Journal Page 1

Here is the first page which I filled out today.  I am sending it the the NT tomorrow and cant wait till it is my turn again so I can see all the cool entries.

Travelling Journal

I cant stand the quiet now the festival is over so decided to continue with the festival by sending out a traveling journal.  I watched a program recently about 1000 journals and got a bright idea that this might be something that could keep the fellowship going, at least for a while. So here are the guidelines............

1. Once you receive the journal fill a page or two with what ever you feel like. Words, images....even chocolate stains and include your name and date somewhere.

2. Pass it on to the person whose name appears below your name at the front of the book.

3. Children and husbands contributions encouraged.



When the book comes my way again, I will scan all the pages. 

When the book is complete, I would like to keep it and then if we feel like it we can do others so others can also keep one if that is their desire.

Finale

Bungandore Taxi

Taxi bus - Train Station - Sunday

24 Seater

Leaves Country Comfort at 9:45am to station

Leaves station 3:55pm to Country Comfort

Approximately $12 per head each way

$88 per hour waiting fee, prorata.

Taxi bus - Floriade - Return Country Comfort Saturday

24 Seater

Pick up 9:30am

Return 2pm

Please be punctual.

You Beauty!!!!!

Saturday 1 October

Summary

Min 1

Max 14

A few showers.

Canberra area

Cloudy. Scattered showers. The chance of thunderstorms in the early afternoon. Winds south to southeasterly averaging up to 20 km/h.

Schedule

TIME PERFORMANCE COMMENT Breakfast - Country Comfort 37 People Gathering at 7:50 to eat at 8am. Must be finished before bus arrives at 9:30am -  Harpist Cake Cutting - Country Comfort 27 People Cut cake at 3pm then serve with coffee and tea @ Pagola or inside if raining Pipe Band will start playing at 3:10 - Bagpipes. Evening Event - Country Comfort 42 People Gather at 6pm to start at 6:30 enterance and pipers to pipe us into the room at 6:30pm       Performers     8:00 - 9:30am Harpist Breakfast Room, Danny Boy 3:00 - 3:20pm Pipe Band Cake and Coffee 6:45pm - 7pm Poet  Wind In My Hair, The North Wind, Candy Divine 7:20 pm - 7:30pm Belly Dancers Marco Polo 7:50 - 8:00   Little Boxes - Ka Arona 8:20 - 8:30 Belly Dancers The Feeling Begins 8:50 - 9pm   Raglan Road, Star Of The County Down 9:20 - 9: 30pm   Recorder  09:50 - 10pm   The Parting Galss, Aye Fond Kiss
			Gathering at 7:50 to eat at 8am. Must be finished before bus arrives at 9:30am -  Harpist

Festival Cake

Sisters Masterpeice.

Streets of Asia

Here is the address for the evening meal at 6:30 Friday nite. Booking under Scott. food is good quality and prices reasonable. Mains average $17 and they serve fresh chilli.

It is close to the enterence of the Hyperdome.
Shop 0-15, Anketell Street
Shop T08 Hyperdome Shopping Centre, Corner Anketell and Reed Streets, Tuggeranong ACT 2900

P: 02 6293 2697

QwanT ARSE

Qantas warns of strike disruption on Friday- noice!!!

TAXI BUS

Leigh Hill has kindly agreed to organise a Taxi Bus for those who will be flying in at 8pm ish on Friday the 30/9/2011. Her mobile number is 0438 622 303

The number for doing group bookings is  02) 6126 2844
or email groupbookings@aerialtransport.com.au

You may also want to organise to use this service on the Monday.

Getting excited....................

Floriade is ON

Floriade Link

Check out the fun and colours.  This is for you, soon.

Daylight Savings 2/10/2011

Daylight saving will begin again in New South Wales and ACT on Sunday 2 October 2011 at 2:00 am, when clocks will be put forward one hour.

We dont like too much reality....

Facinator Fever

Train Update

Yay, we have 17 happy travellers on the train.

Steam Train Ride to Bungendore Booking Details.

Steam Experience
Steam Train to Bungendore

Sunday 2^nd October 2011
Bookings- (02) 6284 2790

Hello Me HEARTYS,

On the 2/10/2011 (Sunday after the party) is a steam train ride to Bundendore and return to Canberra.  If you are interested in joining us, I have negotiated with Andrew that he will seat us all together if you book before 2pm Friday 12^th of August.  Office is open between 10-3pm M-F. You should mention its Kim Scott’s Group and she will pick the tickets up, rather than post them out.  If you do want to have your tickets posted out that’s ok too.  Just let me know if you are going with this option.  Most of us are going Standard as opposed to Deluxe. Details for ringing and quoting your credit card are above.  

Tickets are $45.00 Full Price.

Out of the West - Art of Western Australia

Out of the West
Art of Western Australia from the national collection

8 July 2011 – 1 April 2012

Out of the West is the first exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia to present a large sample of artists living and working in Western Australia. It takes a unique look at the art from Western Australia from pre-settlement until today.

Queanbeyan Pipe Band - Our Bagpipers and Drummers

Queanbeyan Pipe Band

Steam Train To Bungendore

Steam Train To Bungendore 2/10/2011

I am considering going on the steam train to Bungendore for the markets on the 2/10/2011 the day after the party for the markets.  Its a cute little town with a leather works, galleries and woodwork Gallery.


Bungendore - a small rural villiage

The steam train trip costs $45 adults, $20 kids $40 Concession, leaves at 10:30 to and arrives back 15:45pm. They are having a markets that day as well. Bookings will open in mid August and the train holds 200 people.  I will contact you in mid August to see if you are interested.

Dont be scared it has a nice pub too.

Group Bookings Taxi Fare Estimator

Super Maxi Group Transport - 11 or 24 seater busses

Vickings Club - Meal Deals

This club is right next to the Country Comfort Motel and there will be a catch up evening meal/get together there on the 30th September. You will need to be signed in by me.

Flavours Of India -

Flavours Of India - Woden

This is the best Indian Ive ever tasted.  Banquet for lunch range from $24-30 pp and dinner form $29-39.


And they serve FRESH chili as a side salad.

Kirsty and Natasha - Our Belly Dancers

Laurie McDonald - Our Bush Poet

Laurie is a poet from Canberra who performs regularly at dinners, functions and festivals and wherever he can find an audience. He writes of quirky observations of life from the humorous to the serious and his poems feature a range of larger than life characters such as Merkyl Crud, Thommo, Mick, Candy Divine,  Jimbo and so on.

He also includes traditional poets Banjo Paterson, Henry Lawson and others, along with several modern poets in his performance repertoire

Poetry came into Laurie’s life in 1992 when he wrote a poem for a family function and the muse has continued to the present day. He became a foundation member of the Queanbeyan Bush Poets and has been writing and performing ever since. He doesn’t normally get to competitions, but snuck one award in when he won the ‘Reciter of the Year’ at the 2007 National Folk Festival.

Laurie is married to Denise Burton, herself an accomplished and entertaining free verse poet and their "combined" rendition of Roald Dahl’s ‘Little Red Riding Hood' has become much requested.

This site includes a small sample of his poems.

BACKGROUND

Born in Allora, he spent the first 25 years of his life in Queensland. As his father was a primary school head-teacher, the family, including his mother, five brothers and a sister moved regularly with each of his dad’s transfers. During that time, Laurie lived on the Darling Downs, in Emerald, Maryborough, Brisbane and Mt. Isa. After completing a Surveying Degree at the Uni of Queensland, he moved to Wollongong for five years and then to Canberra, in 1972 where he has worked as a surveyor ever since.

One of Laurie’s other loves over the years has been sailing, hence the ‘Legend of Merkyl Crud’, a poem about a hero who ‘wins’ the Sydney–Hobart race. During the 1970s he won several national and state championships in Catamarans with his late first wife Dianne. From 1984 he raced windsurfers, and following considerable lack of success, became a race official and during the 2000 Olympics officiated at the Sydney Olympic Sailing Venue as a boat measurer and in the race results room.

These days Laurie’s spare time includes another of his loves, gardening, with a preference for Australian natives, but writing and performing remain high on his agenda.

Laurie also sings bass in the Canberra Celtic Choir which sings usually in four part harmonies in English, Welsh and Gaelic, and has also sung harmonies on the CD’s of his brother Ken McDonald, a Brisbane singer/songwriter.

Hanna Lane - Our Harpist

Since her first performance of La Bohème at the age of fourteen, Hannah has been a fixture in the Australian music scene. She is a versatile performer, lending her skills to everything from opera and charity events to television commercials and session work.
Hannah has a passion for orchestral playing and is regularly engaged as a harpist for orchestral performances in Melbourne. Notably, she has performed with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Youth Orchestra, the Melbourne Opera Orchestra and the Orchestra Project under Maestro Oleg Caetani.
Hannah completed her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music in 2006 at the University of Melbourne. Currently studying with Delyth Stafford, she has also received tuition from prominent Australian harpists Julie Raines, Marshall McGuire and Sebastien Lipman.
Committed to fostering performances of contemporary music and Australian works, Hannah has performed premieres of works by Australian composers including Andrian Pertout, Steven Hodgson and Cindy Chen, and has recently commissioned a new work for harp by Melbourne composer Shaun Jones.
An experienced performer, Hannah is frequently engaged as a harpist for weddings, parties, corporate functions and special events and has an extensive repertoire of music to suit any occasion.

Country Comfort Details and Website

Country Comfort Tuggeranong

46 Rowland Rees Crescent,
Greenway,
Canberra ACT 2900

Ph: +61 2 6293 3666
F: +61 2 6293 3444
Reception Hours: 24 hrs

Check In Time: 2.00pm
Check Out Time: 10.00am

Hotel Star Rating: 4
Hotel Rooms: 100
Year Built: 1990
Last Renovation: 2010

Fred Williams - Infinite Horizons Exhibition- NGA

12 August - 6 November 2011

Country Comfort At Night

Thanks to the 13 festival participants who have already booked their accommodation XXXX

Skyspace

http://nga.gov.au/turrell

This light sculpture is life changing when viewed at sunrise of sunset. I did it tonight and became teary at the beauty of it I even wanted to yell out "stop, I cant take any more!". The link will tell you all about it and there is also a clip interviewing the artist.  Definitely a must do, like nothing Ive ever seen before. Keeps you thinking about it for days.