Aussie bitcoiners are badass. If you’ve never been to a @bitcoinbushbash https://bitcoinbushbash.info, you are really missing out. How does one get to a bush bash? It takes work. These are not held in easy to get to places with the intent of keeping the riff-raff out…and it works. Sure, it takes proof of work to get there, but the quality of the hearts and minds present is second to none. So, how do you get to a Bush Bash? Do you need an invite, like Satoshi Roundtable (which I’ve been to twice and it was great)? Nope. Do you need a $3,000 VIP BTC Prague ticket (been there, done that)? Nope. Do you need to register? Nope! Just show up. If you can get there, you’re almost certainly legit. Reminds me of a bigger version of the hyper local bitcoin bitcoin meetup I went to in Minneapolis in 2013…same energy and same curiosity and enthusiasm. Busselton, WA – Fri 31st Oct → Sun 2nd Nov – Shelter Brewery Parkes, NSW – Fri 28th → Sun 30th Nov – Cooke Park Pavilion Also, meat in Australia is beyond good. Their beef is as good as US beef, but their lamb is far far better…and of course kangaroo as a delicacy is beyond delicious, even if a little hard to come by. If anyone wants to go to Palm Cove in 2026, shoot me a message. I want to bring my wife and kids next year.

IF you’ve never been to a Bitcoin Bush Bash, do you even bitcoin? These are purposefully NOT easy to get to. Keeps the riff raff out and only the best make the effort. And yes, it was_well_ worth my time as a physician to make the journey to Australia from the States. Best conference in my 15 years as a bitcoiner. How does one get to a Bush Bash? Just show up. That’s it. No ticket. No reservation. And nobody cares who you are — it’s what you know, need, and can offer that matters here. Real proof of work. Highlight of the conference?

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If you haven’t been to Australia, I’m 95% certain you haven’t had lamb before…and I don’t care how many you eaten, it wasn’t really lamb. And now I wonder is the difference freshness, animal genetics, how the livestock is finished (diet wise), or is it the cooking/spicing? If you ever get lamb shanks, look for the syndesmotic ligament between the distal tibia and fibula. It’s very rudimentary in lamb but it’s there and it’s mostly fat and almost sweet. Tiny but tasty! It’s roughly where the invisible horizontal channels are in this ankle film.

I was today years old when I realized, with bitcoin, just about anyone can be autistic enough to make a difference. I had always considered my less common neurociruictry to be a detriment, but not as much of a detriment compared to most bitcoiners…this lessening of a handicap let me be a social butterfly amongst bitcoiners in the very early days…but I now realize the folks further along the autistic spectrum had it right all along…and I was too stupid to see they were right. But fortunately I did not consider myself so smart as to convince myself they were wrong. Bitcoin. This is the way. And someday this will be obvious to all.

Met some truly lovely people at @bitcoinbushbash already, and I’ve been in country for all of 30 minutes.

Islands are just mountains that got flooded.

Fiji ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. At least not the airport.

At LAX, 2 ounces (100 g) of steak from a vending machine costs $10.58. But on the upside, you can get steak from a vending machine!