Queensland Astrofest 2016 - Page 5

DaveO (David) · #81 30-04-2016, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by multiweb

By internet standards it's still a pretty good conversion rate. Analytics BS vs. Real sales. Oops!... did I say that out loud?

DaveO (David) · #82 30-04-2016, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

well Alan and I are now booked

Glad to hear that David.

MortonH · #83 30-04-2016, 05:11 PM

Edison and I are booked in. Going for a bunk room this year instead of freezing in our tents!

peter_4059 (Peter) · #84 13-05-2016, 07:00 PM

Leave got approved this week. I'm in.

h0ughy (David) · #85 13-05-2016, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by peter_4059

Leave got approved this week. I'm in.

excellent

allan gould · #86 14-05-2016, 04:23 PM

Got tipped off by peter_4059 to register.
I'm in now

GTB_an_Owl (Geoff) · #87 14-05-2016, 06:18 PM

do i need to run another " expression of interest " for Astrofest ?????????!

geoff

JohnG (John) · #88 14-05-2016, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by allan gould

Got tipped off by peter_4059 to register.
I'm in now

See ya up there Allan, booked in myself, looking forward to my first

Cheers

h0ughy (David) · #89 14-05-2016, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by allan gould

Got tipped off by peter_4059 to register.
I'm in now

sure that wont eat into your holiday time Allan.

looking forward to the escargot being there

h0ughy (David) · #90 14-05-2016, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnG

See ya up there Allan, booked in myself, looking forward to my first

Cheers

gee that will be a huge trip John, you doing that in two days?

JohnG (John) · #91 14-05-2016, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

gee that will be a huge trip John, you doing that in two days?

Yeah Dave, might have done it in one go when I was a lot younger, not now though, wanted to do this camp for a while now, another one off the list..

allan gould · #92 14-05-2016, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnG

Yeah Dave, might have done it in one go when I was a lot younger, not now though, wanted to do this camp for a while now, another one off the list..

Looking forward to catching up John. We will have a great time.

allan gould · #93 14-05-2016, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

sure that wont eat into your holiday time Allan.

looking forward to the escargot being there

No it won't David as I just get back from Laos and Cambodia, go to Astrofest and then it's off to Indonesia. Your tax dollars at work -so thanks.
Allan

troypiggo (Troy) · #94 16-05-2016, 04:06 PM

Booked mine today. 5 nights. I'll be arriving on the Tuesday, so make sure you guys have beers ready to sit around and give me sh!t while I put up my gear as usual.

h0ughy (David) · #95 16-05-2016, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by troypiggo

Booked mine today. 5 nights. I'll be arriving on the Tuesday, so make sure you guys have beers ready to sit around and give me sh!t while I put up my gear as usual.

but without that caring and sharing it wouldn't be the same

, we are after all concerned that you don't get things mixed up

dreamstation (James) · #96 16-05-2016, 06:47 PM

How would one attempt to attend something like this if you didn't plan on taking a scope, only wanted to visit for the one night and have never met anyone before from IIS?

troypiggo (Troy) · #97 17-05-2016, 12:10 AM

Think there are day passes available. If you need to stay over, just book one night. Everyone is approachable and helpful I've found.

MichaelSW (Michael) · #98 17-05-2016, 01:28 PM

James,

G'day.

That is what I did in 2009. Didn't even own a telescope - went to have a look at the different scopes available. Didn't know anyone there. Stayed for two nights. Met a lot of people happy for me to look through their scopes and share their knowledge. Got an amazing sky tour from GlenC (Star Hopper) on the Saturday night which set the course for my journey into Amateur Astronomy.

Came home wishing I had planned for more than just two nights camping out.

See you there.

Cheers.

barx1963 (Malcolm) · #99 22-05-2016, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by dreamstation

How would one attempt to attend something like this if you didn't plan on taking a scope, only wanted to visit for the one night and have never met anyone before from IIS?

James
I have not been to Astrofest unfortunately, but I will relate my first experiences attending astro camps. My first was in 2008 at the ASV Messier party at Heathcote. I arrived at the venue to find over 100 people already there. The observing field was already being covered with what to me looked like a very impressive array of scopes and i found myself quite unwilling to even get my little 130mm wobbletronic scope out of the car. Anyway after a couple of hours wandering around I started chatting to a gentleman who asked me about my scope, and I said "Oh I don't think i will bother getting it out it's pretty small and unimpressive".
"Nonsense" he said, "Get it out and I will help you to use it"
We ended up having a great night, learnt more about scopes and observing that one night than I had in a couple of years of cruising the internet and have been going to camps ever since.
Just take the plunge and join in, they are great fun!!

Malcolm

peter_4059 (Peter) · #**100** 22-05-2016, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by troypiggo

Booked mine today. 5 nights. I'll be arriving on the Tuesday, so make sure you guys have beers ready to sit around and give me sh!t while I put up my gear as usual.

Looking forward to it