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Exactly - the situation behind the scenes is surely far more nuanced as well. I would think that there was some multi-year strategy behind the initial review. There would be so many factors to consider (as raised across this thread) and actions needed to identify the root causes for our...

The BFL and BFLW spin offs will be great little earners too. Other clubs' fans pay to watch a Bontempelli play for us, imagine what they'd fork out for a whole team of them!

Probably doesn't help when they're illegitimate - or worse, exhibit A for the prosecution 😬

Mt Tennent looks like a really nice hike - it looks so steep up close though! I really need to work on my dodgy hip/glute - I just don't trust myself on anything much more than a fire trail these days. I've had a few moments where I've nearly lost my balance on pretty tame stuff.

I haven't been to too many games at Manuka of late (besides ours) but this is fairly true. The GWS support definitely seems to have grown but from what I used to see, it's generally 25% GWS, 25-50% opposition and the balance footy-starved interstate expats.

If we win it, bigfooty wordsmiths have their work cut out - I'm not sure #sandbaggingbulldogs flows as nicely off the tongue as #freekickbulldogs

Just wondering whether we should move this thread to the non-footy board in here? Really enjoying the chat but I'm mindful that we're dragging it off your OP! Still very keen for the supporters' group, of course 🙂

Yeah, the views are magnificent down here. I feel like the shape and openness of Tuggeranon/Lanyon Valleys adds to the vista. We got lucky with our place - it's a battle axe block so it wasn't very popular, which allowed us to negotiate down to within our budget. There's a fair gradient here...

We were almost neighbours - we just missed out on a place in Oxley when we bought ~7 years back. We tried to get cute after it passed in (and had no other serious offers) and it allowed a latecomer to come in over the top. I love our place in Conder - and it has lovely views of the...

Thanks for the response - lots of great ideas there! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Bicentennial trail some time. Pretty keen to cycle it one day. I might go to the part around the Urambis soon - I live fairly close to the Gordon Pond/Point Hut enhance so it'd be an easy one. We're not...

What are some of your favourite spots for a hike around here?

Me neither. I still find it weird hearing people being out this way - I don't know if I've just become a chippy southsider, but I just assume anyone I don't know personally is from Gunghalin or the inner north/south and couldn't find anywhere beyond Woden if their life depended on it! Maybe I...

I think it's a great idea. I feel like it has even more importance here, with the challenges to build a local social network (as noted by a few in this thread). Absolutely agree on the exercise thing too. I've been slowly building into cycling the past year (after 10+ years of not much after...

I'm not sure if it's just the mental shock but my first winter here (2015) was the coldest I remember - plenty of -7/-8 mornings though, so maybe it wasn't just me being soft! I did have a couple of days where it snowed at our house that winter too. It has been (relatively) tame other years...

Would also be really keen to catch some games with everyone! I've got a little one too so I might need some tips on how to avoid them going feral at games 😬

I'd echo everything everyone else has said. For me, coming from the west/northwest (Footscray, Yarraville, Newport, Tullamarine), I feel like the vibe is similar to Melbourne in the late 90s/early 00s - but with the lifestyle offerings caught up with modern times. The growth corridors are...

I've technically been on the board a while but maybe this as good a time as any to stop lurking 😁 Been up here for just shy of a decade. Funnily enough, when I was at the 2016 GF I saw someone reading the Canberra Times a couple of seats over. I almost thought I saw them on bigfooty on their...