Nipclub Sekurity Report, Thursday, June 11, 2026, Late Shift
We were in Australia tonight for the historic gold rush! It’s a ye olde timey party with grainy, sepia-toned avatars. Harvey, K-Boi, and Pearl were here, as was chef and fashion designer Gator.
While spelunking near Lightning Ridge, prior to arriving, I discovered an opal, though no gold. Lightning Ridge produced the world’s best black opals. We were basically camping and having fun panning for bits of gold, and we had the best provisions.
Pearl made beautifully moist skillet brownies as our starter; sweet treats for the miners! Pearl mentioned she found one small opal some time ago.
Raven was lurking, and K-Boi mentioned horrendously windy weather where he is: 65 miles per hour winds! What? Pearl said that’s normal where she is. Whoa! That seemed like a hurricane to me.
Tiger Tommy, the NASCAR kitty, showed up! He’d been in the outback DJ booth and snuck out and surprised us. He’s filling in for Alfie tonight. Tiger Tommy played Australian bands like AC/DC, the Split Endz, and more. He’s usually here much earlier, so I rarely see him.
Pearls served some savories, such as Shepherd’s pie and sausage rolls. There was a delicious stew, too. Apparently, typical outback miner grub!
If this is what the miners were eating, then sign me up!
Mizz Bassie showed up just in time for our feast! Pearl showed us a cool, vintage advertisement from what looked like the 1950s that featured slices of Treat lunch meat with pineapple.
The colors and graphics were excellent. Treat is like Spam, but a unique brand; a Spam analogue. So we talked about Treat vs. Spam. Very exciting discussion!
Harvey’s human took a painting workshop, and he showed us a work in progress, a beautiful illustration of a frog prince. It looked like the artist used watercolor paints, and the vibrant colors included greens with purple and pink.
LATE NITE began with more Australian music!
Pearl served us some Aussie cheesecake jelly slices that were something new to a few of us. Its appearance was quite striking, featuring cookie crumbs at its foundation, cheesecake within, plus a vivid fruit gelatin layer crowning it.
It was superb!
Pearl and Mizz Bassie became too tired to stay any later, and then Raven left so it was the LATE LATE NITE crew, and I was behind the bar.
Moo arrived late, just in time for me to open a nice bottle of Australian Shiraz and pour 2 glasses as she sat at the bar.
LATE NITE turned into a music-sharing session again, with The Hu, Digeridoo music, Somelinez, etc. We listened to all kinds of cool music: throat singing, indigenous voices, heavy metal bagpipes, and shamisen!
Our fun was so great that we lost track of time and LATE NITE continued an hour later than planned.
I served mini Shepards pies, coffee and cognac for our nightcaps. The discussion and listening were rewarding, as we all learned some new musical influences.
Until next week!
Slinky_the_Cat, NipClub Sekurity
The Anipal Times 