Great group shot there Mrs Chris. I see some familiar faces in there. Would have been a great get together.
Hey Jen, is that a UDL can in your hand there?
Great idea for a post-eclipse 'de-briefing', thanks all for taking the time to organise (and attend) it! Fantastic to catch up with many of you, especially Liz, Bob, Nat, Jen, Jeanette, Petra & Dave, Eric, Paddy, Paul, Big Dave (and many more!).
Well all I can say was that was so much fun and it was fantastic to meet some of you that I have been chatting with for such a long time now wow wow that was the best thing I have ever seen woooooohooo I'm loving the pics I still can't wipe the grin off my face xo
Wow ! some party. I'd invite you all over for the 2028 event in NZ but I'll probably be in a zimmer frame by then. ( Can you get scope mounts for Zimmer frames ? )
Was great to catch up with so many old and new IIS faces yesterday.
I wish I could've stayed longer, but I had my 2 girls with me and they were patient, but bored my wife was sick in bed with a virus so I could've leave them at the hotel to fend for themselves
Whenever I tried to do a goodbye round of handshakes I ran into new people and had to stay longer
What a great way to catch up with fellow IIS'ers. Chasing an eclipse.
Great group shot there Mrs Chris. I see some familiar faces in there. Would have been a great get together.
Hey Jen, is that a UDL can in your hand there?
I was so disappointed too miss this chance too meet you all I just couldn't stay in a seated or standing position so we cancelled our camping plans and headed for home just got back about half an hour ago very good to be home.
I was so disappointed too miss this chance too meet you all I just couldn't stay in a seated or standing position so we cancelled our camping plans and headed for home just got back about half an hour ago very good to be home.
Sorry to have missed you Warren, was so looking forward to catching up
I hope you can get better soon.
I will hopefully be traveling north again next year so may catch up then.
Cheers
Sorry to have missed you Warren, was so looking forward to catching up
I hope you can get better soon.
I will hopefully be traveling north again next year so may catch up then.
Cheers
I was devastated when we made the decision to head home I caught up with Jen and after I got back in the car I just couldn't sit down and I wouldn't have lasted a minite. Hopefully after an operation I can make it to astrofest or an IIS astro party. But to look on the bright side I did see the totality which if I am honest I shouldn't have gone up for it but I just couldn't resist it.
Just got back from Cairns last night and had limited internet whilst away.
I came along with Brad (Zardos123) and it was great to meet so many IISers at the post-eclipse party. Thanks to all those who comiserated with me over missing totality due to cloud (a few kms up the coast at Palm Cove woiuld have made all the difference - oh well). It was gratifying to hear that so many saw it and enjoyed such a great experience.
It was great to get to say "hi" to some of you who were still at Apres late
on Wedesday afternoon. With some shy family members in tow idling outside it,
for Mai and I it was the briefest of stays.
Though we were staying at a beach house on the Palm Cove head land, only
a short 15 min walk away from Apres, we had driven the day before and
observed the entire eclipse in cloud free conditions north west of Mt Carbine on
the Mulligan Hwy, south of the centerline.
We had been hoping that those on the coast and tablelands would have
also seen it, so it was sad to hear when talking to H and others that some had
missed out. However, those we talked to who had missed out were very
philosophical about it and were just happy to be there to enjoy life!
We returned to Sydney yesterday afternoon after a fabulous week.
Thank you EVERYONE for coming to the party. I'm soooo sorry I couldn't spend time with all of you. It was just one thing after another.
I'm still blown away that our very special international guest Camilla, and her entourage from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory joined us.
It was wonderful to see you all.
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( Can you get scope mounts for Zimmer frames ? )
my wife was sick in bed with a virus so I could've leave them at the hotel to fend for themselves 
