Skyshow

29th January 2005

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The crew met up on War Memorial Drive for a nice relaxing BBQ before sitting back and watching the fire works. Note: when planning a BBQ, don’t forget a lighter or matches and no one likes to see a hair brained scheme for lighting a BBQ with jumper leads off a car battery… Nevertheless a really nice night out and a great show. Pine Forest managed to join us just before it started.

Photos can be found Here

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Crew & Surrogate Members Camp

21st – 23rd January 2005, Victor Harbour

The Camp was held at Michael’s Shack near the Bluff at Victor Harbor which was considerably cozier than last time we stayed given the larger numbers of the group. Surrogate members of the crew were invited along for the weekend mostly from Pine Forest. The camp was held as an alternative to traveling to VIC for Surfmoot which was not on a long weekend this year, however less than a week out it was discovered that Surfmoot was on the following weekend.

People arrived throughout Friday night for a relaxing night in with some DVD’s, learning how a microwave works in the process and Anna’s singing practice in the background. Surprise, surprise the first thing Brendan grabbed when he got there was the binoculars to spy on the neighbors and passers by, a job taken quite seriously for the rest of the weekend. Saturday morning saw Maccas for breakfast and then a walk to Granite Island. Half of the group went to see “The Incredibles” while the rest went back to the shack for more DVD action. Dinner was no structured affair and everyone was left to fend for themselves, though some of us had some damn good tacos. The night progressed with some singing, the guitar coming out and some more DVDs. Despite struggling through Dog soldiers we will never know the outcome of the movie, the last 3 scenes kept skipping. Nevertheless watching Willow was just as good as it was when I saw it at the drive in when I was six or so. Sunday morning and a few of us went down to cheer for Lachie on the Go Kart track before lunch at Pt Elliot. Those who stayed behind went for a trip up to the Bluff. After everything was packed up and a few failed attempts of Daniel trying to spin me round his arm and vice versa we headed back to Adelaide.

This was a really well attended event and it was good to have the extra Pine Forest Rovers along with us to adds to the group dynamic, especially since they are all fairly close to our crew anyway. It was a fun and relaxing camp with little fuss or effort required.
Photos can be found Here

Moonlight Cinema

Another last minute activity… Who could see that The Princess Bride was showing and not want to go?? After spending all day debating weather it would rain or not it actually cleared up in the evening. A fair size group of us went down to the Botanic Gardens to watch a true classic in the same league as Willow. Ash and Marc came very prepared with their drinks and we had a few bits and pieces to nibble on. Unfortunately we didn’t bring any beanbags or chairs so it was a bit uncomfortable but still, what a movie!!