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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • So many 50/50s this week.

    • Surprised to see Brisbane only just beat Melbourne, thought it’d be a thrashing.
    • Bulldogs should be able to get a big win over North, but it’ll be a good test to see where North’s really at.
    • Sydney are definitely favourites but Freo just have the vibe that they might cause an upset. I don’t think Freo are going to go deep in finals but I think on the right day they can stand up to the toughest teams.
    • GC/Collingwood is a coin toss, GC have been pretty solid at home though.
    • Crom/GWS is also kinda tricky, I think GWS will get it done but not by much.
    • I don’t trust Geelong not to fuck it up against Essendon, but anything could happen.
    • Neither St Kilda or Port look great at the moment, I can forsee a close but ultimately boring game playing out with Saints maybe sneaking a win, idk.
    • Carlton should pants Richmond.
    • Lastly, Hawks are still the favourites but I’m really hoping Eagles get up. It’s the best team we’ve fielded possibly in three years. Hawks are red hot right now but I just feel like they must be due to drop a game, they’ve just had the bye, and this is their longest travel all season. If we can grab a win I can forgive the Saints/North games. If we lose with this team, Simmo’s gonna be in hot water again.








  • Oh sorry, only just noticed the “June-July”, when you said summer i thought you meant Perth summer, whoops! Yes, probably not swimming weather I’m afraid.

    For breweries, I’m a fan of Rocky Ridge in Busselton, and Gage Roads in Fremantle is right on the river mouth so worth a visit at sunset. Most breweries are very family friendly!

    Giants Cave and Calgardup cave are the best imo. For nature stuff closer to the city, check out Kings Park, Herdsman Lake, and Bold Park.

    No trams here but the train system is pretty great i reckon.


  • Would recommend staying a week down south around Busselton or Margaret River if possible. It will be less hot, but still hot enough to enjoy the beaches, and there’s so much to see down there: breweries/wineries, forests, caves, and heaps of beautiful coastline.

    Also check out the Perth beaches, Perth hills, spend some time around Fremantle. If you’re staying for a month and you’re near a train line you might want to get a SmartRider. Lmk if u have any other questions!






  • It’s their first proper year with Clarko, not gonna judge too much until the end of the year. They’ve really suffered from (A) being a minnow club that doesn’t naturally attract talented players with experience, and (B) terrible luck at the draft until the last two or three years. Their midfield appears decent and Larkey is elite but they’ve been hurt by being denied access to players like JUH and Jed Walter.





  • I don’t hate him but I wish people would watch his videos with a bit more critical thinking. I’ve talked to a few left-wing people that were swayed into voting Labor (or in one instance, Bob Katter) because he did a video before the last federal election that ridiculed preferential voting. I watched this video and it was filled with straight-up misinformation (I’ve worked as a vote issuer/counter many times before). In my experience he’s not actually made Australia more progressive, I don’t know any of his viewers that have switched from LNP to Labor, but a few that have gone from Greens to Labor. I don’t know if they still do it but he used to have a brigading group on Facebook, which always spread his videos around and filled them with positive comments on Reddit and the like. I know he’s popular outside of that but it’s hard to determine exactly how organic his reach is.