Common Ground: First ever HOP meet up

I wanna bring my big fairy wings but I dont know if Ill get them on the plane. le sigh...



Josh PM on the way!!

Valura theyre sooooooooooooooo pretty!

oh wow.... they are sooooooo cool

veeeeery pretty miss Valura!!

I want a pair!!!!!

Oh My God they are fantastic Valura....

CX

about how long a drive is it from brizzy? pretty far huh?

Three to four days drive.

nah, you should easily be able to do it in 3

would it not be better to have a break and do it with an extra day.. safer, yes.

come on the plane with us pixie!

uuuuummmm right! well I don't think I'll be driving there! the plain sounds like a much better idea chicken... only thing is that my pixiemobile is where I usually camp... I don't have a tent or anything lol....

....:*Wishes pixiemobile had wings.... big fluffy angel wings... and run on bubble juice!... so that when you fly along bubbles come out the exhaust... ....and ya don't need to drive it coz it knows where it's going so you can just cozy up in the back and sleep the whole way...:*

a hobo workshop can teach anyone with a big carboard box the delights of D.I.Y. rain shelters.
Gaffa tape not included.

wow, very impressed. i shall be there, with some bakedbeans

As we have so many people willing to teach things, i'll just put my hand up and say I'm willing to be taught, anything, from anyone.

nah, 3 days is taking it easy and safe.

You know what would be awesome? If it went one day extra til the 5th of Oct, as that is my 18th birthday. And I would be legal for everything!

anyone know how far adelaide is from melbourne driving?

Legal to retire?

*laughs at own lame joke, then realises it's lame and runs away*

BTW I your wings Valura - very beautiful. Who was clever enough to make them?

It takes about 8 hours to get here. 7 if you speed *clears throat* and 9 if you go slow or want to stop in Horsham for a coffee

my very nice friend Zoey made them. She is an amazing wee chicken!

hey pixie I have a tent that you can borrow! we have a gas cooker and loads of campy stuff... we could giggle and hang out and have a GREAT time in adeamaliade!

Flash wings

I have wing envy now!!

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anyone know how far adelaide is from melbourne driving? [/quote]

Bout 8 hours i reckon.

Well it's great to see little old adelaide getting so much attention. Sounds like this will be a mad party. I'm looking forward to seeing Mishka especially, her dancing is breathtaking. I think the yoga morning starts are a bit early, hehe, but not everyone is as lazy as me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.
Since there's already drumming and firetwirling workshops, i'm thinking of doing DJ workshops as well, so long as people don't get annoyed at hearing trainwreck after trainwreck...
Well there's plenty of time to get things organised.. bring it on!!

How late am i to this thread (thanx pete )

NOOOO i cannot make it though!
MAX SADDNESS!
damn final school tests, damn year 12!
*runs off to cry*

I like the sound of this! If you still have the room, put me down, I'll definitely be there.

To everyone that doesn't know me yet... I'm Matt. Totally new, couldn't teach a thing but I can put a video together and bring my SLR down to take some pickies.
I have a spare tent that's meant for four but two fits in better (gives you room for luggage etc.) If anyone wants to use it?

I predict late night poker games

yeah, it'd be about 8-10 hours drive, depending on where in melbourne you start, and how you go through the hills. 730km all up, according to auinfo . Greyhound/pioneer has a red-eye trip, leaving at 2200 from melbourne and getting into adelaide at 0650 the next day. Going back, they depart at 2030, and arive at 0625.

From brisbane, it could possibly be done in a day, with driver swaps, but it would be a really, really long day of driving. it's 2100 km, again from auinfo.com, and would probably take 23 hours or so. i'd stay at dubbo or broken hill, personally. greyhound takes just over a day and a half (0630 day 1 - 1400 day 2) to get there, and much the same to get back (1000 day 1 - 1845 day 2)

From perth, you're looking at 2700km, and 32 hours worth. definitely a 2-3 day excursion. 5 hours of flying, and greyhound leaves at 1945 day 1, and gets to adel 0925 day 3. back is the same deal, mostly. 1945 day 1 depart, 0625 day 3 arrive. I'd fly, personally.

Sydneysiders are looking at 1400km, roughly 20 hours. i can't seem to get a timetable from sydney to adelaide, but from adel to syd will leave at 1000 day 1 and arrive 24 hours and 15 minutes later.

Look here for the raa's travel distances.

Sorry to double post, but this is on a different topic to my last one:

Would it be a good idea to put people's names down that are likely to come? Or even a rough guess of numbers, plus how many people spare space people have (extra tents, swags, backs of cars, utes, pieces of tarpaulin etc)?
And should we wear funky namebadges, like i've seen on some gallery pics?

Yes to Funky name badges

yeah i started putting names onto a txt file to help with planning for numbers, maybe a bit closer to the date we can do a list so it doesnt clutter the thread up with a huuuuuuuuge list

ahh read my mind MiG!

*gets the funky namebadges!*

Have you got my name down?

MiG, you're a champion, thanks for all the information. definitely yes to name badges, and a good idea about the list. i was thinking maybe if one of the first posters wanted to take on the responsibility of updating their post on the first page to include a list of who says they're coming although this could end up being quite a chore.
*gets excited about adelaide*