Australians in Munich

@ tench: not nice!!!
@ chewie: would love to come but have a friend visiting and we´ll be going away for the weekend! Bugger!

Any Aussies fancy a game of Touch rugby (touch / touch footie etc)

We meet every Sunday in the English Gardens at 11am rain or shine on the open grass area between the Chinese Tower and Seehaus. You can't miss since we are the only ones with odd shaped balls (old joke but still funny) and we usually mark a pitch with some white tape.

All new players are very welcome (absolute beginners, rugby players, men, women etc). It is a great social game and we always go for beer at the Chinese Tower afterwards. We are always glad to see new faces!

We also offer games in competitions For those who would like to play competative Touch, as well as just social touch.

if anyone has any questions, for example about the forthcoming European Touch Chamionships or the German Open Touch Championship, please send an eMail to:

Touch.rugby@freenet.de

Some of blokes must have played some Touch back home, oder?

I've played...and yes, it is fun. It's pretty social and a good way to keep fit. Also baffles the locals on their Sunday morning walk through the park

Unfortunately for me, there's no time for me to do it during the cricket/Aussie rules season.

might see you there graham but in same boat as hazza got afl and soccer for me

I got a mail from the touch footy guys, and apparently it's not on this weekend...Just thought I'd let you know...

Just got another mail from them. Touch is on Monday instead...

gday blokes...

well finally i found the frigging link!

i actuallylive accrosstheroad fromthe ISA and we barbie up the isa veryoften with ourlittle beauty webber. i keep smart mouthing the aussie anthem here and there make jokes about my country but no-one really gets it here. but its ok because i dont really care - however are there any non beer drinking aussies??? stupid to sayi drink a few myself...

Being new to this town, haven't yet met many people here. And those I have met seem to be either Brits, Germans or crazy Brazilians. All well and good, but Im wondering if there are any other Aussies here? Or anyone else keen to check out the cricket vs India this week, or Melbourne Cup next Tues. Otherwise I'll just have to hang out with Kiwis

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There at the Bondi right now watching cricket and getting drunk.
Or being trained in the finer art of American Football at the Arc and getting drunk with my fellow Americans.

What's wrong with the Kiwis???

I'm one! Welcome to Munich.

Nothing is wrong with Kiwis! I would be honoured to hang out with Kiwis... if they'd only hang out with me...

So I have heard a rumour that there is a Downunder Stammtisch (for Aussies, Kiwis and their assorted friends) here in Munich, that meets occasionally... second Friday of every month, or something like that? Is this rumour true? Anyone with more info, please let me know!

hmm good rumour Caitlin. haven't heard of anything but am sure there's enough antip's to get something organised...

Today seems to be one of those days when I'm battling that dreaded affliction - homesickness. I think talking to my drunken friends back home as they boozed on at Melbourne Cup luncheons did it.

Instead of sitting in a dark room, eating Vegemite out of the jar and listening to Cold Chisel, I'd like to do something more pro-active. Does ANYONE out there have ANY info on this supposed Aussie / Kiwi Stammtisch that takes place once a month or so? I've also heard a rumour that there's an Aussie shop here (run by an Austrian guy, or something equally odd)... Does anyone know where this mystery shop is, or how inflated the price of Tim Tams is in said shop?

It's on dachauerstrasse pretty close to konigsplatz

Here's a link to the Aussie Shop

The Tim Tams there are incredibly expensive.

Thanx, you guys are life savers. I'm feeling much better now... even stopped listening to Cold Chisel (I've put on my Hoodoo Gurus CD instead, which makes me much more cheerful)...

The Aussie/Kiwi group is on the second Friday of every month at 8pm at a pub behind the Aussie shop next to the PennyMarkt. That is what the storeowner told me, he is Austrian, married to a Kiwi running an Australian shop in Germany. Haven't personally checked out thegroup, went to one in Paderborn and it was full of dodgy old German men wanting to pick up homesick virginal backpackers.

Went into the store a few weeks ago and they had NO tim tams but they had tins of Milo for 8 Euros.

i dont like letting people know of my secret milo supplier, but reading that tins cost 8 euro in the aussie shop makes my blood boil.

i buy it for 3.50euro at an asian arabic store. in landwehr str. just off sonnen str.

cheers
Peter

Here is another Aussie logging in to say 'hi'...

@rusty :
Hi??? Whats wrong with G'day ?

G'day

yes, yes... G'day... haven't heard that in ages!!! seems I have been here way too long... but, just discovered this forum, maybe due to the bout of homesickness that comes once in a while... if there are any Aussie meetups, would luv to come along... don't know any in Munich...yet...

Well, ya just missed one, but we'll likely have one again (I'm not an Aussie, but I've got one tied up in the basement. ).

would love to know when the next one is.

thanks.

@IPJ - Good on ya mate! I've always had a weakness for an Australian accent. FYI for you Aussies out there, The Arc International sports bar in Schwabing is owned by two Aussies. They show Aussie rules football and cricket.

do they have VB or Tooheys Old at the Arc???

I was so pleased to have my first Tooheys since 1997. I was in Brighton a few weeks back and the Aussie pub there was selling 2 Tooheys New for the price of one!
I miss Vitamin B as well.

We have VB at The Arc...

excellent! will pay a visit soon.

Hazza, the fact that you stock VB at the Arc is almost enough to make me drag my lazy ass over there one day soon. But if you start stocking Coopers (preferably Pale Ale... I'll forever be a true Adelaide girl) then I will be propping up the bar in your lovely establishment EVERY night, I swear. By the way, any plans to show the Boxing Day Test on the big screen at the Arc? And any plans for an Australia Day do yet?

Add another vote for Coopers at The Arc - Id be even more a regular then!!
Even if Im just a poor lonely Melbourne boy new to Munich

looking into getting some more Aussie beers in for our Australia Day party on the 26th...will post details soon, sadly i don't think Coopers is available here.

There's always Fosters!

*runs off to hide behind the sofa*

@IPJ I'm amazed that post hasn't been moderated away yet

Hey all, new Aussie in town. Will pop into The Arc on 26th for a few beers and the like. Do they have bundy, and will I get lynched if I bring a sepo? He's a bit of a fan of the Aussie drinks.

we have half a bottle of Bundy left! first come first served! see you there

Hazza ... another vote for Coopers from me also. There is an Aussie bar in Hamburg wich has Sparkling Ale, and I have also bought it at Herties here in Munich (downstairs in the gourmet area). Must be about ...

I might roll up too for Australia Day. I hope they still serve Augustiner.

BTW, remember the good old days when they used to shift Invasion Day by a couple days so that you could get a long weekend? Those were the days.

we're working on Coopers and we've definitely got Augustiner!

G'day from the latest, newest Aussie to join this forum!
Just touched down in Munich today... in time for the Australia Day party

Coopers is available, but we're not going to sell it because it's too expensive.

At current prices, we'd have to sell it for around €6 a bottle - more than most people would be willing to pay for a beer...

We've changed our minds and are going to be selling Coopers - as well as Crown lager, Carlton Cold and the usual VB. All these beers will cost €3.70. We're also going to be selling Aussie Burgers and meat pies...

@hazza

what distinguishes an aussie burger from any old burger?

Like a normal burger with the lot, but with added egg and beetroot!!

beetroot? jebus.

i'll stick to the pies then. all of them. give me the pies!

Yeah...see all you aussies tonight! Lookin fwd to that meet pie Hazza.

Hey Hazza / Jase

What time are you serving the food til?

burgers are served until 10 and finger food only after that