QLD Astrofest 2014?

[Nino (John Peacock)]

Food should be better this year, there are new managers at Duckadang.

[OneCosmos (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Nino

Food should be better this year, there are new managers at Duckadang.

the new managers were already in place last year. Do you mean it has changed again already?

Chris

[LyraMoonstarer (Diane)]

Originally Posted by OneCosmos

the new managers were already in place last year. Do you mean it has changed again already?

Chris

Hi Chris,

Yes, these are NEW managers

[OneCosmos (Chris)]

Whohoo does that mean food is on the menu again

[LyraMoonstarer (Diane)]

Originally Posted by OneCosmos

Whohoo does that mean food is on the menu again

This is the menu we have received for the catered meals this year. The price has risen to $8.

Catered MealsLunch MenuDinner Menu12pm-1pm $8 each </SPAN>5pm-6pm $8 each </SPAN>Friday 18thCrumbed fish, chips and saladSpaghetti Bolognaise, salad and garlic breadSaturday 19thHomemade pie, wedges and saladCorned Beef and vegetablesSunday 20thHamburger and chipsChicken Stir-fry and noodlesMonday 21stLasagne and saladChicken Frittata with vegetablesTuesday 22ndMarinated Drumsticks and saladCurried Sausages and vegetablesWednesday 23rdMacaroni Cheese and saladSweet and Sour Chicken and riceThursday 24thApricot Chicken with RiceBeef Stroganoff with noodlesFriday 25thSavoury Mince with garlic breadChicken Curry with vegetablesSaturday 26thCottage Pie and salad AstroFeast: Roast Chicken or Corned Beef with vegies and Dessert

As with last year, there will be a list in the Kitchen to write your name on to ensure you get a meal for the next day.

[stanlite (Grady)]

Hey everyone I am thinking i might bring up a network switch and a spare computer I have and setting it up in the dinning room. that way if we install team-viewer on your imaging rig you could keep an eye on your setup while catching that 1 am cup of jo. Anyone interested in doing this ... would require some Ethernet cable (might set up a hub outside and just run one long cable into the dinning room). Anyone interested in joining me in this experiment???

[glenc (Glen)]

On Monday 21/7 I will take a talk called
Discovering Bright Southern Deep-Sky Objects.
It covers the 21 people that found 110 bright objects south of declination -20.

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

Hey Glen, until will you be at Astrofest? I'm arriving on Thursday arvo. Would be great to finally get to meet you,

JJJ, I had hoped to see you at IISAC last April. But, I'll take this coming Astrofest

I'll be doing a presentation on Gondwana Telescopes on Saturday 26 at 11am. It was looking to be the day before on the Friday, but a presenter for Saturday has had to pull out, and I've been slotted into their vacancy.

I've also arranged for one of my sketches to be offered as a prize in the raffle draw. Something very much out of the norm from the prizes that are offered,

I'm hoping to also do a sketching workshop on the Friday, and maybe a talk on Observing Tips. Final arrangements are being worked out with the event organizers. In the workshop I will go through the Mellish Technique I use for sketching DSO's at the eyepiece, and cover some lunar sketching too. In observing tips talk I'll cover human eye anatomy and how to make the most of our human eyes, a little on scopes and matching eyepieces, and 'tricks of the trade' to suck out every last photon. If you are new to using an astronomical telescope, you may find this a big help in reducing your learning curve. I'll modify this post with news of final arrangements when they are made.

Alex.

[geoffw89 (Geoff)]

Now that I'm seeing some of the presentations on offer I'm getting interested. I've been waiting to see a schedule and topic list so I can decide when to be there as I can't do the full camp. Has someone seen a schedule yet?

As someone new to the hobby I want to focus on specific topics and not overload on new detail. I live at Woodford so I'm wondering what the policy and costs are for a day tripper, or should I just book a camp site for those days, pending a schedule of course?

Cheers
Geoff

[h0ughy (David)]

given the changes at home this will be my last astrofest for a while.

[glenc (Glen)]

Geoff a day pass is $6.
http://www.qldastrofest.org.au/index.../60-day-passes

Lodging per night is
http://www.qldastrofest.org.au/index...ory/41-lodging

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

given the changes at home this will be my last astrofest for a while.

[geoffw89 (Geoff)]

Thank you Glen. So no schedule yet?

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by geoffw89

Thank you Glen. So no schedule yet?

Geoff,my suggestion to you is go for the last few days and take in the talks on the weekend plus the vendors and of course the Astrofeast and Astro awards plus the raffle prizes.
Seeing as you live so close why don't you go for a drive one of the early days and go just for a look see.
I am sure then you will get the best of both times.
Cheers

[geoffw89 (Geoff)]

Excellent advice Ron. Thank you.

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

given the changes at home this will be my last astrofest for a while.

That IS sad news... You may be a foreigner from southern climes but we've never turned you back at the border... yet!

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by firstlight

That IS sad news... You may be a foreigner from southern climes but we've never turned you back at the border... yet!

but NSWhave won this year

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

but NSWhave won this year

Won what?

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by firstlight

Won what?

bragging rights for a very short while

[acropolite (Phil)]

given the changes at home this will be my last astrofest for a while.

They may have to consider closing the event, Astrofest without h0ughy just wouldn't be the same....

Maybe you should just move to Qld Dave, you could move in to Ponders' garage.