The 2021 Annual RAN SH Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey...

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Mon Jul 05, 2021 12:23 am

Viv, it's been so long between drinks, :tchin:

we'll be DELIGHTED :yess:

to have you, :woohoo:

now just give Smiley a hug :gay:

and drag him along with you... :tchin:

You're already BOTH on the MAY+ List... :evil3:

Would love to bump you both up to the ATTENDEES List...! :evil3:

At this rate, with you, Shep, Stroppy, et al, we might even persuade SeeJay to come down from FNQ :omg1:

if Anaesthesia Puddle Duck will let him across the border..! :plane:

tafmo · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:08 am

Chippy Ned wrote:

... We have heaps of touristy things planned plus a good look around the old haunts. :drinkers:

...

The Bottoms Up Bar has been closed for quite a while Ned... :cat1:

Seejay · **Posted:** Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:59 pm

Hippy Chippy wrote:

At this rate, with you, Shep, Stroppy, et al, we might even persuade SeeJay to come down from FNQ :omg1:

if Anaesthesia Puddle Duck will let him across the border..! :plane:

Not gonna happen guys. :dontknow:

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:16 pm

Glad to hear, Col, I was getting worried...! :finga:

Just be aware, I'm monitoring the Covid sign

situation closely, and whilst, after a 2-year break, I'm really looking forward to catching up with you all again, may I suggest that those of you booking accommodation,
check with the hotels/ motels, etc., as to the very latest you can cancel your bookings without penalty, then let me know, :type:

in case I have no alternative but to pull the plug on the event a second time...

Graeme Rhodes · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2021 11:12 am

Unless there is a major shift in border and quarantine policies, I will be a no-show (again).
:tear:

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:10 pm

I sorta figured that Smiley and assume same would apply to Viv who was planning on joining us from W.A. too... :bugger:

What I've presented below :down:

is review the Attendees List as it currently stands, :evil3:

including caveats which take into account prevailing border/ travel restrictions anticipated come November... :givein:

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:18 pm

So as it currently stands, here's the latest revised List... :evil3:

This emoji :finga:

indicates those that could be affected by Covid sign

LGA/ border and/ or travel restrictions...

:yea:

RE-CONFIRMING THIS YEAR'S DATE CHANGES: NOW FRIDAY, 12th NOVEMBER, to SUNDAY, 14th NOVEMBER. :yea:

................................................................. :bob dark:

So to get the ball rolling, again...
..................................................................CONFIRMED Attendees :evil3:

are:

.................................................................. :happy:

Rick (Hippy Chippy) Pengilly $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Wal (Midge) Midgley $\:D/$ (T.B.C.*)
.................................................................. :happy:

John (Chippy Ned) Kelly $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Ellen (Mrs Chippy Ned) Kelly $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Steve (Shep) Sheperd $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Polly (Mrs Shep) Sheperd $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Pete (Red) Williamson $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Helen (Mrs Red) Williamson $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Denise (Mrs Bruce) Cocks $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Dave (Bunny) Warren $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Mark (Mobes) Mobley $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Howard (Hendo) Henderson $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Col (Pussasan) Kelson $\:D/$

.................................................................. Anticipated Attendees (yet to be confirmed...)

.................................................................. :happy:

Brian (Stroppy Chippie) Mackenzie $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Verna (Toots) Mackenzie $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Rob (Tafmo) King $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Rhonda (Patience) King $\:D/$ :finga:

..................................................................Possibly May- Attendees: (TBA)

.................................................................. :happy:

Graeme (Smiley) Rhodes $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

John (Viv) McLeod $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Ian (Fritz) Hansen $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Kaylene (Mrs Fritz) Hansen $\:D/$

.................................................................. Non-Attendees/ Apologies

.................................................................. :happy:

Chris (SeeJay) O'Keefe $\:D/$ :finga:

.................................................................. :happy:

Mike (Pony) Moore $\:D/$ (Sadly, the date change excluded Pony...)
.................................................................. :happy:

Gordon (Gordo) Robinson $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Sandy (Mrs Gordo) Robinson $\:D/$
.................................................................. :happy:

Sue (Mrs Midge) Midgley :tear:

(*Sadly Sue recently passed away...)

I ANTICIPATE MAKING A FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER WE CANCEL, OR POSTPONE THIS YEAR'S EVENT AT THE END OF OCTOBER... :happy:

Clearly, if Covid sign

LGA Restrictions/ Lockdowns/ Border Closures are still where they currently stand, then only a handful of Sydney-siders :hello2:

could attend...! [-(

Anticipating an eager/ thirsty response from a bunch of deprived Pub Crawlers, I've booked the :type:

City Extra Restaurant Circular Quay for 20+ for breakfast :drink eat:

and I've also just booked into :type:

The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel for 20+ for lunch... :drink eat:

WATCH THIS SPACE...! :evil3:

Hendo · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:17 pm

Have been on the waiting list for a hernia operation, and guess what? Yep, I was told today that it is 12th of November, so reluctantly I must withdraw from this years run. :bugger:

Next year?

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:40 pm

So sorry to hear that, Howie, we hadn't caught up with you for a few years, I was looking forward to doing so again... :kiss:

Meanwhile, I've been asked to confirm our numbers for breakfast (at City Extra,) and lunch (at The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel,) so I'll need to firm up our Attendees List :evil3:

from my earlier post above... :laughing3:

This year's 18th 2021 Annual RAN SH Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey Attendees will have an additional imposition to contend with, but I'm sure it's nothing a bunch of :salute1:

MOBI-trained
party animals :partyman:

can't cope with standing on their heads... :yess:

Of course, the imposition I'm referring to is that before you order that eagerly anticipated :wine:

drink

in each pub, :ouzo:

you'll be required to do a QR Scan/ Vaccination Certificate Check-In... :mobile:

Whilst I'm assuming that none of us will have baulked at a couple of jabs in the arm for a nanosecond [-(

to assure your social freedoms, I'm wondering how just many of our intending Attendees :3some:

have added
their virtual Vaccination Certificate :evil3:

to their Services NSW phone app :phone:

to facilitate a smooth, single check-in exercise...? :dontknow:

Some weeks back, in anticipation that everybody would eventually need some form of inoculation evidence :evil3:

as we approached easing lockdown restrictions, I invested the time to download and activate my
Express Plus Medicare App, which provided me with my Digital Vaccination Certificate, which I then added to my Google G Pay Digital Wallet on my phone, where I knew I could access it quickly and easily
when called upon to flash it... :happy:

However, I'm happy to say $\:D/$ that Services NSW (and Services Victoria,) have taken the process one step further by upgraded their (by now) familiar QR Code Check-In so that upon scanning a pub's
QR Code now, the app will also show your Vaccination Status, making for a smooth and speedy check-in at each pub...
Now I know of at least one of our Attendees has set up his Vaccination Certificate :evil3:

as a screen saver on his mobile, ten points for initiative, but that is still going to cost him precious drinking time :snap:

as he clumsily fumbles to access multiple screens each pub he gets to... [-(

(Don't worry, I'll be working with him to help him upgrade his Services NSW app before the big event...!) :happy:

As luck would have it, today I stumbled over an article in Sydney's Time Out :puter:

which gives an excellent step-by-step on how to access your Express Plus Medicare App and your Digital Vaccination
Certificate :evil3:

and add it to your Services NSW/ Services Victoria Check-In app... So if you're interested, :type:

here's how to add your new vaccine passport to your Service NSW check-in app...

N.B. As the article states: :evil3:

"Be warned, the process is pretty laborious with multiple steps requiring you to log in to either your MyGov, Medicare, and/ or Service NSW app, so make sure you have a bit of
time free before getting into the weeds of what we found to be a somewhat ponderous system."

However, as it's in preparation for an historic multi-venue pub crawl, your time invested will be well rewarded...!

mobes · **Posted:** Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:54 am

Rick,
I may have another starter. CPONPC Bill Bowley - ex RP, NAMAE, Naval Police, NPC who retired this week after 54 years (full time and Reserves). I just need to convince him at Bells next Friday to request a leave pass or bring Sandra along with him.
I may be a tad grumpier than usual having also been forcibly retired later this month after 54 years 9 months and 12 days. Last days in uniform this week. Seems to me a good reason for a drink.
What time do we meet at City Extra for breakfast?

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