[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

Just checking in to say g'day from sunny and cold Parkes after going to the David Malin Awards dinner last night.

I don 't remember all the winners and HM's but i'll try and re-cap what I can:

Overall Winner - Jason Jennings (jase) with his brilliant Rho Ophiucus mosaic
Deep Sky Winner - Jason Jennings (jase) with the same shot
Widefield Winner - I think it was Phil Hart but I can't remember what shot it was (he won so many I lost track!)
Widefield Solar System Winner - Vincent Miu (cookie8) with his Crescent Moon and Pleiades shot
High-res Solar System Winner - Anthony Wesley (bird) with his Jupiter impact series
Innovation Winner - Peter Ward with his Ayers Rock Mars shot
Animation Winner - Phil Hart with his 12 apostles animation

I think that was all of them.

The Deep Space was the most highly contested category, with 81 entries! Trying to whittle that down to 6 honourable mentions and 1 winner was very difficult I'm sure!

It was a very well run competition and awards night, and big thanks to John Sarkissian, the CWAS and David Malin for another excellent event.

The family and I went out to "The Dish" this morning, and met up with a few other IIS'ers and award winners. We were lucky enough to have John give us a personal guided tour through the control rooms inside the Dish. An amazing experience.

Will have some photos to show soon, I'm sure others will add their photos and recounts too.

Cheers