Barambah Spring Camp: 18/9 - 21/9

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

Oh Jeanettes brownies are famous at astrocamps. The only problem is you end up coming away a couple of kg heavier than when you arrived. Strange how a small amount of choc can add up to multiple kilos.

I prefer mine without the icing, less calories.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I can see a Sticky Date Pudding with hot Caramel Fudge Sauce/Choc Fudge Brownie cook off coming up one year. Now that I've found my receipe again.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by toryglen-boy

And i would, if only Canberra wasnt so far away from everything !!

i am sure you guys will have a great time.

Duncan we would love to have your presents at one of our astrocamps, we would make you extremely welcome
Save up some money and join us for the next one in the first quarter of next year

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Duncan we would love to have your presents at one of our astrocamps, we would make you extremely welcome
Save up some money and join us for the next one in the first quarter of next year

sounds like a plan Ron, watch this space

*groan*

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

I can see a Sticky Date Pudding with hot Caramel Fudge Sauce/Choc Fudge Brownie cook off coming up one year. Now that I've found my receipe again.

I worked so hard to lose all those kilos. Just reading this thread has made me gain back half of them.

[AlexN]

Ahaha... JJJ.. I assure you, my setup is flawless this time around! there is no new bits at all, everything is tried and tested, its a 30min sub worthy rig this year... (probably because im not trying to image at 105% of the mounts MAX WEIGHT CAPACITY!! )

This entire post has been typed one handed, as my other hand, and both my feet have been squarely attached to wood since the get go! bahahah

Paul, It will be good to catch up again mate.. Its been a while..

JJJ.. I was going to do some biscuits up, however as time dwindles away, I doubt I'll have time to go get everything and do any baking... oh well... I'm bringing up some comfy walkin shoes just incase Im feeling energetic enough to go for a walk at anystage during the day.. We'll see I guess.

Alex..

Ps..
Checklist.
Gear - Packed
Food - Packed
Food - Packed
Coke - Packed
Coffee - Packed
Bacardi - Packed..

Yep.. Im all set.. Ready to go... ! I'll be leaving home around 9:30~10am tomorrow. I expect to be at barambah by around 1pm...

See you all then!!

<Insert the most excited smiley you can imagine right about here!>

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

All my okey scopey stuff is in the car. There's just enough room left for non essentials like food and alkehol.

[drmorbius (Randall)]

Car is packed, last minute checks... and my Astro-Master is dead....

All those stars... how will I find anything now? I vaguely remember something about star-hopping...

Anyway, some last minute registrations to process and we'll be on our way. Hope to arrive early-ish to get everything set up. Be warned, any early arrivers will be put to work (but deeply appreciated ).

See you all there...

[drmorbius (Randall)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

There's just enough room left for non essentials like food and alkehol.

Aw crap... I knew I forgot something... (unpack car...)

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Another hour and I'm away.

[AlexN]

Leaving in 20 minutes.. Just neeed one last coffee before I scoot! See you all there.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

What a great couple of days!!

Thanks Randall for your tremendous hard work and dedication to getting it up and running.

First night was clear and very photogenic (piccies coming in another thread soon )

Last night was on and off hazy and cloudy and pretty Blah, but plenty of dvds to watch, chatting to do and some fun with coloured lights. But you'll have to wait for Alex to get back tomorrow to post them.

Attendance.
Dr Morbius & mini Morbius
AlexN
jjjnettie & Tom
Geoff & Matt
Astroron
Andy (?)
Mike-wolfe

did I miss anyone?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Tom and I had a great couple of days!
Friday night was a very busy night for those of us imaging.
Saturday night, as Paul said, was smoky and cloudy. But there were some sucker holes that kept me busy for a while.
The glow sticks were fun, but most exciting was the 6ft python that traversed the edge of the imaging area. She was a beauty. Made one kind of wary for the rest of the night.
Big thanks to Randall and Jared for all their hard work this camp.
Looks like they'll all be having a fantastic night tonight.

[RobF (Rob)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

The glow sticks were fun, but most exciting was the 6ft python that traversed the edge of the imaging area. She was a beauty. Made one kind of wary for the rest of the night.

Yikes!!
Glad to hear those attending had fun (and no-one was swallowed by pythons)

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

There was other wildlife spotted.
A baby red belly black went through the undercover area where the pingpong tables are and on the track down to the observing field there was one solitary koala up a tree.
Randall and Jared went for a drive down to Barambah Creek and spotted a platypus too.
But it was the mozzies that plagued us day and night.

[AlexN]

Holy Crap! Night 3 was amazing!!

Thanks to everyone who made the weekend so enjoyable!

Paul & Jeanette, You were both sadly missed last night... the skies were brilliant! We were imaging from 7:00pm through till dawn, no clouds, no mist, good seeing... It was fantastic..

I've got myself about 22hrs of data to start processing, but after having 4hrs sleep this morning, I think I might have a nap first!

Thanks again to everyone for coming up and having a great time!

[mike-wulff (Mike)]

Oh good!

Trust the only night I was there to be blah.

Mind you the ride home was fun, Brown snakes strike at you just before your front tyre runs over them.
Next year I bring the car!
Thanks guys it was good fun.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Michael - the brown snake was only protecting it's children from the nasty man on the bad boy bike!

Glad to hear the weather was OK - I was watching the satellite maps and wondering if the camp might have been a write-off.

Cheers
David T

[AstroTourist (Terry)]

My first time at Barambah.
I only managed to get there for the Sunday night but it looks like that was a good choice.
Nice clear dark night, with some smoke and moisture in the air.
Attached widefield of the MW over the observing field should give some impression.
Terry

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's awesome - sounds like you guys had a ball.