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IVe booked the date in, and so now we have a lovely big Hall with a Kitchen and toilet block, along with a big ass campign area and flat area to use for the weekend! sept 30, Oct 1, 2 and 3. Its in a beautiful location only 5 minutes from the closest Public Transport and Supermarket, or 25 minutes by car from the Adelaide GPO. We can arrange transport to and from the site from the Bus stop given a bit of notice.
We've also bought a big ass markee to use as a 2nd learning area if the workshops get too big to fit in the hall.
I was thinking we could also have a bit of a party on the saturday night if people were able to chip in for a PA...
so yeah - if you are interested in something or doing something else - say so!
and yes - there will be a large campfire, and a big fire spin.
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More food....
Sweet corn chowder: (makes heaps)
1 cup cannelini beans, soaked overnight. (or used canned ones)
1 cup yellow lentils
4 large potatoes, peeled, cubed.
1 small onion, diced.
3 cubes of "Massel ultracube chicken style stock" - see note
water
2 x 440g cans of creamed corn
1 cup frozen corn kernels, or fresh.
fry the onion in a little oil. Add beans, lentils, potatoes, and stock cubes, cover with water and bring to the boil, cook until its all soggy. At this point you can mix it with a stab blender if you have one, or a potato masher. Mash it till most of the big bits are broken up.
Now add the creamed corn, and corn kernels, salt and cracked black pepper and chopped fresh parsley. Add some water if its too thick.
You can add cream if you like as well. (I don't)
Serve with crusty bread smothered in butter!
* Massel stock cubes are just about the best stock cubes ever. They come in beef style, chicken style and vege style, but NONE of them have any animal content or MSG at all. They are very good quality. You can get them in coles woolies etc
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"pinch of asafoetida (also known as "hing" - ask at your asian grocer)"
if only i had known that ages ago!!! you have no idea how long i searched for this mysterious asafoetida powder! but it's kewl - we eventually tracked some down in a very small yet expensive bottle in a health food store!! 
& then i moved to the country...there's this odd lil store that stocks TONS of herbs & spices & oddities...& he says asafoetida for $4!!! 
thanks heaps for those recipes!! your food was most delish!!
awesome photo fallout! *eep...i'm chanelling batman again*
& thankyou thankyou thankyou for the ride dexta!!
yes, i think we will all definitely have to come to adelaide a few days early for cg2006, just so we can see the sites & go to the wine centre!!! do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! 
it confuses people!
I wish i could have been there!
*too angry for words*
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Loving you from the deepest part of my loins.
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& it will be bigger & have WAY more hoppers for you to meet!! yay! 
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! it confuses people!
More hoppers you say?
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I am Jack's Raging Bile Duct...
Loving you from the deepest part of my loins.
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there were a big bunch this year, but after the lot of us coming back & raving about how splendiforous common ground 2005 was, i reckon it's gonna be MASSIVE next year!!! *starts counting down to next year...realises there's no date set yet...starts tapping fingers impatiently...*
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! it confuses people!
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Can it be like Easterish???
*tries to look appealing*
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
DeleteAnd we could have a HUGE egg hunt! Like, really really HUGE!
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Hopefully I can go next year. >_<
Congrats to the organisers! The people in Perth won't stop talking about how much fun was had!
We don't stop playing because we grow old,
We grow old because we stop playing.
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Serves you right Jed Bin Broken. Send me a postcard next time and the rocks will be your friends
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It will be easier to score lifts to and from common ground if it's held at confest, NSW!
edit: keeping the festival on the same date and in the same place lends a sense of continuity methinks. That said, I was born to be at confest tho!
here's to making the trek across to Montacute towne every year!
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That, and common ground is south australian, i thought. Its our only fire-focussed thing, i reckon, so it'd be nice to keep it here...
"beg beg grovel beg grovel"
"master"
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"There was an arse there, i couldn't help myself"
--Rougie
I can honestly say that I wouldnt come if common ground was tacked on the coat tails of confest becasue it would take away that special 'something' that common ground had.
Plus I really like south australia.
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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yeah there are lovely people that go to confest... but they arent all US...
i want to be able to experience the real commonground...
that is all </rant>
Only when you close your eyes can you really see...
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Yes I agree with everything I want to go to the REAL common ground and I want to go to Confest and I want to go to EVERYTHING while still sleeping in my own bed!!
OOOH life's tuff with so much good things to do!
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
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[image]Yah, so i've also finally got around to uploading a few photos from CG..(not many but some).
falloutboy's photo bonanza
Stunning pics Josh! Can't wait to see more!!!
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Valura your aura clensing is amazing, i just wish i could spend a moment with u every morning...WOW!
and OMG some of these photos have taken my breath away, some extremely talented people,
to all of you.Gr8 workshops too, me and the little man picked up a few tips...might see myself spinning a staff yet....
i hope... L&L
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" i just now need some other unsuspecting suckers to say something... " ~Rouge Dragon
"that wink was a nice one not a im going to thrust at you wink" ~Brettstar
any hint as to your real name babe? Its hard to know who is who now that I have met them but seem to forget their Hop names
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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JOy.
Love and Light
~*~ Katinca ~*~
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Perhaps I'll shall come to a future event - maybe even drag a DJ friend or two along with me.
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seeya at the next one hopefully
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...loved the sight... beautiful grassy hills...so green... very cold...butttt 
that's all part of the fun...hehehe and I like the idea of it going longer You guys really did a marvelous job!
*:...one day all the fairy fridges will be aligned and my pixie world will be complete...:*
The play in the long grass looked lush too.
More henna then too
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