IISAC2008 Reports!

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by spacezebra

What are Geoff and John doing.....?
Cheers Petra d.

LOL nice captures Petra.

Didn't they read the warning label that the tent is childproof?

[spacezebra (Petra)]

More Pics

A man and his van



and deals done out of the boot of a car!



Cheers Petra d.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Great event but one hell of a long trip. Thanks to Mike and all the volunteers for make the weekend worth the trip. Next time Mike, put in an order for clear skies. You must have connections. "mikesalway.com"

[sheeny (Al)]

A sequence of 3 shots of Ian and Luke (did I get that right?) skipping stones...

Sports mode let me capture the sequence at short notice but the continuous focus wasn't a good option (since focus changed as I panned)... hence the photos aren't that good but it's always good to see a dad and his son sharing some quality time. Skipping stones is important!

Al.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

A shot of me & gear, chomping dinner down waiting for the clouds to clear by Dig Dave. Thanks Dave

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

John and i were working up a thirst Petra

so i could get rid of all those "brown dwarfs" that i found in my trailer

geoff

[Jen]

Some nice pics coming in but hey im waiting for the funny stories who was the drunkest did anyone trip over there tent or go skinny dipping did anyone sleep in somone elses tent did u all watch the sun come up c'mon guys there has gotta be some stories to tell while the clouds were around

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

and by the look on Dave (h0ughy) in those shots Petra - a very good deal

what did he offload to YOUR Dave then ?

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Some pics from IISAC08....

What are Geoff and John doing.....?

Building a 10m truss?

[Dennis]

Ha – now that looks even funnier than those at the Qld Astrofest 2008 who were trying to get a dunny tent back into its original cover!

Cheers

Dennis

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

Dennis - those were pics from thursday
wait till you see fridays effort - if some horrible person is game to publish them

geoff

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

oh! - and we had a dunny tent experience - but no-one was quick enough to get it on film

just let me say that it was someone who should have had practice at it at Qld but took an awful long time to get it back in the bag

geoff

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

and by the look on Dave (h0ughy) in those shots Petra - a very good deal

what did he offload to YOUR Dave then ?

wisdom and advice - -what you don't believe that - OK i was showing him some nice gadgets

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

oh! - and we had a dunny tent experience - but no-one was quick enough to get it on film

just let me say that it was someone who should have had practice at it at Qld but took an awful long time to get it back in the bag

geoff

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Some nice pics coming in but hey im waiting for the funny stories who was the drunkest did anyone trip over there tent or go skinny dipping did anyone sleep in somone elses tent did u all watch the sun come up c'mon guys there has gotta be some stories to tell while the clouds were around

Jen this is a family forum, if you want to know what goes on you must attend IISAC.

BTW Mike Salway did make Mr February on the calender this year and he was showing everyone the page.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by RB

Jen this is a family forum, if you want to know what goes on you must attend IISAC.

BTW Mike Salway did make Mr February on the calender this year and he was showing everyone the page.

i think i was MR August

[RB (Andrew)]

Yes indeed, Houghy was Mr August !!!

Jen you have to attend the next one, LOL I'm sick of all these males in the calender.

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Some nice pics coming in but hey im waiting for the funny stories who was the drunkest did anyone trip over there tent or go skinny dipping did anyone sleep in somone elses tent did u all watch the sun come up c'mon guys there has gotta be some stories to tell while the clouds were around

I don't think it was that sort of party...

I think it was Friday night (I think). I was really tired for some reason and went to bed straight after dinner. We had a little tarp strung up on the western end of the palatial entertainment area. I had some truoble getting to sleep (or so I thought!) due to the wind... it sounded ferocious outside, and I was concerned for the safety of my scope and stuff...

Then I was awoken by this horrendous noise! I think I actually said something like "What the ... was that?" as I woke up. My initial thoughts were a tornado ripping through the campsite, then a run away vehicle running over a scope

It turned out to be Deeno opening the sliding door on his van...

Later the sound of the wild winds outside got the better of me and I got up and realised they weren't that bad. It was just that little tarp flapping in the breeze... so that was pulled down and packed up and I ended up visiting Deeno, Geoff, Fred and RB next door for a 3 hour chat...

Al.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by RB

Jen this is a family forum, if you want to know what goes on you must attend IISAC.

BTW Mike Salway did make Mr February on the calender this year and he was showing everyone the page.

lol RB ok if Mike was Mr February who was Mr June cause there is something there that is very small or was it just very cold LMAO
ok i hear Mr January is pretty hot im there next year

[Jen]

Originally Posted by sheeny

I don't think it was that sort of party...

OH bugger well im not coming next year then