Easter Weekend! What are you doing?

[sheeny (Al)]

Well, I'm on call for work till 00:00 Monday so no alcohol and no going too far away, or doing anything interesting in the bush. ..and the weather looks decided ordinary at this stage, so probably no observing.

Lyn's ex is arriving tonight and will take the girls with him for a week or so, so we'll have some time to ourselves again for a while.

On Monday we plan to go bushwalking - somewhere around Kanangra probably.

I have taken 2 days in leiu and 2 days annual leave for next week, since my brother is coming to visit and he wants me to take him to some speccy spots for photography (waterfalls, etc) so that will be good!

Al.

[astro_nutt]

Ditto DaveGee..I'll be at Mt Ridley Saturday night..and since it's my only night off...why not?

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Everyday is a "special" day just being alive!

As a Northern Hemispherer by birth, Easter was always a huge time as it signaled spring and all that it implies...after a cold snow filled winter it is hard to describe how wonderful seeing nature becoming reborn truly is...it makes the Christian church Easter stories very comforting and compelling. As a kid I remember well the long tradition of getting new dress clothes for Easter Sunday...there are some really cool pictures of me and my brothers in my new poly leisure suits that my Mom made for me (and my brothers)...they were kind of a cross between the Jackson 5 and the "Keep on Trucking" guy from the semi-truck mud flaps..."flair" pants and wide collars the whole she-bang

Easter does not have the same resonance to me going into fall/winter down under...

Most of this long weekend time will be getting ready for SPSP and an overseas business trip right after SPSP (leave Sunday night for a Monday am meeting ouch).

Of course I have to prepare for the normal Easter traditions, Egg Hunt, special meal and write my annual Easter Sonnet for my wife (a silly thing I started before we were married)...

Hope everyone has a happy and safe time!

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Originally Posted by wavelandscott

Of course I have to prepare for the normal Easter traditions, Egg Hunt, special meal and write my annual Easter Sonnet for my wife (a silly thing I started before we were married)...

...you old romantic, Scott!!

The Berries will be doing some spring cleaning (yes, seasons mixed up), a trip for the kids to the local Olympic pool, maybe a wander down Umina beach. My mother is coming tomorrow pm to bring some goodies for the kids, Sunday we will be enduring my mother in law, made slightly more pleasant by an easter egg hunt. Fingers crossed that at some stage we get some clear skies to do some observing, too.

And we will head off to church on Sunday to remember the significance of this particular holiday.

[John Saunders]

Being a "man of the cloth", Easter is a busy time for us...it is after all a religious festival where Christians remember Christ's suffering and death and then celebrate his rising from the grave and the hope it gives us all.

Having said that - if the sky keeps clear and the mozzies cease being so hungry, I will be doing what we all love to do...gazing upward. If it happens to rain, then hopefully the ham radio bands will be open and I can work some really good dx (long distance stuff).

Easter blessings to all!

John

[nightsky]

Originally Posted by Rodstar

And we will head off to church on Sunday to remember the significance of this particular holiday.

[norm]

Hmmm lets see.

Friday morning, few laps around Centennial Park
Come home, tidy yard, do some painting around the outside of the house (weather permitting)....wait for the inlaws to arrive - coming down and staying the whole weekend !

I can't complain though, he'll be bringing down a ute load of rocks for my pond
Hopefully I can convince him to help dig the hole too.

Hope everyone has a great Easter break and take special care on the roads.

[nightsky]

Originally Posted by norm

Hopefully I can convince him to help dig the hole too.

nice one M8

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Easter service tomorrow ... 3 days in Cairns with the kids ... who knows, it might even stop raining long enough to do a spot of observing !

[nightsky]

Originally Posted by gaa_ian

Easter service tomorrow

[okiscopey (Mike)]

Wet and windy in Bondi.

What to do?

Ah yes! Make up that Jaycar motor controller PWM kit to control the dew heater.

Had the kit for ages ... might even be ready for SPSP.

Haven't made up anything like this for decades.

Fingers crossed for no dry joints or short circuits.