I went into the city earlier today to find a good spot to meet up. Treasury Gardens is probably better to start with initially since there are much fewer people, although Fitsroy across the road is much larger with lots of open spaces and shade from the trees. That might be a better place to hang out for lunch.
Now from the corner of Lansdowne St and Wellington Pde there's a big path that runs through the gardens up to the steps of one of the treasury buildings. You should be able to tell if it's the right building by the 4 flags out the front, white each with a different coloured design in either red, green, blue or yellow. The path has brick gutter sort of things on the sides and big trees running all the way down. I figured it might be easier to meet on a path since if I picked a particular area and it happened to be swamped by Japanese tourists on the day it could make things awkward or difficult for people to find each other.
So at 1pm and probably a bit earlier I'll be waiting around somewhere down that path. It's a few hundred metres but dead straight so I shouldn't be too hard to find. For those who haven't met me I have medium length straightish brown hair, 6' and will be wearing a Metallica - Master of Puppets t-shirt reading or holding the book "River God" by Wilbur Smith so it's
absolutely clear it's me. I'll probably be leaning against a tree or lamp-post looking cool or sitting on a park bench looking cooler still since I'm chilling out on a park bench. If anyone's not sure about any of the above, do ask or send me a PM.
Now lunch might be a tad tricky. I couldn't find a fish and chips shop anywhere near the park and I don't want to have to walk for another 20 minutes on the day to buy an over-priced toasted sandwich. People can sort out their own lunches and bring them. So sayeth the organizer, so shall it be done. We'll wait around that spot for about half an hour to make sure everyone's arrived then take it from there.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what will be happening. Hope to see as many of you there as possible. Here's a map of the area for reference:
http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Placestogo/ParksandGardens/AllParksandGardens/Pages/4440.aspx?displaymode=map