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Re: June National Meet - Brisbane (June 8th/9th/10th) *UPDATE*
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Mon, 6 May 2002 02:41:46 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Melody Brown writes:
> G'day, the Bugs have got together and we have had a little chat with a few
> of the members.  I have the details below for a few things such as what we
> can do and days that people can turn up or would like to turn up.  If your
> name is not on the list and you would like to be there on these days, then
> email me! :)
> Mel - brickzone@brickzine.com

Thanks for the update, Mel

> Things to do: (these will be set out better when we have a better idea of
> who can make it and when...
> ______________________
> Shopping-
> Sat/Sun... shopping would be best for these days. (Only the City is open on
> Sunday)
> ______________________
> Lunch or Dinner or both-
> Dinner probably Black Jacks at the Treasury Casino which is in the City.
> They hold a nice buffet there will loads of desserts (yummy) and lots of
> other yummy food, salad bar etc.  It's not very expensive either, $10 if
> travelling by public transport, $14-$16? if a non P.T. user.
> Lunch, where ever :)  The Casino also has Pastano, which isn't too bad and
> the meal sizes are fairly decent, for $5 (using P.T.) you can get a meal and
> a piece of cake (which is usually $4-5 type in most places, alone).  So it's
> a great deal.

Public Transport seems to have benefits in Brisbane not found in other cities...

> ______________________
> The Meeting-
> This could be held over all three days if needed and possible.  BrickWars,
> doesn't seem to gather tooo much attention between most of us, so you are
> welcome to organise that part between those who are interested, but try not
> to throw that into any of the main meet days (I have heard these things go
> for hours).
> ______________________
> There will be no theme, us Bugs usually have a theme, but from what we can
> gather, this won't be the go this time, so bring anything you can carry/fit
> with you.

Excellent.

> We don't just bring Lego things we have built, but also misc
> stuff too!  We trade and sell, swap etc, you name it, so bring anything
> along those lines too.

If there's interest, I'd be happy to set up a LUGNET page with everyone's
trade, sell & swap requirements, so we can see in advance what people's
interests are, and those travelling to Brisbane can remember to pack the
right parts. Let me know...

[snip]
> Richie Dulin - Sat/Mon/Sun (?)

Fitting in with work, all going to plan, Sat/Sun is looking best for me
(aiming to fly out Sunday night...)

[more snip]

> I think it is safe to say that something can be done for each day, Sat/Sun
> and Monday.  So far: Sat = 9 with 2x?, Sun = 8, Mon = 9... so they are all
> fairly even at this point.  So maybe Saturday to meet and greet, maybe shop
> and lunch or dinner, let everyone settle down and what not, and have the
> meetings over Sunday and carry it over to Monday letting those go home as
> they wish.

I was thinking of doing a spot of sightseeing on Saturday, having never had
particularly much free time, in daylight, in Brisbane.

I'd strongly advocate dinner Saturday, and big meeting get-together on Sunday.

Cheers

Richie Dulin



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(...) I've gone ahead and updated the /loc/au trading page (okay, I've just added my own stuff - the other stuff is more than a year old). (URL) me with your details and I'll add them to the list. I see this as an opportunity to maximise the (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

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  June National Meet - Brisbane (June 8th/9th/10th) *UPDATE*
 
G'day, the Bugs have got together and we have had a little chat with a few of the members. I have the details below for a few things such as what we can do and days that people can turn up or would like to turn up. If your name is not on the list (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

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