Activities & Who is doing what:
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Who is attending events
Note:
"Main events" $115 Friday night dinner, Saturday all day Hunter Valley wine tour by bus, Saturday Oz Fest dinner & Sunday RAAF Fighter World museum tour, including bus from Crowne Plaza. Excludes Sunday evening causal dinner.
Please do not pay for individual events if using the "Main events" selection.
If you want to go to
all events please pay/register for "Main events" and the "Sunday dinner". Many people travel on Sunday afternoon, so is additional. Sunday dinner usually has a 35%-50% attendance at best.
Or select the events you want to attend.
Please register for events which do not have a pre payment. It does help with planning and advising venues of attendance. As below, Saturday night has a finite number of seats available for the Oz Fest group.
The Oz Fest team has based costs on people attending activities based on known flights and the history of similar activites attended at previous Oz Fests. Due to commitments the Oz Fest team has made/will make to suppliers/vendors no refunds are possible, unless another person takes your place. The cost includes the fees (~2.75%) Oz Fest pay to the trybooking web site. There is a small additional fee paid by you when you book.
Friday 26th May.
Pre dinner drinks for those interested at xxxx.
Casual dinner to be held at
The Landing Bar & Kitchen . Start time 1930
There is no reserved seating for this dinner and it is pay as you go.
Address:- 1 Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle NSW 2300. Can easily
walk the 210m (3 minutes) from the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Saturday 27th May.
Day trip to Hunter Valley
Bus pickup from
Crowne Plaza area (other locations if necessary) for a day trip to the Hunter Valley wineries.
This is a prepaid event with a cost of $90pp. Price includes transport, lunch and winery entrance/tasting costs.
Wine trip details are now available in
post No 223.
Saturday Evening
Pre dinner drinks for those interested at the
Battlesticks Bar associated with
Scratchleys Sea Food Restaurant.
Address:- 200 Wharf Road, Newcastle NSW Australia. A 500m (7 minute) walk from the Crowne Plaza (both on Wharf Rd).
Dinner at 2015
Scratchley’s Sea Food Restaurant. Confirming for this is necessary but no pre-payment is needed. Pay at the venue. We have a finite number of seats and most probably cannot get extras. Order off the
main and
dessert menus.
*** This restaurant is, I am told, by far the best around BUT it has limited Vegetarian options on the main menu. If this is a problem to you then please advise and we’ll get something sorted out.
Sunday 28th May.
Free time to recover from Saturday night and/or Newcastle city farmers markets ( people can do their own thing) or Blue Door Cafe (no split bills) near the
Crowne Plaza.
Afternoon
At (time to be advised) there will be a bus pickup to head out to
RAAF Fighter World.
The bus requires prepayment of $25pp and admission is pay as you go at $12-$15pp.
This is adjacent to RAAF Base Williamtown at Newcastle Airport, on the opposite side to the civil airport (NTL).
There is a
cafe at
Fighter World for those who may need a snack or drink.
We plan to have two ex
RAAF fighter/test pilots as tour guides. (They were Qantas Captains later in life) Time at Fighter World will be 2–2.5 hrs as needed then back into Newcastle for a rest/relax before the farewell (casual) dinner.
**** Subject to people's departure times it is planned to depart Fighter World and head back to Newcastle via the Domestic Terminal.****
Sunday Evening
Pre dinner drinks as and when required individually.
Casual dinner to be held at the
Honeysuckle Hotel. Start time 1930
There is no reserved seating for this dinner and it is pay as you go.
Address: Honeysuckle Drive, Newcastle NSW 2300.
Not far from the Crown Plaza (450m - 6 minutes)
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