spsp 2009

[mozzie]

hi all i was on spsp web site and rego is open looking forward to going and catching up with old friends and putting faces to new members it will be cold being in may:whistle::whistle: this year.who in ice in space is going this year
mozzie

[iceman]

I'll be there! It's going to be cold! Geoff will make a killing on freezer suits this year ;)

[GTB_an_Owl]

i hope so Mike

might be a good idea to purchase early folks - well before SPSP

geoff

[okiscopey]

Izagoin!

[csastro25]

Hi Everyone

I will be going and hopefully we have great skies like last time.. Ohh will be freezing:sadeyes: and i will bring my warmies...:D

Hope to see everyone again there..

;)

claude

[Inmykombi]

Deal me in folks.

Maybe I need a better / warmer tent this year. brrrrrrrrr.

Geoffro.

[Rodstar]

I'll be there. Extra undies for the head this year.

[GTB_an_Owl]

i must order in some more balaclava's Rod :whistle: :lol:

i mean - the undies will do the job - you have proven that

just not sure about the look :thumbsup:

geoff

[mozzie]

the wife knitted a nice long wide scarff ill be bringing that
mozzie

[xstream]

Anna and I will be there!

[Rodstar]

The question is....what will I end up buying this year (apart from balaclavas)?

Last year I walked away with $200 worth of books which was unplanned. I may have to haggle a bargain with Michael Chaytor this year on a filter or maybe even an eyepiece....

[Wavytone]

... for a day.

I won't stay overnight.

[spacezebra]

May is going to be a busy month.

Coona and SPSP back to back:eyepop: Hopefully I can fit both in. It will be good to catch up with a lot of friends.

Cheers Petra d.

[mozzie]

booked and paid for me and a mate yesterday really looking forward to going coming down a day earlier this year to give some of the organizers a hand (many hands make light work):):Dand a pleasure to help out
lets hope for clear skies mozzie

[shahgazer]

Hi Guys,

Need an opinion. The SPSP will start on 22-24 May. So if I take a flight from Kuala Lumpur, and touchdown at Sydney on the 21st, will it be ok? Reading through the detail descriptions on the SPSP website, it should be about a 3-hour drive from Sydney, right?

Should I camped out in the field? and what are the things I should prepare for that? Or would it be better off for me to stay at the nearest motel? Would I be missing anything good during the daytime, if I were to stay away from the camp site?

I will probably bring along my Mallincam Hyper and a lense, for wide-angle video. Is there power supply to recharged batteries at the site?

Flying back to Kuala Lumpur on the 25th (monday). Any suggestions for interesting places I should go before I leave? ;)

Missed the last 2 SPSP, this year is probably my best chance to go! Managed to dragged along a friend of mine. :whistle: My first time going down under, so not that confident of coming in alone.

I have some friends studying in Wollongong, and will probably dropped by there first. Is it far from Wiruna?

Will start to book my flight ticket once all the details is being clear out. Really really hopefull, I can finally join in the fun with you guys in Australia! :prey:

...then 2 months later... Hangzhou, China for the eclipse! :D

busy busy year.. :2thumbs:

[madwayne]

Hi Shah

I have only attended one SPSP (last year) and it was fantastic. You need to remember that there is a no vehicle movement on the property after dark policy in place, or at least there was last year. Which will mean walking down to the front gate in the dark. Last year I was up at the top house imaging and staying off site so I was tracking in the dark with red torch in hand. Bl**dy goats made me jump 10 feet when they moved around on one of the nights :lol:.

Off site I stayed at The Fairway Motel at a nearby town named Kandos. It is about 20 or 30 minute drive back to the motel but it is a very clean, neat and tidy country motel with a very friendly owner.

Wollongong is a city about an hours drive south of Sydney. Wiruna is a good 3 to 3.5 hour drive from Sydney West through the Blue Mountains then North from Lithgow on the road to Mudgee, turning off at Ilford. The event is very well sign posted and the organisers do such a fantastic job in organising and running the event :thumbsup:. You could go from Wollongong up to Campbelltown and then across to Penrith the Great Western Highway, it would be a good hour or more longer from Wollongong to Wiruna.

I can't think of public transport options to get you to/from SPSP, certainly a train service runs from Sydney to Wollongong and back. A hire car might be your best option, in my opinion.

As others have said it will be cold at Wiruna in May. Expect the nights to get down near zero, but the days should be nice in the high teens or low 20s or there abouts.

Good luck with your decision and hopefully this year the weather will be as good as last year.

Regards
Wayne

[okiscopey]

Hello Shagazer, I've sent you a PM.

[Barrykgerdes]

I am booked in

Barry

[toryglen-boy]

count me in ...

i here some people saying its gonna be cold ... but this is Oz, and its never cold compared to Scotland !!

so we gonna get drunk there or what?

;)

[RB]

Man I really want to make it this year !
I'm hoping to be there.

BTW guys, will we get some glow in the dark name tags made up to put on the back of our freezer suits? :whistle:

[RayOfLight]

Hi everyone,

Been thinking in and out on this star party, and the thought that it gets cold in the night, has it ever gone below -6 deg Celcius? What are the freezer suits like? Snow boots advised? Also, how about dew issues?

Thanks,
Remus

[GTB_an_Owl]

Must look into that RB

anyone know of something we could use ?

geoff

[GTB_an_Owl]

RayofLight

there are two kinds of people that go to SPSP
the ones with freezer suits - and the cold ones

some sort of snow boot or my Husky Boots are a good thing

being a month later this year you can expect it to be much colder than last year
i slept in my suit last year and the year before

A WORD OF WARNING TO THE WISE - if you want a freezer suit - don't wait till SPSP - order it now - i won't be taking a lot of stock this year (unless i win the lottery)

geoff

[CoolhandJo]

I am booked to go (even got a Campervan secured). Bringing mates and 9 year olds as well!