Spoiler warning: Santa’s NOT real

Saturday 13th December

8:30am - 11:30am

Gosch’s Paddock

This isn’t a training session. The players will be there for autographs and photos.

Once the players have left, folks can go on the oval and play kick-to-kick 🏉

There’ll be partner giveaways and other freebies.

Food and coffee vans will be there but you won’t need them because the…

DEMON ARMY SAUSAGE SIZZLE

… is where it’s at! Delicious snags in bread with or without onion and a can of soft drink… the breakfast of champions!(apologies to Mr. Vonnegut).

And it wouldn’t be a Christmas do without the portly guy in a Santa suit, now would it. You and yours can get photos taken with him.

See y’all there!

Santa IS real !!!

( your understanding of Santa maybe the issue 😉 )

I miss Melbourne so much sometimes.

I'm seriously considering pushing my end of year plans forward a week just to add this to the schedule.

Picturing a Demonstone quiz live. A Ghosty hug booth. Picket Fence giving 'summer slithera safety' training while wearing a guernsey with Clarrie's number and name still on it. And all the Demonland mods getting soused on fine wine and absolutely mouthing off with the details of every scandal ever because they can't be sued for ranting in a park.

And if you like, there'd even been a big area where people eat their snags and speculate merrily about whatever comes up.

And any time there's a lull, the Ashes will be there, doing it's sacred duty.

21 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

I miss Melbourne so much sometimes.

I'm seriously considering pushing my end of year plans forward a week just to add this to the schedule.

Picturing a Demonstone quiz live. A Ghosty hug booth. Picket Fence giving 'summer slithera safety' training while wearing a guernsey with Clarrie's number and name still on it. And all the Demonland mods getting soused on fine wine and absolutely mouthing off with the details of every scandal ever because they can't be sued for ranting in a park.

And if you like, there'd even been a big area where people eat their snags and speculate merrily about whatever comes up.

And any time there's a lull, the Ashes will be there, doing it's sacred duty.

Uhm… I’ll have you know I don’t hug willy-nilly. I’m discerning. 🧐

We just hope the weather gods look favourably upon us. Unlike Carlton yesterday…

I’m just a little concerned about the ‘partner giveaways and other freebies’ that have been promoted.

There are some very generous spouses amongst us😜

13 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

I miss Melbourne so much sometimes.

I'm seriously considering pushing my end of year plans forward a week just to add this to the schedule.

Picturing a Demonstone quiz live. A Ghosty hug booth. Picket Fence giving 'summer slithera safety' training while wearing a guernsey with Clarrie's number and name still on it. And all the Demonland mods getting soused on fine wine and absolutely mouthing off with the details of every scandal ever because they can't be sued for ranting in a park.

And if you like, there'd even been a big area where people eat their snags and speculate merrily about whatever comes up.

And any time there's a lull, the Ashes will be there, doing it's sacred duty.

but will there be any portaloos?

i'm very discrete and sensitive

It's a Saturday so I'll be going, hoping my daughter will come for something different. Doubt it though.

18 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

I miss Melbourne so much sometimes.

I'm seriously considering pushing my end of year plans forward a week just to add this to the schedule.

Picturing a Demonstone quiz live. A Ghosty hug booth. Picket Fence giving 'summer slithera safety' training while wearing a guernsey with Clarrie's number and name still on it. And all the Demonland mods getting soused on fine wine and absolutely mouthing off with the details of every scandal ever because they can't be sued for ranting in a park.

And if you like, there'd even been a big area where people eat their snags and speculate merrily about whatever comes up.

And any time there's a lull, the Ashes will be there, doing it's sacred duty.

I'm seriously thinking of doing just that LiL Goffy!!

Ah, at first I thought this was specifically for Demonlanders. 😂 Have fun , guys. Given our age demographic will all of you(/us) be wearing your 90s bands or 'The Goodies' T shirts to help identify DLers you don't know? 😂

Bah humbug!

23 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Spoiler warning: Santa’s NOT real

Saturday 13th December

8:30am - 11:30am

Gosch’s Paddock

This isn’t a training session. The players will be there for autographs and photos.

Once the players have left, folks can go on the oval and play kick-to-kick 🏉

There’ll be partner giveaways and other freebies.

Food and coffee vans will be there but you won’t need them because the…

DEMON ARMY SAUSAGE SIZZLE

… is where it’s at! Delicious snags in bread with or without onion and a can of soft drink… the breakfast of champions!(apologies to Mr. Vonnegut).

And it wouldn’t be a Christmas do without the portly guy in a Santa suit, now would it. You and yours can get photos taken with him.

See y’all there!

Santa is not real.

Bah and Humbug to you.

He is too . It's just unfortunate he supports the Swans.

No soup for you.

Let's not forget the true meaning of Christmas, which of course is to celebrate the birth of Santa.

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Let's not forget the true meaning of Christmas, which of course is to celebrate the birth of Santa.

I saw a clip on the internet which was referencing Clement Clarke Moore's A Visit from St. Nicholas ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas")

"He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself ..."

Is he an elf?

Looking forward to it! Tie dye tee and probably my indigenous guernsey for me! I should be no longer jetlagged by then.

Can't get to training on Wednesday (hafta go look at a shed!) but Friday should be good. Pity pre-Christmas training ends so soon.

PS @Ghostwriter , are the bangers gluten and dairy free? I can bring some me-safe bread. Been ages since I had a sausage sizzle.

29 minutes ago, thirty-one said:

Looking forward to it! Tie dye tee and probably my indigenous guernsey for me! I should be no longer jetlagged by then.

Can't get to training on Wednesday (hafta go look at a shed!) but Friday should be good. Pity pre-Christmas training ends so soon.

PS @Ghostwriter , are the bangers gluten and dairy free? I can bring some me-safe bread. Been ages since I had a sausage sizzle.

Unfortunately, no. We used to have gluten-free snags but the demand was so low that we ended up having to throw them out. We still only get one or two requests per BBQ.

See you there <3

Edit: you’ll be at Gosch’s on Friday as well? Saturday is the Xmas Meet & Greet at Gosch’s. This isn’t a training session.

Edited December 8, 2025Dec 8 by Ghostwriter

19 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Unfortunately, no. We used to have gluten-free snags but the demand was so low that we ended up having to throw them out. We still only get one or two requests per BBQ.

See you there <3

Edit: you’ll be at Gosch’s on Friday as well? Saturday is the Xmas Meet & Greet at Gosch’s. This isn’t a training session.

I'm surprised most ordinsry el cheapo snags are gluten free. It's generally the bread thats a problem

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

I'm surprised most ordinsry el cheapo snags are gluten free. It's generally the bread thats a problem

We also used to have gluten-free bread but it too went the way of the gluten-free snags because of low demand. For a while there I was bringing home my chooks’ weight in gluten-free bread after every BBQ. 😅

5 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Unfortunately, no. We used to have gluten-free snags but the demand was so low that we ended up having to throw them out. We still only get one or two requests per BBQ.

See you there <3

Edit: you’ll be at Gosch’s on Friday as well? Saturday is the Xmas Meet & Greet at Gosch’s. This isn’t a training session.

I will try to be there both days, though if training starts at 8:45 I've not a hope of getting there at the start of it.

If it is sunny, I'll also be wearing my dicky flower hat.

I'd just feed everyone GF sausages. The Coles ones used to be GF, didn't look this time around to see, might not be the best bangers but still good for a feed.

54 minutes ago, thirty-one said:

I will try to be there both days, though if training starts at 8:45 I've not a hope of getting there at the start of it.

If it is sunny, I'll also be wearing my dicky flower hat.

I'd just feed everyone GF sausages. The Coles ones used to be GF, didn't look this time around to see, might not be the best bangers but still good for a feed.

Training on Friday is supposed to start at 10am, but they usually come out at about 9:40

Edited December 8, 2025Dec 8 by layzie

It would be great to get a big turnout for this event. Please try to make it there. Even if it’s for only part of the session.

8:30 on a Saturday morning is early but it will be worth the effort. While you’re all still in your jim-jams at 7am, I’ll be at Gosch’s setting up, so 8:30 is a sleep-in!

Let’s show the boys our love and support! Especially the new guys. They’re all working so hard already and they’d love to see us make the effort to meet them ❤️💙

Edit: we will also have cupcakes and bracelets for sale in the DA tent. If you’ve not yet had one of our homemade cupcakes… why not?! What’s wrong with you????! 😅

Edited December 9, 2025Dec 9 by Ghostwriter

Sorry cant make it down again this time.

Housekeeping duties for the AirBnB prevail

Have a great day

On 08/12/2025 at 10:40, Demonstone said:

Let's not forget the true meaning of Christmas, which of course is to celebrate the birth of Santa.

Then call it Clausmass and......

Get your own f#$@&n holiday.

Edited December 9, 2025Dec 9 by Previously known as LITD.