I’m looking at going into Uilleann pipes, being a competent GHB player for a good while now… the problem is that I can’t find any information on makers or even tutors/players in my area. I live in Sydney, Australia… any other ozzie pipers help me out here?
Cheers 
There are a bunch of Oz Pipers on this forum, just hang out a while and somebody’ll be along shortly.
I was about to point out that afaik “Ausdag” is from Aussieland.
When i clicked submit my inet decided to lie on it’s back and play dead…
He’ll probably respond to this, else send him a PM.
Isn’t Ausdag in Indonesia at present ?
Look for Goldy on this forum. He’s in Canberra - not exactly on your doorstep but a lot closer than Jakarta!! He might also know some Sydney pipers.
Yep. Ausdag is from Aussieland. The ‘Aus’ stands for Australian and the ‘dag’ are the first two letters of my first name - David and the first letter of my surname - Goldsworthy and when it came out of the wash it turned out I had inadvertently described myself as an Australian sheep dropping (a ‘dag’ is what clings to sheeps bums (butts))
But yes, unfortunately I am at present living in Jakarta.
Thanks a million for that David, I just wet myself. 
Just what every Capt. Kirk wants - Klingons! 
djm
I’m in Sydney also. Good luck finding a tutor though.
I come from GHB background and moved into UPs a year ago.
Private message me if you want my phone number to have a chat about the “scene” or lack there of.
By the way Paddy Keenan will be here on the 22 March at the Harp Hotel in tempe. If you are keen to get into piping I recommend that you don’t miss it!
Hamish
Glad my diuretic qualities could be of assistance 
David,
We should let those from other places also know that a ‘dag’ can also be a term of endearment!
Jim
True…‘ya big dag’
… ummm, so you call people you are fond of “sheep Sh#t”? 
“Ye like dags?”
Seen Snatch? 
“Ice is hitting the outside of the enterprise”
Captain, someone is hailing us!
Hey!! Now you don’t have to chase the cat! -g
Irony plays a big part in Australian humour.
For example, Americans like to express their sarcasm by ending an expression with ‘…NOT!’ eg, Oh I’m so impressed…NOT!’ Australians don’t need to add ‘…NOT!’. We already know what the intented humour is.
Unfortunately that is changing among younger Australians who have lost that sense due to over exposure to American TV programming - you’ll here more and more adolescents expressing the ‘…NOT!!’ thing these days. I think the popularity of ‘Wayne’s World’ had a lot to do with it.
Terms of endearment are often based on such irony.
Cheers,
DavidG
Funny you say that ausdag (you ‘Dag’ 
). I must be one of the few ‘young adults’ to use the term irony. When I said a bit of a bad-sarcastic along the lines of “Oh, the Irony 
” (to have any meaning it needs to be in context with the rest of the conversation) joke my friends just looked at me rather blankly and said, “What does irony mean?”. The joke however bad it was then fell completly flat on its face at this point, while I tried to explain what irony ment.
My Grandfather is an American and he’s finding it difficult that the younger generation seem to be following another culture. One thing he has always liked about his new home is our humoures sarcasm, and our ability to laugh at our leaders and not only that the fact that they laugh along with us; sometimes (albeit) at their own stupidity. Anyway enough about culture and poltics.
Johnnyboi, PM me and I’ll pass you on some usefull contact details. There is a yearly ‘unnofficial’ pipers gathering at the Koroit Lake School that is normaly in the first week of February. However myself, Teflon and a few others on and off this board have been trying to get something going. Details of the upcomming event are normally announced around June and July. I’ll keep you posted. Might see you there.
Cheers L42B 
That’s true, however, I think most Australians don’t really know what irony is, or don’t identify it easily, because it’s such a natural part of our character that it doesn’t really stand out as being anything that needs to be labeled. It’s only when you pulled it apart that you see that it is a (decreasingly) prominent feature of ‘Aussie Humour’.
Anyway, lest I be accused of being off topic…
I like pipes, bellows are good for pumping pipes, reeds are real easy to make.
Cheers,
David
Captain Kirk!! Should’a seen the hail in Canberra last week. Was staying in a flat at the ANU and had to evacuate. Both sets of pipes had the equivalent of having a bucket of water thrown over them as the roof gave way to the deluge and the water started to cascade down the walls. All pipes are now dry and playing fine although some of the mamoth on the B set has cracked, dang!! Probably in Canberra for another few weeks.
Perhaps I shouldn’t worry, but yesterday I heard a report of a flight in Jakarta having crashed and among the victims were 8 Australians… Ausdag, you OK? 