Jo O'Brien

Daytime Melbourne Meet Up

The last one was great but some people couldn’t make it because it was in the evening. So I thought we could have another one during the day! Yay!

Date: Saturday July 28th
Time: 10am onwards
Where: Meet Flinders Street Station on the steps
Activities for the day: Photo taking, lunch, more photo taking and if we are keen a wander around the national gallery.
RSVP: Comment here
Contact: Jo 0418 240 485 (save my number in your phone)

Can’t manage a Saturday? Pencil in Sunday August 19th.

Popular Mr, about 1 year ago

Sat is no good for me :(
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

Awwww :(

I think daytime meets are always going to be a bit ‘hit and miss’ based around people’s work committments etc. I’ll do this one on a Saturday, and the next one on a Sunday perhaps. Maybe that will give everyone a chance to come along to one.
Hien Nguyen, about 1 year ago

I can make Sunday’s. Saturday, I need to take a day off work.
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

I’ll definately make the next one a Sunday, probably towards the end of August.
Jonathan van Beek, about 1 year ago

Love to meet up that weekend but I’m working- August might be the go thou…
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

(Sunday people, pencil in August 19th)
Melody, about 1 year ago

I can;t make saturday day times…..but Im always up for sundays…or nights:)
Melody, about 1 year ago

Oooo, I didnt see that….I too am pencilling in august 19th.
webgrrl, about 1 year ago

Yah Sunday meetup would be extra bonus… to leave the car and take the train/bus/tram into city..,..as its allday $2.50 Sunday Saver :)

I will note the 28th though.. see how house./kids are when it gets closer…
Chris White, about 1 year ago

Sounds like it could be a goer Jo…
Lisadee, about 1 year ago

Sunday sounds good, missed the last get together, so sunday 19th yeah…..
Imogene Munday, about 1 year ago

i rather wish i lived in Melbourne :(
illicit, about 1 year ago

does that mean bring long coat????
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

Haha! Depends on how game you are!
Anne van Alkemade, about 1 year ago

Saturdays are no good but I’ll be there for a Sunday. Duly pencilled in!!!
Brett Foster, about 1 year ago

Ditto the majority.
Saturday tough but I can make a Sunday or any other day of the week.
Unfortunately Aug 19th is out for me (previous committment) but I’m sure there’ll be other events. sob
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

Of course there will be others! You think I’m going to stop after 3? No way!
Hien Nguyen, about 1 year ago

Appreciate you doing all this Jo.
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

I have one of those personalities wher if I hear “Can someone…?” My hand is in the air before I even know what it is.

But seriously, everyone on here is so awesome. Why wouldn’t I try to meet you all?
Lolo Lost, about 1 year ago

i am a young journalist and i wanted to ask you a few of qs….thanks for answering if you do.

1) has anyone ever offered to meet you and you’ve said no?
2) how does that make them look?
3) do you think a person should be proud no matter what, or should they choose between having simple feelings about themselves like good or bad, positive/negative. should some ppl understand that it is them and not others?
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

To the always inquisitive Andrew:

1) Yes of course. And the reason isn’t always the same. Sometimes your gut just tells you it isn’t a good idea and I tend to trust that feeling and say no.

2) In my eyes, it just means that there are some people who are good ‘meet up and have coffee’ friends and some people who are good ‘online’ friends. It’s apples and oranges. No one person needs to be both.

3) I think that to grow as a person you need to experience a range of feelings about yourself including complex ones. I guess the only constant I hope for is that despite how mixed up and layered someone’s feelings might be, that they can keep it in perspective and see how they are learning from it. I believe in the individual taking some responsibility for their feelings and that there is some level of choice in how we react to things. That said, when it gets too complicated, it can be benefitial to simplify and say “even though there is fifty million things going on right now, overall it’s good/bad/indifferent”
Lolo Lost, about 1 year ago

Ahh, Ms O’Brien, my name is Lolo, but thanks for answering the qs. i have a cpl more to follow from those answers of yours. again, thanks for getting online and answering, if you do.

1) when is the best time to quit something?
2) what is it in your gut that says to you that meeting certain ppl would not be of benefit?
3) have you ever read the outsider/the stranger by camus?
ian walton, about 1 year ago

I am tied up for the Saturday one, as i was for the Friday session just gone, dammit – i didn’t even see it til it had gone, i have been offline as it were for a while.
August penciled for sure.
Good work JO’B.
Kylie Reid, about 1 year ago

Hi Jo, thanks for organising this gathering. I’ll do my best to meet up with you on Sat 28th. I’ve been involved in an exhibition at Australia on Collins which is due to come down that day so I will be in the city. I’ll give you a call and see if I can meet up with you.
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

1) When you stop getting anything positive out of it.
2) I call it a gut feeling because I can’t explain it in language. I just know.
3) Neither. I rarely read. I watch people instead.
davoid, about 1 year ago

Thanks for the effort Jo.
Bryce, about 1 year ago

Hi Jo, I can’t make this catch up unfortunately, but I hope you guys have heaps of fun. Good on ya.
peter kelly, about 1 year ago

hello Jo,

cannot make Saturday ( unless there is yet another last minute change) have pencilled in 19th August and have a great time on Saturday

peter
Jo O'Brien, about 1 year ago

Sure thing Peter