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Old 09-11-2008, 11:33 AM
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I'm in. No more school, tests, anything. Just looking forward to more observing.

Hope to see you all there

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Old 12-11-2008, 09:07 AM
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LOLOL
Like the new avatar Paul.
You're looking wild and wooly!
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:51 PM
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That's copyrighted to the h0ughenator; "The Ponders Nebula" (do a search) taken through a UHC filter I believe at duckadang......last year????.

I think it ages me though.
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Old 12-11-2008, 02:00 PM
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hehe.. I took a few shots around the house through a Ha filter a few weeks back.. they were. Odd...
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Old 13-11-2008, 01:52 PM
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I'm new to Cambroon but would love to discover it's dark skies. May I join the procession for the 29th? I'm busting to give my new and greatly simplified rig an airing. After having scored zero at Barambah recently, the Gods owe me one.
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Old 13-11-2008, 01:59 PM
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Haha peter... Barambah defeated a lot of us imagers... Jeanette powered on and did us all proud

Cambroon has always been nice to me! technical problems minimal, rarely end nights due to cloud.. (touches every bit of wood within reach)
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Old 13-11-2008, 02:08 PM
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Young Ron!

Ahh, a big birthday for Ron eh! I don’t know what’s in the drinking water at Ron’s place, or whether he has inherited some special genes, but the young fella just seems to defy ageing. Each year he rolls up at the Qld Astrofest, he looks just like the last!

C’mon Ron, what’s your secret?

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Old 13-11-2008, 02:18 PM
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Hi Peter,
It'd be great to see you up there too.
I'll bringing up my new, more complicated set up as well, but still bringing along old faithful, just in case.
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Old 13-11-2008, 02:28 PM
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Ahh, a big birthday for Ron eh! I don’t know what’s in the drinking water at Ron’s place, or whether he has inherited some special genes, but the young fella just seems to defy ageing. Each year he rolls up at the Qld Astrofest, he looks just like the last!

C’mon Ron, what’s your secret?

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Thanks Dennis I have to stay the same so as you can recognize me as we only catch up once a year
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Old 13-11-2008, 02:31 PM
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Dennis, You planning on making the trip up to Cambroon?
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Old 13-11-2008, 06:21 PM
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Dennis, You planning on making the trip up to Cambroon?
Hi Alex

Thanks for the encouragement Alex; the spirit is willing, the mind strong but the flesh is weak!

This last 18 to 24 months or so, I just haven’t been able to muster the grunt to pack the car for one or two nighters. I think that I’ve been so thwarted and disappointed with the vagaries of the weather the last couple of years, that I’m really feeling quite jaded about the whole packing up, up-packing, setting up, tearing down, re-packing and unpacking process.

I hope you guys and girls have a great time, I seem to have lost that simple awe, innocence and sense of adventure. It sounds a little weak and whimpish I know, but that’s just where I’m at right now…

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Old 13-11-2008, 07:07 PM
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Ahh, a big birthday for Ron eh! I don’t know what’s in the drinking water at Ron’s place, or whether he has inherited some special genes, but the young fella just seems to defy ageing. Each year he rolls up at the Qld Astrofest, he looks just like the last!

C’mon Ron, what’s your secret?

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Dennis
Just a thought Dennis , I wasn't at Astrofest this year so there must have been another young looking oldie that you thought was me
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perhaps a clone? or an evil twin!
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Old 13-11-2008, 07:53 PM
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Just a thought Dennis , I wasn't at Astrofest this year so there must have been another young looking oldie that you thought was me
Ron
Yes – your larger than life presence was sorely missed, not to mention that unique, Liverpudlian talent of telling story after funny story, in the wee hours, over a cup of coffee and Paul’s sticky date pudding!

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Old 13-11-2008, 11:28 PM
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I'm with dennis here. There is just so much stuff to packup and move for photography, that I can hardly fit it all in the car. I'm bringing the old heq5 to this one and crossing fingers that it works ok. A mobile dark site kit would be ideal.

I'm looking at selling off the Statesman and getting a Z3. All this crap will never fit in the passenger seat

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Old 16-11-2008, 10:33 PM
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Found it ...
Here is the v6 Z3 I have been looking for.
Isn't it a ripper, 130Kms and Baby Sh_it Yellow.
Of course it will be the wifes car

I am also looking for a sub $2K car for the boy. Needs to have rego and RWC. Anyone have one?
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Old 16-11-2008, 10:37 PM
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You'd never fit the 12" newt in that

I vote a commodore station wagon, tons of space, doubles as a bedroom at astrofest/darksky camps and half the price of Z3
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Old 18-11-2008, 05:59 PM
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I think it ages me though.
Fishing for compliments?
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Old 18-11-2008, 06:30 PM
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Fishing for compliments?

Why, have you got one for me?
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Old 18-11-2008, 06:32 PM
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You look much better than in your avatar!? Is that what you're after?
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