Hi all
I don't have time to write a full report of my family's experience at BSG yet, but I will take the time in the next few days to post some pictures.
Thanks to the ASAW and the BSG organising committee for a fantastically planned and executed event. It's a shame the weather didn't co-operate but that's the hobby we persist with
The facilities were first class (for a star party!) and made the weekend more enjoyable. The walk down to the dam
looked close, but I swear it's about 1.5km each way! The water appears to recede before your very eyes
The Cosmodome was great! The cabins were excellent. Disc golf was fun!
Many thanks to the sponsors who donated great prizes for the competition - especially to Bintel, Mogg Adapters and Camera House. My wife Kate was fortunate enough to win the 10" Lightbridge in the door prize! We're very excited.. she said she'll let me use it occassionally
But I think she needs some cold weather training before she's ready to use it
It's gotten me excited to do some visual observing again, since the 12" on EQ6 isn't really setup for comfortable visual use.
It was great meeting new friends and catching up with old ones again. Great to put a face to the names i've seen on the forums, including Rob_K, Leon, JohnG, tempestwizz and more.
Unfortunately I came down with the flu on the Friday and felt like crap on Saturday night, so I couldn't spend the time socialising with everyone. The flu stuck with me for the whole time down in Bright too and is only now starting to leave me.. just in time to go back to work on Monday.
Thanks again to Dave, Petra, John and Anna especially. Always a pleasure in your company. Also to Rod and his family, Gary and Mai, Roger and Anthony from Bintel, Geoff (owl and starkler) and of course everyone else I've forgotten.
Good luck with the next event and I'm sure it will be just as successful.