Trip to the beach this morning was interrupted by another car trying to do a u-turn into mine. Thankfully no one was hurt, but my poor little Beastie car is messed up :( letting insurance deal with it, we’ll see whatever they decide.
Discussion Thread 🍩 Tuesday 30 December 2025
Submitted 1 day ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
SituationCake@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Oh no! Glad you’re ok. Bad time of year for crash repairs, probably lots of places are closed. Hopefully you don’t have to wait too long.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Thankfully Boyo has a car and I can easily get lifts to work if need be. Not the end of the world but would love a quick answer all the same!
Eagle@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Oh no! Hopefully a quick repair for you.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
Thank you! Genuinely not sure if insurance will pick write-off or repair, but whatever it is it is. If it’s write-off off, I’ll pick a cheaper car going forward! If repair, then may Kaelas (named after a character in my favourite book series) and I have many more adventures together! And overall may the person who turned into me not try and blame me and not make the same mistake!
StudChud@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Bought Mickey a mini cat tower (like a pedestal really lol), and a scratch mat. He’s had the zoomies since,
now he's resting
SituationCake@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Merry Christmas to Mickey!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
What a handsome guy.
Catfish@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Rat trap has gone off. No deceased rodent. Time to sacrifice some of the precious peanut butter.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
So.
The deep clean continues.
2 hours to clean the fridge and it is fucking spotless.
I’m never letting it get this bad again.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
We did the new train stations today. If you’re looking for a nice morning out go to West Footscray station where you can catch the new trains straight through to all the stops, get off at ANZAC station so you can see at least one of them, then go across the road to the Kettle Black for something to eat.
I’ve been meaning to go there for years and it was worth the trip.
And then of course you jump on a train and head right back again
_miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
That is such a good idea! Every time I’ve driven past that cafe I’ve thought it would be lovely to go, but too hard to find a park to drive to.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Despite the clouds and sunscreen I do believe I copped a bit of colour. Was a nice morning for it. Got cajoled into the cold cold sea by one of the family younguns and it was lots of fun. Am tired. Time for book and early night.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Got home and opened all the windows. The cool change is very welcome.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
The new beaters arrived, so I had to make a test cake (which is now in the oven). They worked well, although Mr Woof was concerned about the noise of them hitting the side of the bowl and evacuated to the backyard for safety. But he does that for just about everything 🤣
Pilk@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
its me, your test cake taste tester
StudChud@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Waiting for this cool change to come before deciding if I want to go out. Terrible sleep even under the aircon, so I’m not feeling very motivated at all.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
Cats fed and watered 🌿
I got picked for this karaoke competition at this place Stay Gold in January.
Kind of exciting!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
Always found it funny w/ my old kitty that she’d just sit there whilst I was making a god awful distorted mess of a choon completely unfazed.
Then as soon as you play a video w/ a kitty noise she’d freak the f out.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
Same! If I watch any kind of random cat clip on my phone she high tails it the fuck out of there real fast lol
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
What a shmexy guitar and a beautiful cat!
Yay for the karaoke competition!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Loving the bird and tree piccys in particular :)
SituationCake@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
My favourites are the bird and the patterns in the sand.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Nice. The second one is my favourite, and I always like the ones that show repeating patterns, like the sand and mussels.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
I like the mussels one a lot. I shoulda taken many more to get the right composition.
it’s stripes of different natural colour and texture.
Blue black rock, white tube worms, blue black mussels, green sea lettuce, sand colour sand
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
I’m editing all the beach pics I took this year. Will do a small slide show of the best later. 🌞🐚🌴
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
I’m excited!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
Left the house at 6:45. Got a camera alert a couple of hours later of movement in the house, and surely enough, dog was caught peeing on the couch. It’s always when we aren’t home or at night he goes inside. He knows to go outside every other time, and has his own door.
My mum thinks he’s doing it out of spite because he’s being left alone. Perhaps he just doesn’t like going outside when no one’s home because he has to keep watch if anyone comes in. Who knows.
All I know is that I shall buy him belly bands.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Dogs don’t do spite. Not feeling safe to go outside when no one is there is much more likely.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
This
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
time for new sofas and plastic coverings
and pee pads in the laundry for the dog if he doesn’t want to go outside
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
Yep.
Will be suggesting the pee pad idea. We just sold the baby gate we used to use to keep him out of parts of the house because we didn’t need it. Now we do
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
They make dog nappies (is that what belly bands are?). My SIL had an incontinent old dog that wore them in the house all the time. Definitely beats cleaning up messes
Catfish@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Why is all the garlic so shit at the moment? Expensive and none of it dried properly. goes funky in record time.
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
weather went shit right when the bulbs were doing their final ripening. Fucked my harvest. I’m still aggro about it
SituationCake@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Might be out of season? They only had imported one at my supermarket, agree it was shit.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Ughhh had a hot flush so bad it triggered the whole “blow the hatches!” Autonomic response last night. Yes. Sweating a pool on the toilet tiles while i desperately try not to shit mysef is exactly how i wanted to spend my holidays. /s
~didn’t even get to have me some illegal fun first to cause it~
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Uuuuuurghhhhh
Might be aircon all night.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
Pakige! My new beaters are waiting at my front door for me. That was a really quick delivery, I wasn’t expecting them to arrive for a few days.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Baby beans asked to be lifted up on the chair and is snoozing. Normally she jumps but I guess she feels like taking it easy right now.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Sometimes a kitty wants to be pampered
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
hot, tired
hugs
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
just a quiet day today but still got some things done 🙂
bacon@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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A platter of sliced fruit, 3 scoops of frozen yoghurt and an iced mocha please.
bacon@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
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LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
I leave in a few days and I’m scared shitless, but also super excited! I’ll get to see my friend after a year apart, experience some cold weather, see snow and eat one of my favourite cuisines. Time to start packing.
tone212_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Eeee so excited for you! The fear is normal, once you are at the airport and checked in, you’ll feel great about your decision.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
I am so excited for you and cannot wait to get updates!!! Have the BEST time!! Don’t be scared, you are amazing, you are having an epic adventure and whatever goes haywire becomes a cool story!!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
you can do this 😸