Astrofest Happy Snaps

[jjjnettie]

:) Thought I'd share a few of the happy snaps I took during my 10 days at Astrofest.
Tony, Anne-Louise and Toliman
Graham, Paul and Dave (parts 1,2 and 3)
Gerald Sargent
Dave and Phil

[RB]

Hah great shots jjj !!
Looks like you guys had a great time.
Houghy and Paul look like they're in heaven.......:D

[jjjnettie]

Wes
Tony (that guy)
Terry Lovejoy
Renato
Phil Peter and Dave
Peter
Pete
and Peter

[jjjnettie]

Pat Pearl
Linda and Chris
Ground Zero
Jonathan the Inadequate
Jon and Bryan

[jjjnettie]

Mozzie getting a bit toey around the big dobs.
Peter's 30", Jon and Bryan's 20"ers.

[Suzy]

Really enjoyed seeing those snaps Nettie! :clap:
Thank you so much for taking them and sharing. :thanx:

Any more? :D

[renormalised]

Great shots JJJ....looks lie everyone had a great time of things:):)

Would've been good to be there:)

[strongmanmike]

Yeh great shots Nettie, seeing photos from a star party always makes me feel good, jealous if I wasn't there but good none the less :)

Mike

[Liz]

Fantastic shots jjj!! Great to see them, see some of the guys, and all that hugely expensive equipment. :eyepop:
The giant Dobs look like alien lifeforms. :help:
Good to see some blue sky and sunshine, though hear that the weather wasnt great all the time. :sadeyes:

[CometGuy]

Thanks for posting jjj. Was great to meet a lot of people in person!

Was a long way up to get to the eyepiece on that 30" Dob, but the views were well worth it :)

Got up there yesterday afternoon intending to do some astrophotography in the evening and comet sweep in the morning. Peter Marples asked me if I had enough dew prevention in place, to which I replied yes as I had never had a problem...unfortunately by 1am the corrector plate had fogged up..:mad2:..oh well next year.

Terry

[jjjnettie]

It was terrific to catch up with everyone.
But I'd also like to sincerely apologise to those I didn't say hello to and should have. I feel quite guilty about that.
I'll be posting more photo's soon.

[mozzie]

great shots jjj.elise wont let me have one of those big dobs,i think elise will come up next year and the inlaws will look after the boys.

long trip back but home safe!!!!!!!

doug's on his holidays at the moment and at moonee beach caravan park will catch up with him in a couple of days he's here for a week or so!!

[peter_4059]

Nice snaps JJJ. Thanks for sharing.

[Robbos30]

Hi JJJ,
Your pics of the big dobs are great. Just want to thankyou for the aaa battery you gave me for the 30's ( Voyager ) temperature gadge. You saved the day.I owe you one.
Cheers Peter.

[jjjnettie]

Yer welcome Peter.
Wish I could have spent some time having a look see. It's been years since I've looked through your scope. But I just don't "do" ladders any more.

[lacad01]

Thanks for posting, looks like good time was had by all :thumbsup:

[[1ponders]]

Hey Graeme, I think I know what's wrong with your images now. :D

Thanks for posting Nettie, it was great fun. Always is. Way too short though. I wonder if it could ever become a two week event :D:D:D:D:D

2011 and counting :cool:

[troypiggo]

Great shots - but those photos of Peter (peter_4059) scared me.

[Jen]

:thumbsup: Nice pics JJJ ;) Im soooo jealous wow those big banger scopes look amazing i would have hung around them all night like a bad smell :lol::lol:

[byronpaul]

Great shots .... thanks for posting !!!!

[acropolite]

My thoughts exactly, great snaps JJJ, lots of happy campers there, I'm still struggling to understand how time can go so quickly, perhaps there's a time warp at Duckadang :P .

[jjjnettie]

I'm just going to keep adding the rest of the pics I took. Apologies in advance for not putting names to faces and scope to owners.

[jjjnettie]

More pics.

[erick]

So one's name doesn't have to be Peter or Pete to go to Astrofest.......................... .......but it helps? :D


Nice happy snaps, Jeanette - everyone enjoying themselves under sunny skies!

[jjjnettie]

and more.....

[jjjnettie]

and lucky last.

[gary]

Hi JJJ,

Thanks for posting these great snapshots.

We had hoped to get up there again this year but unfortunately could not
make it. Hope everyone had a great time and we look forward to catching
up with our friends at Duckadang in the near future.

Best regards

Gary Kopff
Wildcard Innovations Pty Ltd

[jjjnettie]

No, not at all Eric. Just ask Dave and Dave and David. :lol:

[Liz]

Many thanks jjj!! I have really loved looking at all those pics - looking at the people (didnt know ayone except Trevor lurking with his camera!!), the gear and different setups, all the shower tents (wow, they are popular), tables and chairs, boxes with lots of goodies etc. :)

[Suzy]

Really enjoying the piccies Nettie, but I need names woman, give me names! :lol: All those scopes look so great, and the atmosphere, and the scenery and the people... thoroughly enjoyable. Many thanks. More?:question:

[Octane]

If I have enough leave, you can put my name down for attending next year. : )

H

[renormalised]

Fab piccies JJJ:):)

Would've been great to have been there!!:)


Any more snaps??:)

[AlexN]

We don't want to hear IF's Humi.. :) Figure it out and get up here!

[Quark]

A very nice photographic record of a very special and most enjoyable event Jeanette.

We had room in Bailey House and it was excellent as were the facilities. This region and surroundings are so very different to what we were used to in the very far west of NSW.

My wife and son really enjoyed wandering around down near the river and further up the road past the camp, looking for parrots and the local Kookaburras.

Certainly a most memorable event.

Regards
Trevor

[Louwai]

Looks like you pretty much covered the lot JJJ. The only additional picies I have are of the morning frost on my bike. :D

I was kinda hoping you didn't get the "shot" of me standing behind the 20". :( But that's life I guess. :lol:


B

[jjjnettie]

LOL How could I NOT post that pic Bryan. LOL

[mozzie]

did you see the look on my face jjj when the lx200 14" come out.i was jumping around like a little boy

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol:

[peter_4059]

Thanks for sharing the snaps JJJ, It is great to look back on what was an enjoyable week despite the weather (and power issues).

Pete.

[spacezebra]

Excellent JJJ

The pics are great and looks like a great time was had by all.

Congrats to the organisers and clubs in QLD.

Cheers Petra d.

[that_guy]

whend you take that pic of me jjj? :P

[erick]

When you weren't looking obviously :D Now we have a face!

[jjjnettie]

Tee hee.

[GTB_an_Owl]

I'm disappointed JJJ!

NOT ONE PIC OF ANYONE IN A FREEZER SUIT!

is this a conspiracy to make everyone believe it doesn't get cold up there? :lol: :lol: :lol:

geoff

[jjjnettie]

But Geoff, they only wear them at night, and I would have been risking life and limb setting off the flash.
You were well represented though. Lot's of snuggly warm peeps.