National Gathering 2009 planning has begun :)

I told you I would do it when I got home LOL

Good to see you made it home

Cheers Kev

Good to see you home save to Willem.
Our name is down already Kev if you need any help we can assist.

Cheers Bruce

Good to hear everyone had a good time and got home safely. Unfortunately next year the Tassie second term break is from the 4-21 September so will not be able to make it. Hopefully one day we will.

Now why do those birds look so familiar?.......LOL



Cheers and how are ya?

Looks good.

Judith raffled some of her paintings while at Innamincka as well.

I hope you can make it.

G'Day Peter!

Nice to see you can still dazzle us with your amazing photography!!!

Oh, i meant "welcome back"....

Andrew

These dates are firm................................. But do you want to attend after we win the 4th in a row?? ;)

Cheers Kev

G'day Dave

We discussed the 2009 Gathering at length and came to the conclusion that a National Gathering in WA or the NT is just not practical due to the tyranny of distance. Now with fuel prices getting to a ridiculous level very few would be able to afford the cost, and time for that matter, to go to WA. Maybe the WA mob can have their own mini National Gathering....lol

We have also moved the date to September as July is a busy financial month for some and the weather is on the cooler side in most places south of DFarwin or Cairns


Cheers

And I got in first LOL.

I agree with Willems comments. A gathering organised in WA can still be arranged but I won't be able to attend due to time and financial constraints.

Cheers Kev

We could call them "The East Australian National Gathering" and "The West Australian National Gathering" hey

Cheers Bruce.

Don't forget the people above the 23th parallel, our tourist season is May to November, So attending a gathering in that period is impossible, not only that we have to fork out for fuel to attend the gatherings in the southern part of OZ.

I thought this site was Explore Oz not Explore SE OZ, I am sure that some of us would like to attend, but it doesn't seem possible.

The last 2 gatherings have been convenient to the SE OZ community and it looks like the next one.

So if I was to organize a National gathering in Kakadu in April or May.

Hands up who would attend.

Just my thoughts Steve.

Steve

There are lots of things we all would like to do but which are outside our reach.

Unfortunately with an ExplorOz National Gathering we cannot please everybody

1447 members of this site live in the central and eastern states and 35 live in the NT

By all means have a gathering in Kakadu in April if it hasn't been a BIG WET....lol

Anyway the whole thing is just an informal camp. If you can make it there then it's good. If you can't, it doesn't matter



Cheers

G/Day Willem.

A wise man once said " don't come to me with a problem come to me with a solution".

So here goes There is nothing in the EO rules that states you can only have one National gathering per year, So If Kev and Darkie have his in September, I can organize one in May /June and Dave and Michelle can organize one in June/ July.

You might be able to attend 1,2 or all 3 of them.

How about we give all the members a chance at attending as apposed to a select few.

Cheers Steve.

G'day Kev & Willem

I hope you two didnt take me the wrong way.I was only pointing it out so as to make you aware incase someone thought you were stepping on toes....lol.. The gathering in WA would be no good for me anyway as i have already organised a trip to the Cape next year, hopefully i will be able to plan my trip to coincide with the gathering in september that you are planning, just means maybe i have to spend another month away or organise my trip for a month later...Nah the month extra sounds better..lol..anyway i'll get to one of these gatherings eventually.
If i can help out in anyway with organising Kev , just let me know.

Cheers.....Borgy

Steve

You are trying to make something out of nothing. In other words you are chit stirring. Must be a slow day in the tropics.

The solution is in hand and you can tell your wise man he is wrong

The National Gathering thingy is just a fun thing which was started by Baz and myself in 2005. There wasn't one in 2006 but follow ups were in 2007 and last week. It was organised to co-inside with school holidays so that travelling families who communicate here on the Forum, could drop in on their way past to anywhere, and socialise

The next National Gathering is at St George, Queensland in September 2009 and those who wish to attend for a G'day and take part in the activities are welcome.

Mate, you can organise a gathering of whatever and wherever you like. I really couldn't care less. And don't pull this 'select few' crap with me.


Cheers

Hey Willem

No bleep stirring intended, I'm not making anything from anything and not trying to pull any crap from any one.

I won't mention it again, please accept my apologies.

Cheers Steve.

Borgy,

Another month sounds heaps better than delaying the trip by a month LOL

I have a few places in mind for the GPS activity (it was suggested by Willem after his comments before the gathering at Innamincka) mainly at locations of interest.

I am sure there will be stuff to be sorted before and during the gathering.

Cheers Kev

No worries, Steve


Cheers

Now me thinks that this stinks of the "all pigs are equal but some are more equal than others" mentality.
Surely a poll of some sort would have been the way to decide where a next years event was to be held? Even through consultation with the administration of this site would have been a better way to decide rather than a those of us on this one will decide the next one approach.
Did you even consider that the people in the west are even worse off for this one than the last???

ozgeorge,

It is good to see that you don't support this site by being a member as such gatherings are for members (as stated by Michelle)
Until then your comments will be ignored.

Kev. I have been a member on exploroz for 5 years. So ignore your own comments.

Well make comments as a member and not your visitor log in.

or

Get of your backside and organise one yourself.

Sir kev. If you think this site relies on memberships to survive you are indeed an unintelligent sort. Now just because i choose to post without my membership details with a mines bigger than yours rig picture does not mean my comments are worth any less. I've seen so many people come and go on this site (yourself not a long time member). People like yourself who take the high and mighty i'm a member and your not approach are probably the reason more people don't join.
Now back to the topic. What gave you people the right to make a call on where the national gathering will be for next year? You had 30 odd vehicles out of a site with how many hundred members and how many thousand visitors??
All i was asking for was democracy. I have been on several EO gatherings both National and Individual States.

Sir Kev

I think that we are starting to bog down in the politics of political correctness.

Prior to 2008 there was a debate on here as to where to next? So I chose Innamincka, posted a gathering and there were no dessenters.

This year all the dormant worms are coming out of the woodwork crying FOUL! because it doesn't suit them.

Little do they realise that it is a fun thing to do and someone has to make a decision and you have made that decision and away we go.

The administration of this site has had nothing to do with the ramifications of setting up a National Gathering apart from generous sponsorship of these events. This is entirely a Forum related phenomena

Methinks I will have to put OZGEORGE on my Idiot List. Apart from that, I have never heard of him.....LOL

Cheers

If you re read Borgy's reply you will see that Michelle and David are planning a Gathering in WA so attend that. As yet they have not released fixed dates etc, why not contact them and organise it with them.

You also seem to fixated about the gathering name. If it was named differently would you care??
If David and Michelle want the gathering name changed then so be it but the dates and location will not change as posted.

You also have no idea as to how long I have been accessing this site and being a member is only part of the journey.

See you in St George in September next year

So who the Hell are you OZGEORGE? Or are you shy to state who you really are?

The right to call a National Gathering is up to an individual Member of ExplorOz Forum. And thats it in a nutshell.

If you don't like it then please PISS-OFF


Cheers

Willem you have made my day. You have been on my idiot list for years and i would have been worried if you didn't have me on yours.

Get a life george

George and Dio should get together for a gathering,they are a good pair.
Cheers Pete

This is the ExplorOz National Gathering for 2009 what does it have to do with the Bi-annual National 4WD Gathering??

Just thought I'd give you a 'heads up' for your information...
But if you ain't interested- that's cool !!

Signman

Thanks for posting the info on the Bi-annual National 4WD Gathering in 2010. I am sure a lot of Forum members will appreciate it, even if a few others have no interest in knowing.

Ron,

This site is the one I used http://www.australia.gov.au/School_Term_Dates which is the one you gave. It shows that NSW holidays are from the 26 Sept until the 13 Oct 2009.

I am not concerned about other sites/organisations gatherings as no-one can plan for everyones commitments. I have posted this gathering early so those who wish to attend have over 12 months to plan for it.

Cheers Kev

Whatever, it was just a heads up.

Agreed one cannot be concerned about other organisation/clubs/etc.

One must do their own thing and ypou cannot cater for everyone.

Something must be wrong with my 'puter as 2009 for NSW still shows Friday 2nd Oct to Monday 19th Oct on http://www.australia.gov.au/School_Term_Dates and this site.

Time to trade in my 'puter, LOL.

Ronb Dickson.

Hmmm my computer must be broken too Ron as mine agrees with yours, LOL, Friday 2nd Oct to Monday 19th Oct.

Chris

Jim,

So does the servo at Moree, and for those who wish to overnight a short distance from St George they can check the Lightening Ridge.

Hope you can make it.

Cheers Kev

So are you going Jimbo? Haven't caught up since the Robe get together.
Cheers Krakka

Krakka,

He is registered to attend so all going well he should get there :)

We are up to 18 in total so far

Cheers Kev

Krakka,

Were you going under a different name at Robe? I can't recall you off the top of my head. Please refresh me.

Regards,

Jim.

How thick am I?

I looked up your profile Pete and now recall you very well. Wasn't that a ripper day along the beach with Willem leading the way?

I wondered why you seemed to disappear off the face of the map. How are you going after the transplant. I trust all is well and you are now not living a life of ongoing thirst. Can you manage a beer or two these days?

Jim.

Sorry Jim, should have let you know. Everything is going great. Can definately manage a beer or six these days.


Cheers Pete and Lez

Wayne,

On the back road to Dirranbandi from St George there is also a Surf Life saving club that uses the exposed sand banks near where the road crosses the river.

The sailing club mainly uses the Beardmore dam area as the town weir is general to narrow due to lack of water.

Fishing is able to be done in both the weir, dam and irrigation sections all of which are very close to Youth camp site

Cheers Kev