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Apr 4th 2014, 5:11 am

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St George's Day April 23rd in Sydney

G'day folks,

Does anyone know of any meet-ups or events happening for St George's Day this year, in Sydney? There are 4 of us, eager to join in!

Cheers

Apr 5th 2014, 3:03 am

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G'day folks,

Does anyone know of any meet-ups or events happening for St George's Day this year, in Sydney? There are 4 of us, eager to join in!

Cheers

There aren't many St George's Day events in England sadly. Why on earth would there be any in Sydney 12,000 miles away?

Apr 5th 2014, 3:58 am

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There aren't many St George's Day events in England sadly. Why on earth would there be any in Sydney 12,000 miles away?

St Patrick has his day, why wouldn't St George? Brisbane has at least one pub celebrating over that one weekend

http://www.pignwhistle.com.au/riverside/events/

Apr 5th 2014, 7:06 am

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St Patrick has his day, why wouldn't St George? Brisbane has at least one pub celebrating over that one weekend

http://www.pignwhistle.com.au/riverside/events/

For some weird reason I will never understand the world and his wife decide they're Irish one day a year. Can't think of any other national day like that. Mind you I also have no idea why the English as a nation don't celebrate 23 April.

Apr 5th 2014, 8:46 am

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Re: St George's Day April 23rd in Sydney

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For some weird reason I will never understand the world and his wife decide they're Irish one day a year. Can't think of any other national day like that..

It's based around Pub Culture for the most part MP... So why not

Might as well be the patron saint of the "Piss up" .... I've even been to them.

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Apr 5th 2014, 8:55 am

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Re: St George's Day April 23rd in Sydney

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St Patrick has his day, why wouldn't St George? Brisbane has at least one pub celebrating over that one weekend

http://www.pignwhistle.com.au/riverside/events/

At $10 a pint their beer is expensive.

Apr 5th 2014, 9:00 am

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I've just realised that I've been to more St Patricks days do's than St George ones LOL !!!!

3 v 1

Two of the St Pats ones were in Aus, with Aussie mates that were indeed Irish for the day.

Apr 5th 2014, 9:14 am

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At $10 a pint their beer is expensive.

About par for central Brisbane. There are a lot of places more pricey. And if you want the beer/football combination.......

Apr 6th 2014, 7:14 am

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About par for central Brisbane. There are a lot of places more pricey. And if you want the beer/football combination.......

I stumbled out of this place last week.

Live music and $13 for 2 and a half pint jugs.

Apr 6th 2014, 8:15 am

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Apparently st Patrick was welsh by birth !

Apr 6th 2014, 9:31 am

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G'day folks,

Does anyone know of any meet-ups or events happening for St George's Day this year, in Sydney? There are 4 of us, eager to join in!

Cheers

Good luck with that Brian, I don't know why a lot of the English don't celebrate that day.

There's lots of things going on in and around where I live.

Apr 6th 2014, 10:18 am

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Apparently st Patrick was welsh by birth !

He was indeed

I celebrate the day for that reason!

Apr 6th 2014, 10:24 am

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I stumbled out of this place last week.

Live music and $13 for 2 and a half pint jugs.

That place is ok during the week, we used to go there from work for lunch, Weekends its the domain of those ladies who wear belts instead of skirts and is very noisy, hey i'm not knocking it or those who like that kind of drinking culture. i'm too senile for that now, give me the Irish Club or O'Malleys, a bit of space to read while drinking, or the Oig if its a football night.
Were you just here during the week? Weekends (fri/Sat) in Brisbane now are very different to weeknights