General Chat

Hi there Anne, Next week myself, Sharyn, Leah are meeting up to organise this meet, as Laurel said she will be away first weekend in October, I think that would be for most people as it's a long weekend here so after then. Also we need to know if people can do week day's as well as weekends. Bye for now Sandra in the Gong

Like some of the others the first weekend is out for me but any other time is good can do a weekday if you want just as I know when to put John into respite. Love Cilla.

Honey Rum, I think that is a great idea. The blue mountains is lovely, you will like your stay there. I live in Queensland, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. I would love to come down to meet up with everyone, providing our house is sold, then hubby and I free to travel. Going to move in with my daughter and son in law while we rebuild a new place. Sydney is ok for me, traffic is horrible though, but that is because I am not used to it, to me peak hour never ends. lol. The central coast is a lovely area also to meet (between Sydney and Newcastle) Some beautiful spots there and parking wouldnt be an issue as it is in Sydney, especially the city. It really depends what suburbs we are looking at in and around Sydney. The North shore is nice, suburbs, like Manly, Narrabeen etc all of which would be known to our Sydney siders. Lynda Queensland

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Hi everyone! First of all... my flight to Oz is booked and I will be getting there with 'Tinkle' on the morning of the 6th October.... the first few days will be getting together with rellies etc.......so I can probably say around 2/3rd week of October or 1/2nd week of November, for the meet up. Sandra!!! If you can organise with your Australian counterparts, a date that is suitable to everyone over there, that would be great. Maybe everyone wll give you dates of when they can go to the meet as above and then we can find a mutually suited time for it. Take care, Anne :)))

Ok....from the looks of this, it's either Sydney (the City) or Newcastle.....Honey Rum....Newcastle is about 2 hours drive from Sydney from what I've been told. I am pretty much in the middle and have a house with rooms that everyone can doss in, if they so wish and don't expect a mansion! The offer is there....

As Sandra mentioned earlier, we are having a 'mini meet' to talk about Oct meet - we're meeting at Moss Vale on Wednesday, so after that I am sure one of us will get back to all - I think there are 5 of us meeting for the first time, cheers Laurie

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Hi Laurie and girls... hope the mini meet goes well for you all and that you can sort the Great Australian Meet-Up. If everyone can try and put dates up for when they can go to the meet... then I am sure we can come to some agrrement as to when it will actually take place... thanks, Anne :)))

Hi We had our meet uptoday. It was a lovely time and it was a pleasure to meet other genealogy addicts and get to know all of you. We have decided on Saturday, 15th October at Brighton-le-Sands in Sydney. There are good train and bus connections as there will be some of us that have to travel. We have a lot of choices of either restaurants, pubs or clubs. I will be putting a fresh thread up for anyone interested in this meet. Thanks Anne for putting this thread up and we look forward to meeting you in October. Regards Leah - Goulburn

Thanks for that Leah... and will now e.mail my rellies so that they can sort out getting me there to meet you all. I can't wait for the day!! Don't forget that I am bringing 'Tinkle' with me too so hope you can all have your piccy taken with her to show her Mommy GB!! Anne :)))

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Hi Leah, Sandra, Shaz, Laurie - and Honey Rum (nice to meet you Anne) To everyone out there, these girls are great, I was one who met them at Moss Vale yesterday. To Honey Rum, I live at Springwood, Blaxland is 4 stations away, and I could help you get to Brighton-le-sands by train. I'm looking forward to getting together with you all. Judy - from the Blue Mountains