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Due to the interests and request from our members of the workshop and excursion on Stockton Beach, Sand dunes, The Sygna, The Tin City last week end, at Nelson Bay, Anna Bay and surrounded beaches.

A workshop & excursion will be held in late of August or the October long weekend.
Which date do you prefer?

My choice would be end of August - we already missed Stockton Beach meeting in July, so I cant wait 'till end of September!

Hlop wrote:My choice would be end of August - we already missed Stockton Beach meeting in July, so I cant wait 'till end of September!

Put your vote in and don't pull out at the last minutes

Birddog114 wrote:
Put your vote in and don't pull out at the last minutes

I voted already but last minute pulling out is my way End of September is just more risky for being pulled out for me and this is another reason why I'm voting for August

I voted for end of August since I'd prefer that, but I'm also happy with the Long Weekend

I'm not so sure all you Sydney people would like the Long Weekend traffic between Sydney & Newcastle

Right, let me talk to Sam, because she would like to come too.

I reckon the end of August at the moment too. I'll get back to you.

August is good time, not too crowded up there and accomodation is also affordable.
Few spot of accomodations are around the area, mainly caravan parks or cabins are economical.

I'm interested - I'd need a spot in a 4WD.

I voted end of August.

End of August sounds about right for me. Can I bring a fishing rod?

I'll be O.S. so I can only go at the later date. I'll bring the same 4WD if it is the later date. Room for 7, but two people will be uncomfortable

Heath Bennett wrote:I'll be O.S. so I can only go at the later date. I'll bring the same 4WD if it is the later date. Room for 7, but two people will be uncomfortable

HB,
So when you'll be OS? and how long?
We need your truck your skills and talents.

Thanks Birdie I think you would be missed more however - if Gary is the father of this site, you are its soul.

Will be gone for 3 weeks. Mauritius, France, Italy and Switzerland. August 23rd to the 12th of September. It is for work, but time for pleasure too hopefully.

Heath Bennett wrote:Thanks Birdie I think you would be missed more however - if Gary is the father of this site, you are its soul.

Will be gone for 3 weeks. Mauritius, France, Italy and Switzerland. August 23rd to the 12th of September. It is for work, but time for pleasure too hopefully.

Then we won't be able to see you again at the end of Sept. or say October Long weekend.
Take care & have fun on the trip and report on your return. I might have another workshop in the area during that time, it depends on the demand of members.

As tempting as this is Birdie, I'll have to give it a miss - maybe later in the year, or early next

I have no doubt this will become one of the favourite destinations of our group

Hmmmm. 4WDs may be a problem for this. I DEFINITELY want to go, but if we have problems getting spots I will not take a spot from someone who hasn't been before.

Or we may put it off untill October long Weekend.
Or charter a 4WD from local 4WD tours

Heath Bennett wrote:Thanks Birdie I think you would be missed more however - if Gary is the father of this site, you are its soul.

Will be gone for 3 weeks. Mauritius, France, Italy and Switzerland. August 23rd to the 12th of September. It is for work, but time for pleasure too hopefully.

Well, just to confsue matters, Lindy and I are hoping to be OS from Sept 22 till about Oct 15, so if we're going to come to this, August would be the more suitable timing there.

gstark wrote:

Heath Bennett wrote:Thanks Birdie I think you would be missed more however - if Gary is the father of this site, you are its soul.

Will be gone for 3 weeks. Mauritius, France, Italy and Switzerland. August 23rd to the 12th of September. It is for work, but time for pleasure too hopefully.

Well, just to confsue matters, Lindy and I are hoping to be OS from Sept 22 till about Oct 15, so if we're going to come to this, August would be the more suitable timing there.

So Leigh can have your SLK for few weeks! make sure he does the good clean, wash & wax same as fill up the tank prior to your arrival

Hi Birddog,

had a great time at the last one, so I'm interested in going in August if it is on. If 4WD is a problem, I won't go on the beach but would still attend the mini-meet in the morning. That way, those that have not been on Stockton beach before can have a spot. I would then go to Tomaree and get some pics there instead. There should be some nice panoramas at the top and also the old WWII bunkers.

We should try to plan it for low tide so that we can get closer to the Signa. On Aug 20th, there is quite a low tide(0.29) at 14:18. On the 27th, low tide is at 7:36am and at 0.63m. As a comparaison, when we were there a few weekends ago, it wasn't quite low tide (two hours to go) and it was scheduled to be 0.63 as well.

Cheers,

Radar.

AW is now gone, I'm going to revise this thread for the meet at the end of August, say 27/08/05 at the following locations:

Boat Harbour, Anna Bay, Stockton Beach, Nelson Bay.

Highlight:

- Sand dunes at Stockton beach, the Sygna, The Tin City.
- Sunrise & Sunset shooting.

If any member is interested, pls. reply to this thread, same as other members who are interested with replied in previously days.

Birdie - I wish I could be there. Hope you have lots of fun and get great pics. A pity, I would have really enjoyed sunrise/sunset there.

Birddog,

We are interested! And we want to go! And 27/08/05 is seems to be good to us. And I'll tell you more - I'll try to do my best to not to pull ourselves out at the last moment

Hlop wrote:Birddog,

We are interested! And we want to go! And 27/08/05 is seems to be good to us. And I'll tell you more - I'll try to do my best to not to pull ourselves out at the last moment

Thanks Hilop! I hope we will meet you at this time

Birddog114 wrote:

gstark wrote:

Heath Bennett wrote:Thanks Birdie I think you would be missed more however - if Gary is the father of this site, you are its soul.

Will be gone for 3 weeks. Mauritius, France, Italy and Switzerland. August 23rd to the 12th of September. It is for work, but time for pleasure too hopefully.

Well, just to confsue matters, Lindy and I are hoping to be OS from Sept 22 till about Oct 15, so if we're going to come to this, August would be the more suitable timing there.

So Leigh can have your SLK for few weeks! make sure he does the good clean, wash & wax same as fill up the tank prior to your arrival

If it isn't kept nicely he'll never get it again!

27/8 is fine by me. Who else is interested? Having been once I can assure you there are lots of interesting spots for a pic.

stubbsy wrote:27/8 is fine by me. Who else is interested? Having been once I can assure you there are lots of interesting spots for a pic.

We may be able to come up for the day but I'm working (and I think Bel is too) on the Sunday. Btw stubbsy - your jacket is very warm

Geoff wrote:

stubbsy wrote:27/8 is fine by me. Who else is interested? Having been once I can assure you there are lots of interesting spots for a pic.

We may be able to come up for the day but I'm working (and I think Bel is too) on the Sunday. Btw stubbsy - your jacket is very warm

Would be great if you guys could make it. Glad you're enjoying the jacket. Of course this means you'd better avoid the meet next Saturday as I'll be there

hmmm, damn it! Bel is working on the Saturday, however I might do an early morning drive up there and spend the day up there....anyone else just doing the day trip thing?

Yeah I'm in on this one.
Sam and I will probably only do the day trip too. Get the train up to Newcastle and go from there. It is near Newcastle isn't it?

rokkstar wrote:Yeah I'm in on this one.
Sam and I will probably only do the day trip too. Get the train up to Newcastle and go from there. It is near Newcastle isn't it?

Sydney - Newcastle by train is approx. 2.1/2 hours
From Newcastle to Nelson Bay by bus approx. 1 hour
From Nelson Bay to Anna Bay 20 min. by bus.

You might tag along with Geoff and share the seats on his car.

We will leave the base at Boat Harbour at 10:00 - 11:00am for Stockton Beach.

We will do the sunset this time as we (I Peter) have found few good spots for it same as opportunity to do pano as well.

rokkstar wrote:Yeah I'm in on this one.
Sam and I will probably only do the day trip too. Get the train up to Newcastle and go from there. It is near Newcastle isn't it?

If you end up catching the train I can pick you up and drive you up to Boat Harbour. I have room for 4 passengers

stubbsy wrote:

rokkstar wrote:Yeah I'm in on this one.
Sam and I will probably only do the day trip too. Get the train up to Newcastle and go from there. It is near Newcastle isn't it?

If you end up catching the train I can pick you up and drive you up to Boat Harbour. I have room for 4 passengers

But then in the evening, they should walk back to NC train station from Boat Harbour

Birddog114 wrote:

stubbsy wrote:

rokkstar wrote:Yeah I'm in on this one.
Sam and I will probably only do the day trip too. Get the train up to Newcastle and go from there. It is near Newcastle isn't it?

If you end up catching the train I can pick you up and drive you up to Boat Harbour. I have room for 4 passengers

But then in the evening, they should walk back to NC train station from Boat Harbour

Or they could swim...

Birddog114 wrote:

stubbsy wrote:

rokkstar wrote:Yeah I'm in on this one.
Sam and I will probably only do the day trip too. Get the train up to Newcastle and go from there. It is near Newcastle isn't it?

If you end up catching the train I can pick you up and drive you up to Boat Harbour. I have room for 4 passengers

But then in the evening, they should walk back to NC train station from Boat Harbour

Nah. Just means I wouldn't overnight at Boat Harbour.

What time is the last train from NC to Sydney?
If we do sunset shooting, It might be too late for them to go back NC and jump on the train to Sydney.

Birddog114 wrote:What time is the last train from NC to Sydney?
If we do sunset shooting, It might be too late for them to go back NC and jump on the train to Sydney.

Birddog - Newcastle is a BIG city . Last train to Central from Newcastle on a weekend departs Broadmeadow at 9:30pm and arrives Central at 12:14. AN Off Peak adult return ticket costs $21.00

stubbsy wrote:

Birddog114 wrote:What time is the last train from NC to Sydney?
If we do sunset shooting, It might be too late for them to go back NC and jump on the train to Sydney.

Birddog - Newcastle is a BIG city . Last train to Central from Newcastle on a weekend departs Broadmeadow at 9:30pm and arrives Central at 12:14. AN Off Peak adult return ticket costs $21.00

Yes, I know NC is a BIG CITY in a small town as the TIN CITY
So if we do this way, then no one will stay back and enjoying dinner in the Bay or doing the sunrise on Sunday morning over the Stockton beach.

Thanks for the offer Peter.
Just spoken to Sam and she is thinking we might stay the night somewhere. Not sure what everyone else is up to that night, but it would mean we could have a few drinks and some din dins.

rokkstar wrote:Thanks for the offer Peter.
Just spoken to Sam and she is thinking we might stay the night somewhere. Not sure what everyone else is up to that night, but it would mean we could have a few drinks and some din dins.

Matt,
That's a brilliant ideas! we might doing night shooting on the marina and some surround areas after dinner, have a hot cup of coffee at Gloria Jeans and relaxing.
Anyone would like to do the sunset cruise with dinner? and how many people intent to overnight?

Matt (& Sam) & birddog

Overnight is best. The train offer still stands. Roll on the 27th.

Cool and the gang.

What happened last time? Can anyone recommend a cheap hotel?

Pls. note:
Whatever means, we need to gathering at my sub-base no later than 9:30am on Saturday 27/08/05.
And we will start at 11:00am to the sand dunes.

rokkstar wrote:Cool and the gang.

What happened last time? Can anyone recommend a cheap hotel?

Couple motel and caravan parks next to my sub-base, and last time sheepie stayed at the caravan park next to the beach.

Here's last time sheepie stayed:

Birubi Beach Caravan Park
Address: 37 James Patterson St
Town/Region: Anna Bay
Post Code: 2316
State: New South Wales
Country: Australia
Phone: (02) 4982 1263
Fax: (02) 4982 1266
Email: birubibeach1@bigpond.com

or this:

One Mile Beach Holiday Park
Gan Gan Road
Anna Bay NSW 2301
Australia

Tel: +61 (02) 49821112
Fax: +61 (02) 49822832
Email Address: ombhp@bmr.net.au
Web Site: http://www.onemilebeach.com/

rokkstar wrote:few drinks and some din dins.

Matt, I would just like to point out your excellent use of the best word/s in the english language - din dins. So aussie, so good.

Heath Bennett wrote:

rokkstar wrote:few drinks and some din dins.

Matt, I would just like to point out your excellent use of the best word/s in the english language - din dins. So aussie, so good.

One small problem Heath - Matt's a pommie

Birddog114 wrote:Pls. note:
Whatever means, we need to gathering at my sub-base no later than 9:30am on Saturday 27/08/05.
And we will start at 11:00am to the sand dunes.

There's a train from Central at 5:52 am arriving Broadmeadow at 8.39am and one at 7:21 arriving 9:46 am.

stubbsy wrote:

Birddog114 wrote:Pls. note:
Whatever means, we need to gathering at my sub-base no later than 9:30am on Saturday 27/08/05.
And we will start at 11:00am to the sand dunes.

There's a train from Central at 5:52 am arriving Broadmeadow at 8.39am and one at 7:21 arriving 9:46 am.

No, they'll fly in with first flight to NC Airport

I don't think Matt + Sam will get to the Central Station at 5:52am nor at 7:21am.

The only way is fly to NC.

Damn - now that I think of it Peter - you are absolutely right!!!