Venue and dates confirmed

[Ben Schwarz]

We have confirmed the venue for Railscamp 6!

Last week John (Barton) and myself went down to checkout
"Lord Somers Camp" down on the Mornington peninsula.

It is indeed the largest Railscamp venue yet.
There is a beach about 100 meters to the rear of the property,
it has views accross to Phillip Island.


Some details:

Meals:

8 meals are provided. That includes the Friday afternoon / dinner
BBQ!
(Earlier dinner I'd say right now)

Morning and Afternoon Tea
24/7 Fruit available
Vegans and Vegetarians will be catered for.
When you register let us know of your requirements

Menu: Lasagna, Curries, Roasts, Bacon & Eggs and Salad rolls
(we'll confirm before you get there)
Size: Lord somers are used to catering for "lads".
Cleanup: We'll have someone to wash all the dishes.

Accomodation:

All accomodation is bunk beds. Rooms are split into
2, 4, 6, 8 and then some larger dorm rooms. (Get there earlier for a
better spot!)
Linen (a fitted sheet) is provided, one set per head for the weekend
Guests need to bring their own pillow and sleeping bag

Ladies wanting a bit of extra privacy can get a shared ladies room
(if requested)

Tents? Sure!!

Getting there:
Drive (A really nice, easy drive from Melbourne - about 1.5hrs)
Catch a metro train to Frankston, shuttled from there (train time +
about 30 mins)
Catch a metro train to Frankston, switch to a diesel train to
Balnarring, then 10 minute shuttle

More details on travel as they are available


When is it?
The second last weekend of November. (Thats the 20th until the 23rd)
The weather should be warm(er) by then.
It clashes with Rubyconf. Don't worry, it is a kick ass weekend.

Pricing:
The indicitive pricing is $180, this includes accomodation and
meals.


Registration:
Not yet. We'll let you know.

Other cool stuff about the venue:
Venue web site (don't get put off!) http://www.lordsomerscamp.org.au
The site map (http://www.lordsomerscamp.org.au/facilities/images/
smap.gif) + Johns pics might help you peice it together
John was a legend and brought a camera (I forgot!) -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johotravels/sets/72157620197810073/
There is a basketball / vollyball / soccer area (Balls provided!)
Table Tennis table
The camp sleeps up to 250
No alcohol is allowed in the sleeping huts, and there's no smoking
indoors full stop
There are plenty of bins (both rubbish and recycling) to handle all
our binning needs. (Don't act like piggies!)

[Dr Nic Williams]

Woohoo! Party time!

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[Thomas Sinclair]

I will be there on my private plane.

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[Dylan Fogarty-MacDonald]

Woohoo, can't wait. Road trip?

2009/6/30 Thomas Sinclair <tho...@icdesign.com.au>

[Alan Harper]

Awesome, I'm excited!

[Ben Askins]

Excellent! Nice work Ben and John for getting this sorted. Shaping up
to be a _great_ camp already.

cheers,
Ben

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Ben Schwarz<ben.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[Greg Fairbrother]

On 30/06/2009, at 10:10 AM, Dylan Fogarty-MacDonald wrote:

> Woohoo, can't wait. Road trip?

I'm planning on riding down from Brisbane (if I can get the extra time
off work) so I'll meet up with you along the way! Any other bikers
game enough?

Greg

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[Dr Nic Williams]

I may have upgraded from 250CC to something else by then. Ooh, perhaps I can take a pillion passenger too! For 2000Km...

[Thomas Sinclair]

That's a big ride Greg.
Can the human condom make it that far?

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Greg
Fairbrother<gtfair...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[Greg Fairbrother]

On 30/06/2009, at 10:23 AM, Dr Nic Williams wrote:

> Ooh, perhaps I can take a pillion passenger too! For 2000Km...

2000k meh, a mere pittance for a mighty Mocra Off Railer!

[Glen Maddern]

kickin' rad! I like the looks of that amphitheatre :)

-glen.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Ben Schwarz <ben.s...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Greg Fairbrother]

On 30/06/2009, at 10:23 AM, Thomas Sinclair wrote:

> That's a big ride Greg.
> Can the human condom make it that far?

DOH! I was hoping that name would not stick!

[Jonathan Clarke]

Awesome....I'm totally there.....

[Dr Nic Williams]

So if we know the location, the dates and the price... we could buy tickets now? :)

[PommyTom]

Awesome, there with bells on. Can give one person a lift on my
triumph :)

>   Venue web site (don't get put off!)http://www.lordsomerscamp.org.au

>     The site map (http://www.lordsomerscamp.org.au/facilities/images/
> smap.gif) + Johns pics might help you peice it together

>   John was a legend and brought a camera (I forgot!) -http://www.flickr.com/photos/johotravels/sets/72157620197810073/

[Keith Pitty]

Ben,

Kudos to you and John for initiating Railscamp 6. Can't wait!

Keith

[Julian Doherty]

Kick ass.

"Lad" sized catering can't be wrong.

2009/6/30 Keith Pitty <ke...@keithpitty.com>

[Elspeth Thorne]

Hooray!

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[Bodaniel Jeanes]

Oooh I am tingling in anticipation! This will be great .. and a beach too -- woot!

[Gareth Townsend]

mmmmm rails camp.

List of things to pack:

1. Vodka.
2. Dice.
3. Laptop (for charging iPhone).
4. Spare liver.
5. Gatorade Powder.
6. Mad Skills.

Cheers,
Gareth Townsend
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[Martin Stannard]

http://iircy.bivou.ac/

[Bodaniel Jeanes]

nice!

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Martin Stannard <msta...@gmail.com> wrote:

http://iircy.bivou.ac/

[Lincoln Stoll]

Awesome, nice work guys.

Booking flights now, plus maybe some roadtrip awesomeness. Looking
forward to it!

[Lincoln Stoll]

Could turn it into an awesome GS adventure.

Sorry, soft road riders.

[Elspeth Thorne]

I have something better than gatorade ... and dice? for what game? Can
I hope for spontaenous DnD'ing?

Elspeth.

[Pat Allan]

Err, hate to disappoint you, but Gareth's dice games have a strong
link to the first and fourth items on his list.

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[Ben Schwarz]

Its coming. I wanted to get the details to you sooner rather than
later.

On Jun 30, 10:42 am, Dr Nic Williams <dr...@mocra.com> wrote:
> So if we know the location, the dates and the price... we could buy tickets
> now? :)
>

> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Jonathan Clarke <clarke.jonat...@gmail.com

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> > wrote:
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> > Awesome....I'm totally there.....
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> > On Jun 30, 10:29 am, Greg Fairbrother <gtfairbrot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 30/06/2009, at 10:23 AM, Thomas Sinclair wrote:
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> > > > That's a big ride Greg.
> > > > Can the human condom make it that far?
>
> > > DOH! I was hoping that name would not stick!
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> > > Greg Fairbrother
> > > p 07 5656 9696 m 0421 006618
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> --
> Dr Nic Williams
> Mocra - Premier iPhone and Ruby on Rails Consultants

> w -http://mocra.com

[Dr Nic Williams]

If I buy tickets today its a 2008/09 tax expense :D

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[Greg Fairbrother]

On 30/06/2009, at 11:14 AM, Lincoln Stoll wrote:

> Could turn it into an awesome GS adventure.

thats what it's made for : )

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gfairbrother/3144889475/in/set-72157611797793672/

[Elspeth Thorne]

Oh, that's okay too. Plain d6 or more interesting dice, then?

[Clifford Heath]

On 30/06/2009, at 11:18 AM, Dr Nic Williams wrote:
> If I buy tickets today its a 2008/09 tax expense :D

Actually, it's not when you pay, but when you incur the liability,
I believe. We've noted your commitment to coming, so the
liability has been incurred ;-).

I'm landing from KL at 1am on the Saturday morning, so I guess
I'll be arriving sometime early Sat AM, tired already.

Clifford Heath.

[Dr Nic Williams]

We're cash-based accounting. For us its when we pay. But yes, for accruals accounting its when you get the invoice etc :)

[Josh Bassett]

Hella cool. I'll bring my hifi gear so we can get some decent tunes
cranking. The whole music setup kinda sucked last time (1 powered
speaker with a short cable and a very flakey duke).

I've also got a mic, leads, and a mixer. I'm not sure if anyone has
made arrangements for that side of things yet.

Cheers,

Josh

[Marcus Crafter]

Fantastic news! Looking forward to an awesome event!

Cheers,

Marcus!

[Glen Maddern]

Sounds good, josh. Dukejour will (read: might) be ready in 142 sleeps' time for the music, but a decent mic/mixer/speakers setup is necessary. Does anyone have a madonna/tony robbins style wireless microphone? ;)

-glen.

[Ben Schwarz]

Thanks for offering your services and equipment Josh.
I / we will discuss off list.

> >  Venue web site (don't get put off!)http://www.lordsomerscamp.org.au

[Josh Bassett]

No problemmo.

[Mark Mansour]

Where can I get me some of (6)? Should a bring a pickup truck?

I'll trade you for the spare liver I 'acquired' on ebay - (it is
Michael Jackson's so it's got a few miles on it).

Mark

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Gareth Townsend<gareth....@me.com> wrote:
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[Heinzel, Joel]

Keen on Railscamp. Keen on going for a ride. But I will have to wait and
see how things shape up in the next month or two.

I'll keep in touch on this...

Cheers,

Joel




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Subject: [railscamp] Re: Venue and dates confirmed



On 30/06/2009, at 10:10 AM, Dylan Fogarty-MacDonald wrote:

> Woohoo, can't wait. Road trip?


I'm planning on riding down from Brisbane (if I can get the extra time
off work) so I'll meet up with you along the way! Any other bikers
game enough?

Greg