Hi everyone,

I thought it would be a great idea to have a family picnic before Christmas :clap2: . I have made the following plans as a suggestion, however if there is outcry of people who can't make it, then we could reconsider different dates / venue etc.

Sunday 3rd December

Braeside Park, Braeside

Telford Picnic Area (see link to map below)

11am - for bike ride / walk

1pm - for lunch:hungry:

BYO everything

Rubbish must be taken home with you.

This picnic area has a huge adventure playground for the kiddies, and a large grassed area for picnics / games. Plenty of shaded areas, tables and some electric BBQs also. The park gets busy at this time of year, so I will organise to have some helium balloons so that everyone can find us. We'll try to find a nice spot near some shade and the playground, or else will set up our gazebo on the grass.

Park info:

http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=71

Park Visitor guide (includes park map):

http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources05/05_0293.pdf

If the day is rained out, I will organise an alternative venue nearby to the park. I will post these arrangements the day before.

I am sure that accomodation (for country bandsters) & transport could be arranged amongst ourselves if needed.

Please RSVP to this thread, and feel free to post the announcement to other band forums (Yahoo, ESV etc). I will also post to band2gether.net.

Hope to see as many of us as possible at the picnic!

Cheers,

Anna.

I'll be there with bells on Anna.

Hi Anna ,

This sound like a good idea , ill just have to see how this date pans out as like most people this is one of the buissiest weekends in December.

Christmas parties all over.

Mark

Sounds great. I'll be there with my 3 kiddies 4 sure!

Cindy xx

I'm going to be in the Maldives from December 1st - 16th, otherwise I'd love to come. I'm sure you'll all have a blast though!

oooh! Jess, The Maldives sounds wonderful - wish we could have our picnic there! hehehe!

Bumping the thread for any other Aussies who can make it....

LOL .. that's what we need to do - schedule a bandsters get together on a remote island! Would be a blast :peep:

c'mon jess you know you would rather be with us than holidaying in luxury on some sun kissed beach lol, hopefully we can catch up in the near future

:bump: Any more for our picnic?

Sadly I know for sure I cant make it now. Doug's work function is on that day. I may not even be able to do my 10km run that I've been training so hard for.

:bump: Any more for our picnic?

I've looked everywhere I can think of, but I've never seen a definition of BUMP, BUMPING. Please, :help: :hail: oh please, tell me what it means!

Thanks,

Jo Ann

Hello again,

Well as i thought please count me out, although not as i thought that it would coincide with another party , i actually have to work. (preparations for the Christmas shutdown )

Mark.

I've looked everywhere I can think of, but I've never seen a definition of BUMP, BUMPING. Please, :help: :hail: oh please, tell me what it means!

Thanks,

Jo Ann

Bumping is when someone makes a post into an old thread to move it back up to the top of the new posts listings, and back up to the top of the index pages. It's sometimes used when you want to obtain further input to a thread that's gone quiet, or like I did to promote an event.

While I'm here - any more takers???

Sorry you can't make it Mark. See you before Christmas anyway...

Bumping is when someone makes a post into an old thread to move it back up to the top of the new posts listings, and back up to the top of the index pages. It's sometimes used when you want to obtain further input to a thread that's gone quiet, or like I did to promote an event.

While I'm here - any more takers???

Sorry you can't make it Mark. See you before Christmas anyway...

Thanks, Goanna

Jo Ann

Okay, so far I've got myself, tarajane and shaky on the list for Saturday. Looks like it's going to be great weather.

Jenny and tolmc are you going to be able to make it? Anyone else??

Hey Goanna, is it saturday or sunday? i thought i was going crazy but then checked and your first posting said sunday. working too hard????

hey good news - I have no idea how to make the little ruler you smart IT people do but I went to get weighed today and have come in under the 90kg - cant remember last time i weighed that would have to be 15 years at least. please post whether sat or sunday asap