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The Forge, 149 Boundary Street, Townsville (2026)

23/08/2026

Hey Brother...

Yes, you...

The one whose been reading our posts but hasn't reached out.

The one whose been thinking about coming to circle but just... hasn't

The one who keeps thinking "Maybe I should"... then doesn't.

This invitation is for you.

This coming Wednesday (26th August), the men of The Forge will be heading down to the Strand for a feed and some brotherhood level connection.

No circle.
No deep work.
Just dudes having a feed and talking about life.

So, if you've been thinking "maybe"?
Or if you've wondered "What do these blokes actually do"?
This is a great, informal opportunity to meet some of the men who have been a part of this phenomenal brotherhood for a while. Some for a few months.
Some for a few years.
All of them with stories of change that are guaranteed to inspire you.

No strings attached.

📍Where: Down by the rock pool at the kissing point end of the strand (great big park there for the kids to play)

📅 When: 5:30pm this Wednesday (26th August)

🔥 Who/What/Why: Men of The Forge, any man out there who is curious. Partners and children welcome.
BYO food and beverages (non-alcoholic as this is a family event). We usually just grab some burgers and chips and meet at the designated area.

Any questions feel free to comment or shoot a DM

P.s. The Forge takes no responsibility for said social gathering looking like the posted Viking feast....

19/08/2026

Men of Townsville…

🔥 The Forge Men’s Circle is on!

📆 Wednesday 19th August

⏰ 6:30pm

📍 149 Boundary st, South Townsville (next to the fish and chip shop)

💰 Free to all men

Step into brotherhood.
Step into a new way of being.
Step into fear
Step into possibilities

Whatever your ready to step into, The Forge is ready to step alongside you 🔥

Ps… bonus points for anyone who can name this handshake… IYKYK 🔥👊

09/08/2026

You can move from relationship to relationship, hoping this time it’ll be different.

But unless you’ve done the inner work, the only thing that changes is the face.

Different person.
Same patterns.
Same wounds.
Same unmet needs.
Same cycle—on repeat.

Ever notice how you keep ending up in the same dynamics, no matter who you’re with?

Or how your relationship starts to mirror the dysfunction you witnessed growing up?

That’s not a coincidence.
That’s programming.

We unconsciously recreate what’s familiar—even when it hurts—because it’s what our nervous system knows.

We’ll choose a familiar hell over an unfamiliar heaven—until we become self-aware.

Until you become aware of your patterns and start doing the inner work to rewire them, you’ll keep repeating the same relationship—just with a different person playing a different role in the same story.

So what is inner work, really?

It’s slowing down enough to reflect.

It’s getting curious about the beliefs, behaviours, and coping mechanisms you picked up in childhood that are still running the show.

It’s feeling the emotions you’ve buried instead of projecting them.

It’s learning to regulate your nervous system, shift old narratives, and respond instead of reacting.

It’s choosing awareness over autopilot, and healing over familiar chaos.

It’s softening the armour you’ve built to survive and letting yourself be seen — even when it feels vulnerable.

It’s taking responsibility for your patterns, without shame — but with deep accountability for how you show up, especially in relationships.

You can’t outrun yourself.
Wherever you go—there you are...

Join us at 149 Boundary St, South Townsville
Every second Wednesday
6:30pm

Proudly sponsored by Maritime Union of Australia - QLD Branch

04/08/2026

Men of Townsville…

🔥 The Forge Men’s Circle is on!

📆 Wednesday 5th August

⏰ 6:30pm

📍 149 Boundary st, South Townsville (next to the fish and chip shop)

💰 Free to all men

Step into brotherhood.
Step into a new way of being.
Step into fear
Step into possibilities

Whatever your ready to step into, The Forge is ready to step alongside you 🔥

31/07/2026

THE JOURNEY WITHIN...

Serious question, how much do you actually know about yourself? Seems like a no brainer right?

What if I told you there is a big difference between knowing your own history and knowing who the f*uck you actually are.

Many men might answer with their name. A name GIVEN to them at birth that they have claimed as their own after a lifetime of repetition.

Other men might answer with their career. I am an electrician. I am a chippy. An underwater basket weaver.

A few men may even summarise who they are with a collection of noun and adjectives. A dad. A husband. A good bloke. An as***le.

But seriously, is that it?

Are we nothing more than our names, jobs or positions in life?

What if I told you that you had layers of depth that would absolutely baffle you?

What if I told you there are parts of you that you are completely, and utterly unaware of?

Shadows that we hide, deny and repress from others... and oftentimes ourselves....

Shadows that drive our behaviour unconsciously...

Do you know WHY you believe the things you believe about life? About s*x, women relationships?
About money, wealth, status?
About work, manhood and mateship?

I have no doubt you understand WHAT those beliefs are, but do you know WHY you hold them?

If I told you that by understanding the why, you're entire world perception would change... Would you call me a liar?

Or would you hear the call I'm making and step into the invitation I'm extending?

👊🙏

The Forge Men's Circles
Next circle this Wednesday (5th August)
6:20 PM
All men welcome

Proudly sponsored by Maritime Union of Australia - QLD Branch

22/07/2026

Due to complaints to the HR department, we will not be dining in Hell tonight.

In place of Hell dining we will be forging men of integrity in The Forges Men’s Circles.

6:20pm
149 Boundary St, South Townsville (next to the fish and chip shop)

Proudly sponsored by Maritime Union of Australia - QLD Branch

17/07/2026

FORGE:

1. (Verb)
To make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it

2. (Noun)
A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.
A furnace for melting or refining metal.
A workshop or factory containing a furnace for melting metal.

3. (Verb)
To create (something) strong, enduring, or successful

MASCULINITY:

1. (Noun)
The characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of or suitable for men

It's been a red hot minute Townsville, but we are back.

For those that follow us, you may have recognised a noticeable period of silence. That period of time has been far from silent for us.

That period of time has been one of discomfort. Of hard decisions. And of growth.

For those that follow us, it will be painfully obvious that we have a new name. A new logo. A new beginning.

The Forge was a name decided on by our regular men. Men who understand the uncomfortable process of refinement a man undergoes when he decides to level up.

The process of forging oneself into a new way of being involves being challenged. Being tested. Being held to the flame and shaped into the man one wishes to be.

This brotherhood is for men who know there is more to life, but don't know what that looks like or how to reach it.

This brotherhood is for men who are prepared to get real and raw about their lives, so it can be forged into something stronger.

This brotherhood is for men who are ready to be held accountable by their brothers, and to hold their brothers accountable.

No fluff.
No hiding.
No half measures.

Just raw truth and men supporting men.

The Forge... Forging men of integrity.

Every second Wednesday
6:20 pm
149 Boundary St, South Townsville

Proudly sponsored by Maritime Union of Australia - QLD Branch

29/03/2026

CHECK IN...

Checking in means different things to different people. To me, it is a system whereby I am checking in with myself to determine my TRUE core emotion and what's driving thats emotion.

As a man, I used to be completely emotionally unaware. I had no idea what I was TRULY feeling because I had never learned what different emotions TRULY felt like. Where they lived in my body. How they drove my behaviours.

You may have seen those overblown psychology charts that show dozens, if not hundreds, of emotions. No wonder people are confused.

Instead, in mens work we generally like to break it down to 4 core emotions...

Joy, Sad, Mad and fear. All other emotions can generally be traced back to a derivative of one of these core emotions.

On the outside of those emotions we have shame and guilt. Guilt is the belief I have done something wrong. Shame is the belief that I AM something wrong, or that something is wrong with me. But if we scratch beneath the surface, we can usually trace shame or guilt to an unresolved core emotion.

In every mens circle I have ever sat in, we start with a check in...What is the core emotion I am feeling, and what is the event in my life thats driving that emotion?

Speaking generally, very few men check in with their emotions and even fewer are ever afforded a platform to voice it without fear of judgement or persecution... and in my judgement, thats why mens circles are vital for the personal and emotional growth for men.

Are you ready to check in?

Join us every Tuesday night
6:20pm
149 boundary st, South Townsville

Proudly sponsored by Maritime Union of Australia - QLD Branch

02/03/2026

MENS INITIATION IN MODERN SOCIETY IS DEAD

You won’t find your initiation in a new car, another $10k sale, or a weekend away with the boys.

You might be able to quiet the noise for a moment, but it only comes back louder.
THE TRUTH.
It's a distraction.
Its avoidance wrapped up in achievement.
It's the boy trying to bypass the deep work required to become a man.

Brother, you came here to die.
Not just once. But again and again.
To be initiated through every season of life until your final breath.

But instead of crossing those thresholds, most men are still trying to fix themselves.
- Hack the pain.
- Control the KPI's.
- Find a more comfortable way through.

There isn’t one.

Initiation doesn’t happen in therapy.
It doesn’t happen in your journal.
And it sure as hell doesn’t happen by accident.

It happens when you step willingly into discomfort.
When you leave behind your safety, your coping, your certainty, and face what’s actually in the way.

🛑 Real talk 🛑

The man who won’t face his grief develops “anger issues” and explodes at his partner, then promises to never do it again, until he does.

The man who hasn’t been initiated numbs out on p**n and then wonders why s*x feels hollow and sabotages every relationship he has slowly isolating himself until he has no one.

The man who won’t surrender control becomes a slave to the illusion of success; no number in the bank account, no amount of impact in the world will ever be enough.

Eventually… life will initiate you.
Through loss.
Through heartbreak.
Through a health scare, a collapse, or a breakdown.

Or… you can choose to initiate yourself before that happens.

Join us every Tuesday evening.

- 6:20pm
- 149 Boundary St, South Townsville (next to the fish and chip shop)
All men welcome!

17/02/2026

THE JOURNEY WITHIN...

Serious question, how much do you actually know about yourself? Seems like a no brainer right?

What if I told you there is a big difference between knowing your own history and knowing who you REALLY are.

Many men might answer with their name. A name GIVEN to them at birth that they have claimed as their own after a lifetime of repetition.

Other men might answer with their career. I am an electrician. I am a chippy. An underwater basket weaver.

A few men may even summarise who they are with a collection of noun and adjectives. A dad. A husband. A good bloke. A jerk.

But seriously, is that it?

Are we nothing more than our names, jobs or positions in life?

What if I told you that you had layers of depth that would absolutely baffle you?

What if I told you there are parts of you that you are completely, and utterly unaware of?

Shadows that we hide, deny and repress from others... and oftentimes ourselves....

Shadows that drive our behaviour unconsciously...

Do you know WHY you believe the things you believe about life? About s*x, women relationships?
About money, wealth, status?
About work, manhood and mateship?

I have no doubt you understand WHAT those beliefs are, but do you know WHY you hold them?

If I told you that by understanding the why, you're entire world perception would change... Would you call me a liar?

Or would you hear the call I'm making and step into the invitation I'm extending?

Join us...
- Every Tuesday night at 6:20pm
- 149 Boundary St, South Townsville (next to the fish and chip shop)

Proudly sponsored by Maritime Union of Australia - QLD Branch

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