing some tunes, but after a workplace accident, I stopped doing that. I'm now trying to get back into my music via steemit and the open mic contest."
Hmm, I'm not sure this qualifies as a fun fact. It sounds more like a painful fact that involved workers' comp and rehabilitation to me.
Candidate 5
Name and bio
Intro post here.
Fun fact
"I love writing! From poetry to novels to short stories, I really enjoy writing and hope to get self-published within the next few months!
Awesome. Have you joined the Writer's Block and Isle of Write? You should. Good people run both. Gotta find your tribe on steemit!
Candidate 6
Name and bio
Fun fact
"My name Chelsey is an anagram for lychees."
Ooh, a smart fun fact. I like this.
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.
Gif by @justcallmemyth
Team Australia footer by @bearone