The guys open the show and introduce the venue, Maniax, an axe throwing bar (0 mins 10 secs)
Gavin mentions a Bizarre Map originally published on X, which explains what bits of Australia are like if they were American (6 mins 15 secs)
They also discuss the old pronunciation issue for “Arkansas” (8 mins 20 secs)
The guys flag there’s no interview this episode, and an update where they stuffed up an interview (9 mins 30 secs)
Gavin talks about setting a regularly scheduled day each month so people can put it in their calendar eg second Sunday or the month (16 mins 45 secs)
They get invited to throw axes and receive a safety briefing and before having a throw - apologies if it gets a little quieter at this point but there’s understandable a bit of space between the recorder and where we throw the axes (19 mins 45 secs)
The guys give a wrap up of their axe throwing games (41 mins)
They move onto a new bar and discuss the venue and their drinks (45 mins)
Gavin talks about not acting his age. Read more about Australian school yard Hand Ball - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball_(schoolyard_game) - he also discusses swearing (50 mins 30 secs)
Ken delivers some big news from Sweden (55 mins 15 secs)
He asks Gavin about his thoughts on networking the board vs the strategy of the board - you can hear about this for less than $2 a month in our Patreon feed (55 mins 50 secs)
Gavin cracks some news about his plans for May and June this year (57 mins 50 secs)
They discuss the What the Dr Recommended segment (1 hr 6 mins)

The guys kick off an Around the Grounds segment and start talking about some of their online games (1 hr 7 mins 50 secs)
They start wrapping up the show (1 hr 20 mins)

 Venue: Maniax and then Brew, Brisbane
Drinks of choice:
Ken: Maniax Mead and Stone and Wood Pacific Ale
Gavin: Two to the Valley pale ale by Newstead Brewery and a Don Ramon tempranillo
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Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.