...it is 700m from his scope spot in the top corner of the AI field, where the ASV guys camp, to the scouts donut shop, across rough and rocky ground (I lost 2/3s of glass of wine on the walk last year, such a waste).
Yeah wouldn't want to burn all those calories walking to get donuts
have fun guys, my time to go this year have been diverted with my mum being moved yesterday into a aged care facility. I bet it will be pristine conditions. I organised leave from tomorrow until Monday to enjoy the trip back in January. Bugger
have fun guys, my time to go this year have been diverted with my mum being moved yesterday into a aged care facility. I bet it will be pristine conditions. I organised leave from tomorrow until Monday to enjoy the trip back in January. Bugger
Shame you won't be there again Houghy, been a while too hasn't it? But your mum is way more important, you only have one so cherish every moment
Sorry you'll miss it Davo, like me.
I can't make it either, work commitments means I can't leave to attend SPSP either.
Hope your mum likes the new residents.
Have to catch up with you next time Strongman, no cigar smoke from me 'ol mate.
Okay that's enough, back to the DONUTS! It's a novelty, and I don't look at my screen all night thank you. I spread the majority of the night stargazing. My system is automated, ha!
Take it easy on the drive from Sydney, don't do it in one drive sitting. At least so stop for 30 minutes in Lithgow for cup of coffee, preferably stop more.
Come and visit the imaging field and say Hi. I get up to SG about 3-4 times a year for business.
Trev
Thanks for your concern, Trevor.
We arrived last Saturday and we have done a road trip down the south coast to Narooma and Montague Island. Currently we are staying over in Jervis Bay. Will be heading over to Katoomba and Blackheath for next two nights before we stay over at Wiruna from Friday to Sunday.
That's just no excuse Andy. I sentence you to 3 nights sleeping out under the stars starting Thursday.
Sounds lovely The consolation is I'll be in Nowra that weekend (the wife's giving a talk to the local astronomy club), so I might squeeze in a little observing/imaging from a cosy place in Kangaroo Valley. Forecast cloud looks OK/edgy for me, good for ASNSW!
My wife and I dropped by yesterday Thursday 14 May at about 5pm.
We had no problem at all using Google Map on mobile line to find Wiruna Lot 7. We have two different car gps that could get us to Old Ilford Road but not Lot 7. Finding the house no. is easy because we could see many cars and camper from a distance. There were already about a hundred people on site, as I checked at the registration desk.
Lesa was really nice to help us register properly, as we had previously pre-registered on 1 Apr but the online booking system could not accept our entry because we are from Singapore but the registration sustem did not recognise Singapore as a single State.
We took some quick looks through the scopes. A nice guy called John somehow recognised me by name in the dark. He showed us some fabulous views of Tarantula Nebula, Eta Carinae Nebula, Omega Centauri and the Leo Triplet galaxies through his 18" SDM dob. I would have been really happy to hang there all night but my wife reminded me that we got to drive back to Blackheath, 1.5hrs drive away.
