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k mart is always busy bud - i dont knwo where these people get their money from, but its spend spend spend at kmart :)

i'm at kmart shops pretty much every night cos i go to the video ezy to hire dvd's to um... make backups of :huh: god bless the dvd unlimited plan. Its not that bad on a thursday night cos everyone goes elsewhere for late night shopping.

Nice place tho... there's a bottlo, cheap pizza, video shop, nando's and a coles. Everything you need for a good night in.

To get to burwood k-mart i have to drive past knox/police station. I dont want to increase my chances of being pulled over :cheers:

Glenny is a quiet drive down highstreet for me :P

haha, highstreet to springvale rd, springvale rd to burwood highway then to K-mart! :D:O

like funkymonkey said the shops there have everything you need.

But yeh, wherever is fine for me. We could just vote? Glenny or Burwood Kmart. Post your votes !!

hey guys - i will be going to the monash gym in the morning for cardio & at night for weights on mondays, wednesdays, fridays - and i willbe at the gym at either 10 or 11 am on sat and sunday - if you guys are around there, pop by - if you see 2 curry dudes standing beside their cars and having a chat - thatd probably be me and my mate (usually chill out after working out)

GW for the win guys....K-Mart car park is kinda ghey.

If we go during the week...or a sunday for example it will be fine for parking. Juts Fri/Sat nights are crapola.

However I will come regardless of the spot or date.

Lets get it going.

KJ

What about the carpark next to HappyCup?

The multi-level carpark is pack on Thursdays and it is not lowrider (low bodykit) friendly haha

Is that the train station parking?

That sounds like a better idea, although i wouldnt trust leaving my car there if we go eat at the shops.

The multi-level has security and lights, that happycup is a dark place next to train station :)

Although if we planning on cruising to sofia, then meet up at happy cup is fine.

Vote for multi level or happy cup.

Im happy with either :)

the thing is though, the first post hasn't been updated since before the happy cup idea :) . the lowrider thing is an issue i hadnt considered seeing as my car is at stock ride height and i have no probs getting in and out of the multilevel >_< . sooo, happy cup seems the way to go. also is the sofia's idea still good for everybody?

btw 1st post updated

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