MrsDagboy

Hi everyone,

Well its that time again to sort out another Brisbane expats meet. Ive been away & very busy recently & no one else has volunteered , so here it is.

For any newbies, this is a family picnic/BBQ in the park get together, anyone is welcome to come along. Pre-christmas can be very busy, the only weekend I see free for us is the 11th/12th, so depending on everyone else, I sugggest that we have it then. Alternately we could have it in the New Year which would be 8/9 or 15/16 Jan.

As for the venue, we could try Wynnum again which was very popular last time. Its now been upgraded & has a water fun park for the kids, as well as the pool, the beach (only for the littlies & their buckets & spades!) & the fabulous new playground. Other suggestions are Southbank (Very nice, but extremely crowded & everyone has to pay for parking), New Farm Park (had it there last time, was ok, but miles away from playground for the kids & only 2 BBQs , I wouldnt choose it again). Main problem with anywhere away from the coast in the city is that it will be stinking hot. One other sugggestion is Redcliffe, however Redcliffe has the disadvantage of it not being as central as say Wynnum or Southbank.

Anyway, its over to everyone else for suggestions/comments .

mlbonner

Hey - sounds like a good idea to me!! Like you say, Pre-Christmas can be pretty full on, I know personally I dont have a full free weekend now before January 2005!!

I have Christmas parties on 10th & 11th so that weekend will be pretty packed for us already.... see what everyone else thinks I guess??

I dont know Wynnum very well; my personal preference though would be there (based on reviews from last time) New Farm or Redcliffe. As said Southbank can be just too busy!! We went up the river on the boat yesterday and moored at Southbank for lunch, even on an overcast/rainy day it was pretty packed

ProofReader

I'm all for meeting up with a few of my fellow (and/or fellowesses / fellowettes / fellowlets / fellowlings ?! ) BE members.

Personally, for outer areas, I like Redcliffe, but then I'm a northsider. Have you considered Roma Street Parklands? They're pretty good and very central.

Darren&Leanne

Hi we are up for the meet but it will probably need to be somewhere thats not going to be terribly busy and bad for parking!!!!!!
Wynums very nice and that would be good for those of us that have kids which i'm sure will be a few.

leanne

JackTheLad

January weekends are good for us, that is JTL, Mrs JTL, Jock (4 years old, or human equivalent of 30+ years old with mentality of 7-year-old), and possibly JTL's parents (60+ years old but 10 at heart).

Cheers,
JTL & Mrs

cresta57

Wynnum eh! Has it really taken that long to rebuild it after the last meet ?
Might be just in time to pick up the Christmas supplies instead of just in time for the January sales. :scared:

nikkers

Hiya

I'd like the meet to be in Jan as we will be in Brisbane then

Nikki x

debsy

We will try to come to the meet. Let me know what date you decide on

Debsy x 4

MrsDagboy

OK, so it looks like so far we have 3 votes for Jan & Cresta wants to be able to get his beer for xmas . Jan is coming in favourite so far.

Proofreader, same problem with Roma St, its damn hot in summer, very crowded, hard to find a spot near a BBQ, easy for people to get lost & not find us & you have to pay & display. In fact you can only park for 2 hrs & then technically you're sposed to leave . I considered it for our last meet, but ruled it out in favour of NewFarm Park (which at least has free parking).

Cresta, LOL, its been worth the wait, the playground & water park stuff down there for the kids are excellent! As long as we dont get stuck under the little map shelter again in the rain :scared: .

ABCDiamond

How about having two meets
One in December 11/12th
and another in January 15/16th ?

Based on my 50% attendance rate so far, i'd probably get to one of them

ProofReader

No worries, MrsDagboy, 't were only a suggestion. I can see you've done your homework well and am more than happy to leave the location in your obviously, very capable hands!

I haven't been to New Farm Park for years, but used to go there for bush poetry evenings. They were great. Wonder if they still happen ... ?

cresta57

Noooooo don't need any more beer I've got a nice batch of Newcastle Brown fermenting away in the laundry, it was general Christmas fayre I meant.
Not fussed as to a date or a location and at least this time we won't be accused of bringing rain with us

TrickyTree

We will be arriving on the 5th December but we think a meet in January would be easier to make.

Dont really know any of the locations so will leave that up to the locals!!!

Let me know what is decided, looking forward to meeting everyone.

TT & Miss TT

Terry

Hi MrsDagboy we would be up for a meet will try to make it not fussed if it's before or after, as long as it don't rain.

Terry

gazza22222

We have just had the one at the Gold Coast (Sun 21st), so count me in for the Brissie one, i'll be ready for another one by then.

Jan is looking best so just select the date and go for it.

Gazza22222