Hello internet friends. I hope you’re all doing well today. I know I am. Amazingly, the painting in the pool area was finished on time, which I'm sure is a first for Panama, so I got an hour of swimming and tanning not burning in just before lunch. Except now I've got that echo-y thing going inside my head from when you get water in your ear. So annoying. But I timed my pool time perfectly.
Look at the storm that’s happening now!
Well today I thought I’d give you a bit of an update on my recruitment efforts. Mostly cos I don’t want to end up like Dazza and have my centerlink benefits cut off for not looking for work. A couple of times a week I scroll through the australia and teamaustralia tags looking for newbies. I also take note of any Brits I see so I can throw poor 
So far I’ve found and contacted 82 Aussies of which 14 have joined. A couple of others have told me they want to join but haven’t given me enough information yet to work with. Plus people are finding me thanks to you guys upvoting and resteeming these updates and getting me into the Australia and Team Australia trending pages. So a big thank you for that!
Today I’m going to introduce eight candidates cos my list is getting a bit long and I don’t want people to have to wait too long before they can join. But before I do...
The usual formalities
Existing Team Australia members, please go here and follow everyone that’s been added since you last checked.
Don't forget to check out @centerlink, who is busy putting Aussie-battler tax dollars to work in the form of dole payments for posts, as well as showcasing Australia's most worthy dole recipients.
Also check out the awesome Minnow Support Project. Details on how to join are here and here. You're really missing out if you're not part of it.
Candidate 1
Name and bio
Fun fact
“I love extreme sports – scuba diving, sky diving, but I’m afraid of roller coasters.”
If you google roller coaster accidents – which obviously I just did – there’s a lot more than you think. However, your chances of 'death-by-roller-coaster' are around 1 in 750 million compared to sky diving accidents (1 per 153,557 jumps) or scuba diving (16.4 deaths per 100,000 divers).
Candidate 2
Name and bio
Fun fact
“I'm a keen beer drinker and I believe my cooking gets better the more beer I drink”
Hmm… I knew a doctor once that stitched up his kid’s knee after a few beers and later regretted it said it was the worst stitching he’s ever done.
Candidate 3
Name and bio
Coming from Twitter,
Fun fact
“My neighbourhood reminds me of Sesame Street – we and all our neighbours had kids at the same time. For a while there it was like everywhere you looked there was a muppet or three hanging out, bouncing up and down or climbing trees.”
My sister lived in one of these streets in Holland Park. It was nice. Then everyone started getting divorced.
Candidate 4
Name and bio
Fun fact
"I am addicted kite boarding in the crocodile infested waters of North Queensland!"
You should talk to 
Candidate 5
Name and bio
Fun fact
“I can't sing. Once I tried in public. After eight years friends still don't let me forget that.”
Well, we can’t be good at everything, can we? On the plus side, you take beautiful photos and can save lives.
Candidate 6
Name and bio
During his recovery
Fun Fact
“Many people that know me don't use my real name. Some don't even know it half a dozen years after meeting me.”
I am shit with remembering names so it usually takes 2–3 reminders before I can lock it in. However, not knowing someone’s name years after meeting them? That’s gotta be awkward.
Candidate 7
Name and bio
Fun fact
I'm a Daltonian, meaning colourblind in regards to some colours and tones. Grey is pink, blue is purple, green is yellow and also in vice versa. Simply put, if a painting to you is 10 colours, for me it's around 5-6. Yes, skittles are confusing.”
Wow, I can’t even imagine what that’s like. Getting dressed must be fun.
Candidate 8
Name and bio
When he’s not shooting hoops,
Fun fact
“Unlike my dad I've broken a lot of bones in my body. My left arm about four times my right arm once, and I've fractured my knee and my ankle.”
I’m going to tell you what I told
Hmm… Maybe this is a South African thing.
@sirknight, please add these new members to 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:
- Follow all the existing members @teamaustralia.
- Vote here for our resident steemit witness @ausbitbank.
- Comment below or DM me on steemit chat or Discord that you want to join.
- Link 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 tag to help boost your following.
- 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.
- If you’re not Aussie tell me why you should be a teamaustralia ambassador.
- Tell me a fun fact about yourself. This can be anything. For example, maybe you run a successful business, or you have eight kids and three dogs, or you rode your bike across Amercia, 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!
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 unless there is a lot of interest, in which case I will try and post sooner.
