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Organized on the NF Australia Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AussieRebelsUnite/ By popular demand we'll be having a meetup in Sydney on Wednesday May 9th 2018 from 7pm. We'll be doing an Escape Room at the Cipher Room! https://www.cipherroom.com.au/ This is the number 1 Escape Room venue in Sydney according to Trip Adviser and was highly rated by one the NF Rebels in the know. The room game starts at 7:15pm so we'll meet there at 7pm, the site says we get a max 1 hour in the room, obviously being brainy folks we'll probably solve it in 10 mins!! The cost is $39 per person. Everyone is welcome, hope to see you there.

Time for another Sydney meetup, everyone is welcome to attend. This time we're going to do something a bit different and a bit more active with no beer involved! Inspired by Steve's recent blog post we're going to try Indoor climbing! Here are the details: Venue: ClimbFit in St Leonards. http://www.climbfit.com.au/ Date: Thursday 7th July 2016 Time: From 6.30pm onwards (the entry fee gets you unlimited time and the place closes at 11pm) Cost: $23 including equipment hire @Yuen @BarefootDawsyand @Endor are confirmed, everyone is very welcome, it will be a very relaxed event where you can go at your own pace and do as much or as little as you wish. Me and Dawsy haven't climbed before and are complete beginners, Yuen is pretty experienced but hasn't climbed for a few years so we have a mix of skill levels. I also notice the entry fee includes gym access so if anyone wants to come and use the gym then hang out that's cool too. They even do a Yoga class at 8pm on Thursdays too. Come and join the fun! @Suguru

Time for our first 2016 Sydney meetup, trying to make it inclusive and accessible to all since we have a few new names around the boards. Date: Wednesday 11th May 2016 Time: 6pm Venue: Strike Bowling at King St Wharf, http://www.strikebowling.com.au/locations/nsw/strike-king-street-wharf Price: If you want to bowl, $16 for 1 game, $28 for 2 games. If you don't want to bowl you can come and just hang out while other bowl. After party: 7.30 - 8pm (depending when we finish bowling) - Spawn Point video games bar http://www.spawnpoint.com.au/ Me and Dawsy @BarefootDawsy are confirmed so the event will go ahead, the more people that come the better, everyone is welcome we'd love to see you there! @Yuen Tired to tag Sugaru but not happening...

First NF Sydney meetup of 2015: Venue: Burger Project, World Square, 644 George St, Sydney Date: 19th Feb 2015 Time: 6.30pm Everyone welcome, especially those who haven't been to a meetup before. Expect laid back chat and a welcoming atmosphere Confirmed so far: @barefootdawsy @yuen @endor

Hi guys, Time for our 3rd meetup (this year) in beautiful Sydney, Australia, home of many more meetups than Melbourne ever manage Everyone is welcome to attend. Date: Tuesday 12th August Time: 6:30pm Venue: Hurricane's Grill, Darling Harbor Confirmed so far: Endor, Yuen, BarefootDawsy Witness the marvel of our very own HufflePuff Warrior @Yuen eating a whole cow and 2 sets of pork ribs! Witness the majesty of the fabled scout leader @BarefootDawsy running away from a plate of prawns in sheer terror But most of all come and enjoy some good food and the company of fellow Nerds for an evening. Hope to see you there. @suguru

Hi everyone, time for an overdue meetup in Sydney! It's open to anyone and I encourage you to come along and meet some fellow NF'ers, we're friendly folks Venue: Red Oak Boutique Beer Cafe, 201 Clarence Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2000 Date: Thursday 5th June Time: From 6:30pm Cheers Dominic Attending: @Endor @barefootdawsy @Yuen

Time for another NF meetup in sunny Sydney! Date: Tuesday 4th March 2014 Time: 6pm drinks for 7pm dinner Venue: Belgian Bier Cafe, 135 Harrington St, The Rocks NSW 2000...looks like it rebranded, anyway this is the one: http://www.heritageb...taurant.com.au/ Attending: Dominic BarefootDawsy Yuen viciousred Suguru

G'day folks, time for our second Sydney meetup, a time of celebration as it's the holiday season and we've only a few challenge weeks of the year left. Sadly also a time of commiseration as we will be saying a fond farewell to our very own Swedish darling, The Mad Hatter! Now Dawsey and I never drink beer but Hatter insisted so we're doing a mini pub crawl cultural tour of the oldest area of Sydney, "The Rocks". Date: Tuesday 26th November Time: 6pm Venue: The Lord Nelson pub We'll stay in here for about 45 mins then head to: Venue 2: The Argyle We'll stay here another 45 mins then head to: 7:30pm Dinner at: The Lowenbrau I'll book a table at the Lowenbrau for 6 people, I think at this stage there's 4 of us but we'll have a couple extra spots if anyone else wants to join last minute. Attending so far: Dawsey Mad Hatter Yuen Dominic

It sounds like we are on for a meetup in Sydney. This is what's been proposed, post if date/time/venue is ok and if you will attend, if we get a few confirmed we can book a table. Venue: The Australian Hotel 100 Cumberland Street The Rocks, Sydney 2000 Date: Thursday 12th September (TBC) Time: 6pm - 8pm+ (TBC) Attending: Mad Hatter BarefootDawsy Dominic TerraNik

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the 21st Century by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose over the Pacific Ocean. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. The wind swept westward, funneled into gusts through the artificial canyons of Sydney, Australia. The wind swept across roads and trees, turning south to follow the waterways of the Georges River. It crested over homes, down footpaths and through private gardens, and gently caressing the leafy branches of jacaranda trees, sending a shower of purple blossoms to carpet the ground beneath them. In one private garden, beneath one such jacaranda tree, one such blossom shivered as the finely crafted blade of a katana sliced across its path, sending two halves floating to the ground. Beneath the tree Thorns worked the forms with his blade, a look of concentration and serenity upon his face. He stepped gracefully from one movement to the next, the sword light as a feather in his hands -- almost an extension of his arm. There was no hesitation as he moved, and the lines of his forms were clean and strong. In another Age, and another place, the forms might have held fanciful names -- Heron in the Rushes, the Boar Rushes down the Mountain, the River undercuts the Bank. But to Thorns, they were simply the forms -- a visual syllabus of a fighting system from long ago, kept alive through dedication and countless hours of practice. Around his waist was knotted a faded belt -- once it was the deepest black of midnight on a moonless night. Now, experience and use had worn it away into familiarity. It was not always this way. ------------- The above is where I want to be. Hi. Some of you know me, others do not. First challenge with the Rangers and all that. Even those who do know me may not know my ultimate goal, which is to open my own dojo. Call that my mighty Quest. It will be many years in coming, but it far from abandoned. I've studied one style of karate for 20 years (off and on, but more on than off), and I want to share that knowledge and experience. I want to help give to others what it has given me -- peace, discipline, fitness, strategic thinking, knowledge, and confidence in myself. Some of those lessons are still being learned, but I've seen the beginnings and know they're there to be learned if I look hard enough. Every quest has a beginning, and I've already done that. I've left the comforts of the Shire behind me. Now I'm moving on to the first mile marker. For this challenge, I'm setting the following milestones: Get Lean: Winter is the time when game is scarce. Lose 3Kg by the end of the challenge. I was successful in this during the last challenge, and I believe in sustainable, repeatable goals. You can count on this goal in future challenges until I've reached my goal weight (long-term goal: sub-80Kg; mid-term goal: 99.9 Kg; short-term: 3kg loss).A: 3.0 or more lost: +2 STA, +1 CHAB: 2.0 Kg lost: +1.5 STAC: 1.5 Kg lost: +1 STAD: 1.0 Kg lost: +0.5 STAF: Less than 1.0 Kg lost: No Reward Get Strong: Attend 12 Boot Camp Sessions by the end. Again, another success carried over from the last challenge. Winter is here in Australia, so getting out of bed at 4.45am each morning to go is getting hard.A: 12 or more sessions: +2 STR, +2 DEX, +2 STAB: 9 sessions: +1 STR, +1 DEX, +1 STAC: 6 sessions: +0.5 STR, +0.5 DEX, +0.5 STAF: Less than 6 sessions: No Reward Lead the Pack: Proactive Fitness: But this time, I'm going to make a very small attempt at carrying the disciplines home from the boot camp. During this challenge, I will complete one session per week of a workout at home, lasting at least 20 minutes in length. I'll take what we do at boot camp (mostly body weight exercises) and do them at home. This is simultaneously about _creating my own discipline_ as it is about being an inspiration to my family. My hope is that if my kids (two boys, 8 and 6 years old) see me doing some of this stuff, they'll be inspired to do some of it themselves. Live the example, even if only in short increments. 1 Session, 20 minutes each week.A: 6/6 weeks: +1 CON, +1 WISB: 5/6 weeks: +1 CON, +0.5 WISC: 4/6 weeks: +0.5 CONF: less than 4 weeks done: No Rewards Cross your territory: Complete the City2Surf Race on 11 August 2013: This will be the third time I've run this 14km race. My goals here are simple -- as fast as I can.A: under 2 hours (Aspirational Target): +2 CONB: 2 hours, 6 minutes, 15 seconds (personal best): +1.5 CONC: 2 hours, 13 minutes (better than last year): +1 COND: Finish the Race (Goddamn it, it's a 14km race -- I should get _something_ for finishing!) : +0.5 CONF: Did not finish: No Reward Life Quest: Keep your gear clean, pt 1. I'm going to take a more practive role in keeping the house clean -- for this challenge, I'm going to focus on three things: emptying rubbish & recycling (nightly), washing dishes (nightly), and folding and putting away clean laundry (weekly).A: 42/42/6 (rubbish/dishes/laundry): +2 CHAB: 35/35/5 (rubbish/dishes/laundry): +1.5 CHAC: 28/28/4 (rubbish/dishes/laundry): +1 CHAD: 21/21/3 (rubbish/dishes/laundry): +0.5 CHAF: less than the "D" grade: No Reward UPDATE LOG: Changed my username from "Patchwolf" to "Thorns"

Hello and welcome, I do not know if there are any of these threads currently going, but I thought I would start one regardless. The point of this thread is for a base camp for those Australian Nerd Fitness Rebels. There are probably more of us in your home city than you are aware of....... Use this a point of reference to find people in you are who maybe training for a similar event, a similar goal or are just looking for some one to train with or share information and gain knowledge and wisdom. Share you goals, ambitions and dreams with us, so that we can join you on your journey and make sure you find your way there. Feel like you are about to fall of the wagon, come talk to us, tell us where you are and how much you have accomplished and what is standing in your way and we will be there to motivate, inspire, lend a helping hand and a word or two of encouragement. We are all here because we have a common interest. We are all like minded people with the same drive and determination in both health, fitness and those slightly obscure hobbies and interests. Introduce your self and what your current achievements are and what you are training towards. I will get the ball rolling by introducing myself in the next post.

G'day guys! First of of all, who I am: Age: 31 Height: 1,65m (5'5") Weight: 67kg (147lb) I am a brazilian guy living as a student in Sydney. I'm not really fat but within the last 10 years I developed a top belly and it really bother me and I decide to do something. I work from 6:30am to 3pm and then I go to school from 5 to 9. My workplace has a gym for the employees which I tried to use it some times before go to school. My top goals are to be successful in creating the fitness habit, eat healthy and meditate. I got the Rebel Strenght Guide and had a look on the forum, but I think that there is to much infomation and I don't know how to start everything. Need some help. Ps: I know that my english sucks but I'm working on it. Feel free to mock me.