Coffee shops and community life in Harrison/Gungahlin?

Mothy said :

Cafe at Forde is Tusmo – http://www.facebook.com/tusmocafebar

Bluey said :

The local IGA is dead in new suburbs, they dont exist. Shame really.

Forde, Ngunnawal, Platypus Shops, Nicholls, Palmerston. No?

Forde being the only ‘new’ suburb there my point still stands.

What are the platypus shops?

Cafe at Forde is Tusmo – http://www.facebook.com/tusmocafebar

Bluey said :

The local IGA is dead in new suburbs, they dont exist. Shame really.

Forde, Ngunnawal, Platypus Shops, Nicholls, Palmerston. No?

Masquara said :

qwerky said :

Masquara said :

Wow – I actually remember you qwerky!

Tilleys in Lyneham is quite close to Harrison … good coffee …

Great! That’s why I chose a nick that would stick! (Sorry didn’t mean for it to rhyme..)) I don’t remember yours though; have you changed it? And thanks for the tip about Tilleys and for explaining that it’s still in Lyneham, LOL. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been there. Have they changed their outdoor chairs yet?

No – and the pleather cushions have fallen apart. It’s first in, cosiest arse.
You were running breakfast get-togethers in civic a few years ago I think, trying to get social stuff happening a little via Riotact. Hopefully you’ll find a place to drink coffee in Gungers … but I suspect you’ll be back at Tils (surly service and dreadful food notwithstanding!) Anyway, welcome back!

Yes that’s me; I was trying to get a bit of a social thing happening. I joined CFG so that was good. Then moved to Victoria and started a social group which I’ve been running for three years. When you don’t have kids it’s harder to meet people in a new location unless you’re particularly proactive. Just as well I am!

poetix said :

‘We buy, wrap and locate a Santa…’ How does he feel about that?

Mostly he’s pretty good with it, but he does bitch about not being able to hold the bag 😉

Aeek said :

Don’t forget Mitchell. I remember great coffee in a place with very basic decor.
Industrial estate so the hours are a bit different.

Jindebah in Kemble Court, Mitchell – award winning coffee according to their website:
https://www.jindebah.com/

beejay76 said :

qwerky said :

No Beejay76 we don’t have any kids (that I know of! ;-), so I hope that doesn’t mean we’ll be exempt from community activity. Although, I guess the community meets at the school? Perhaps we Harrison people should have a picnic at the park on Tanami St in January?

Absolutely! There is a *lot* of activity in Mullion Park! In fact, a friend and I will be running a chrissy party this year. People sling in $10 per child and nominate from a choice of pressies. We buy, wrap and locate a Santa to distribute pressies and have a lolly scramble. Adults bring along a plate and we all hang out and drink and eat for a few hours while the kids run crazy. Last year we did water pistols. Looking at Nerf guns among others this year 🙂 It’ll be mid-Dec: let me know if you’ll be here.

There will also be the Harrison School Fair on 17th November 3-7, but perhaps you’ll not be here for that one. We have a massive school (1100-odd students and climbing fast), so the fair is epic.

Chrissy, pressies…Is Harrison called Harry?

‘We buy, wrap and locate a Santa…’ How does he feel about that?

qwerky said :

No Beejay76 we don’t have any kids (that I know of! ;-), so I hope that doesn’t mean we’ll be exempt from community activity. Although, I guess the community meets at the school? Perhaps we Harrison people should have a picnic at the park on Tanami St in January?

Absolutely! There is a *lot* of activity in Mullion Park! In fact, a friend and I will be running a chrissy party this year. People sling in $10 per child and nominate from a choice of pressies. We buy, wrap and locate a Santa to distribute pressies and have a lolly scramble. Adults bring along a plate and we all hang out and drink and eat for a few hours while the kids run crazy. Last year we did water pistols. Looking at Nerf guns among others this year 🙂 It’ll be mid-Dec: let me know if you’ll be here.

There will also be the Harrison School Fair on 17th November 3-7, but perhaps you’ll not be here for that one. We have a massive school (1100-odd students and climbing fast), so the fair is epic.

qwerky said :

Masquara said :

Wow – I actually remember you qwerky!

Tilleys in Lyneham is quite close to Harrison … good coffee …

Great! That’s why I chose a nick that would stick! (Sorry didn’t mean for it to rhyme..)) I don’t remember yours though; have you changed it? And thanks for the tip about Tilleys and for explaining that it’s still in Lyneham, LOL. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been there. Have they changed their outdoor chairs yet?

No – and the pleather cushions have fallen apart. It’s first in, cosiest arse.
You were running breakfast get-togethers in civic a few years ago I think, trying to get social stuff happening a little via Riotact. Hopefully you’ll find a place to drink coffee in Gungers … but I suspect you’ll be back at Tils (surly service and dreadful food notwithstanding!) Anyway, welcome back!

qwerky said :

Have they changed their outdoor chairs yet?

Has anything ever been changed in Tilleys?

Masquara said :

Wow – I actually remember you qwerky!

Tilleys in Lyneham is quite close to Harrison … good coffee …

My husband just suggested that perhaps I *am* Masquara. Like the end of Fight Club or something by Philip K Dick. Sitting in Tilley’s writing left wing comments and right wing ones. Beret, then business suit.

Freaks me out. This me, anyway. No offence, other sensible me. See you at Tilley’s.