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"Oz Fest #7" – Adelaide South Australia - Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-30, 2010

"Oz Fest #7" – Adelaide South Australia - Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-30, 2010

Old Jun 16, 2009, 9:49 pm
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"Oz Fest #7" – Adelaide South Australia - Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-30, 2010

"Oz Fest #7" – Adelaide South Australia - Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-30, 2010


There have been 6 successful OzFests so far - in Sydney (twice) Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart Tasmania, and Cairns Queensland a few weeks back.

They are one of the most heavily attended of any of the annual FT Doos anywhere. Indeed there are NO other annual FT Doos outside the USA that have chalked up 7 years running AFAIK.

Polling of FT'ers on the Cairns thread for the past fortnight, and via many private emails seems to have decided that the hands down winner for the 200TEN venue should be ADELAIDE - the capital city of South Australia.

The location of which, for the benefit of our overseas members is shown below.




fozzyNUE helpfully offered a polling page where members could vote for what location they preferred –

http://www.doodle.com/rhqnzgk7x6petfr7

And as can been seen, Adelaide won hands down with 30 votes. Runner up was Darwin with 19, Canberra with 15, Perth with 14, Alice Springs with 9, and Broome with 6.

Indeed all the 32 that voted. only 2 did NOT have Adelaide as their choice.

Democracy rules supreme with all OzFest’s, and after some emails with Itsalongwaydownwho also agrees on ADL, I have started this thread today on our return from Patagonia, to officially kick off OzFest #7.

Hobart had 40 members signed up - pretty amazing seeing only one attending was a local, Cairns saw 59 turning up – just beating out by 1 the previous record attendance of any OzFest - number #2 in Sydney - 58 attendees.

The "OzFest #5" thread has had about 50,000 page views and attracted well over 1,000 posts, and set a view record for a FT Doo thread.

The “OzFest #6” got very near that, with about 37,000 page views as of typing this mid June 2009, with many more 1000s’ to come as history always shows, and over 1,200 posts – a record number.

MargoZ and I will certainly be the first confirmed starters to attend, and as with all the other Oz Fests, I'll be pleased to assist where I can.

Itsalongwaydown and I have been in contact, and Bill and Sue are also certain starters for ADL. Bill as always has offered to lend a hand in the planning and cat herding, that is associated with these large events.

Itsalongwaydown and Cairns locals - platy and turtlemichael did most of the heavy lifting for OzFest#6, and hopefully we have a few FT locals in Adelaide who might be able to assist? If so please raise your hands! (ozstamps[at]gmail.com)

Other volunteers will I am sure add links to activities and attendees in the next few posts, and I can link to them here as usual at base of post #1 - as is traditional for “OzFest” threads.

Mwenenzi has offered really invaluable back-up to Bill and I and others helping organise all the previous Ozfests and I feel sure he’ll be able to assist again. Tracking attendees etc via his legendary and super detailed Excel spread sheets, and hopefully he can again join us in person for this one.

And just as important are Mwenenzi’ s placefinder posts adding new attendees as they are confirmed. And linking to who was doing what, and when, etc. These are incredibly time consuming and all attendees owe him a huge vote of thanks.

Serfty looks to be the “king of airline movements” for attendees to and from, and his most useful link to that aspect for Cairns helped lots of members buddy up for Cabs etc, and book seats together, and cut costs, and I have little doubt Ross and Jenny will also be among the early sign ons.

And hopefully we can once again call on the falconea’s to be name tag supremos, and we are well on our way!

I lived in Adelaide for much of my life, and all my family are there, so visit often and know it well.

One obvious day of the weekend would be a full day bus trip out to the legendary Barossa Valley wine area. That is a no brainer and all can assume that WILL be one full day.

The other weekend day can be one of many things ... a trip up to the beautiful and historical Hahndorf old German village, that allows a nice trip through the heavily wooded Adelaide Hills, and back via the Mount Lofty panoramic lookout etc is one option.

http://www.southaustralia.com/9003122.aspx

If we hire our own bus, doing that and adding on a custom tour of the very pretty city and elegant and leafy North Adelaide environs, and back home via the superb beaches which the city is bounded by for 20 miles is most worthwhile, with a stop in hip Glenelg or somewhere.

Actually my STRONGEST suggestion for weekend day #2 would be a full day on nearby Kangaroo Island.

There you see heaps of koalas in the wild, lots of sea lions sunning themselves and hauling themselves from the sea, lots of Kangaroos in the wild (surprise surprise!) etc.

You CAN cross by boat which is not practical for us, as it now leaves an hour or more drive south of the city. I was pretty ill last time I took it, and do not want half of FT getting seasick.

The BEST way of course for a day trip is to fly and that is VERY doable, but is not cheap:

http://www.airsouth.com.au/00626%20F...%20DL%20FA.pdf

At $A360 for a small plane with day tour and lunch we may well be able to screw them down to $A300 or so, if enough of us booked to justify our own plane. A day you’ll long remember is all I can say about that island.

That company has 18 seaters as max, and REX has 34 seat Saab’s that I reckon we could fill. I'll ask them both for a quote.

Unlike all other large Australian cities, Adelaide was from Day #1 planned and laid out in the 1830s with the clear intention and expectation it was to be a major city.

The city square is an exact 1 mile square grid, and all streets that are within it are at neat right angles. And 5 x formal city squares are in the dead centre and to each quadrant. All the main and wide arterial roads run at neat 45 degree angles off each corner.

Other than the elevated North Adelaide section, it is totally flat in the city area, so VERY easy to get around, and navigate, and walk about. Masses of parklands and nice things to see.

There are a VERY limited range of ‘major’ brand Hotels ... the Hilton is in Victoria Square which was one complete and TOTAL dead end of town at night when they built it, but the nearby Gouger Street is now absolutely vibrant at night with bars and restaurants going crazy.

Margo and I were most surprised when there a few months back, how packed it is at night.

There is a Hyatt Regency near the Casino which is a mile from the Hilton. And then a lot of brands most Americans have not heard of.

http://www.wotif.com/search/Advanced...alse&region=13

ADL airport is REALLY close to the CBD so cost to get on and out is truly minimal – about $A15 last time I did it a few months back.
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Having ONE central hotel location most folks use is a VERY large plus I always feel. Especially as the larger hotels in Adelaide are spread out over a huge area – far more so than Cairns or Hobart etc.

And it gives the organisers some leverage to extract a great group booking deal, instead of 50 FT’ers being like Brown’s cows and all doing their own thing.

Best Hilton web rate now is $A175 a night (non refundable) for that weekend which is probably beatable on a flexible cancel group deal – I have asked them to quote me one, and let’s see what they say. (Stop Press - see group rate I obtained today - www.flyertalk.com/forum/11921169-post31.html )

The May Memorial Day weekend seems very popular with USA based Flyer-talkers, and that is the weekend that was most favoured by far. We have bowed to that request and again chosen that weekend - as we have for all other OzFests. Around half the attendees are US based each OzFest.

That public holiday in the USA is Monday May 31, 2010. Remember if you LEAVE Sydney on the afternoon of Monday May 31, you ARRIVE back in the USA also on the morning of Monday May 31. Tons of time to get back home, unpack, have an early night and get organised for a day at the office next day etc.

Mid afternoon is the flight time for United, who have direct daily flights from SYD to the west coast (to both LAX and SFO) leaving early afternoon ex Sydney.

Near all USA attendees fly UA to OzFests. In the last few years there have been Double EQM deals announced for May, to the enormous joy and delight of those who had already booked!

There are It’l carriers like Air NZ, Singapore air and Malaysian that service ADL direct.

Remember that domestic flights from either SYD or BNE or MEL to ADL are VERY cheap at selected times, on Virgin Blue (especially) and now new LCC “Tiger”. FT'ers will as always update you via this thread when the sale fares come into operation. @:-)

Everyone is welcome to OzFests. Your age, or FF status does not matter one hoot. By all means bring a partner or friends to whatever you attend - I am sure all days will be good fun, with good company, whether they are FF'ers or not. :-:

The weather for the past 6 "Oz Fests" has been in general, superb and sunny. Despite June 1 - a few days later, being our official Winter start date. Even in Tasmania our most southern city, we were truly blessed with unusually nice weather.

ADL normally has slightly warmer weather than MEL, and about the same as SYD on any given day, so it should be a very tolerable time to visit.

I get the feeling this as usual, may also turn out to be a very long thread.

Glen

For anyone who needs to add a link to this thread in a shorter form than the massively long FT link (which often "wraps around" in emails etc) - please used this simple version - www.tinyurl.com/ozfest7


Click HERE to view those signed up to attend so far.

Click HERE for: WHERE folks are staying in Adelaide, and flights.

Click HERE for the planned Ozfest activities in Adelaide and WHO is doing WHAT!

Click HERE to view typical WEATHER, and suggested things to see and do in the area.

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Old Jun 16, 2009, 9:49 pm
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Old Jun 16, 2009, 9:53 pm
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(Previous list below)

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Note, attendees are listed as travelling directly underneath their flight details.

e.g. This means I'm travelling on QF693, departing 16:25, not DJ239:
  • ...
  • QF 693 4:25 PM 5:15 PM 73H
    serfty
    ...
  • DJ 239 5:35 PM 6:30 PM E90
  • ...
Firstly Domestic Flights:
Originally Posted by Domestic inbound flight schedules
............
  • Arriving Before 27 May:
    T.B.A.
  • 27 MAY 10
    • MEL to ADL
      • JQ 774 6:30 AM 7:20 AM 320
      • DJ 211 7:05 AM 8:00 AM E90
      • QF 671 7:10 AM 8:00 AM 73H
      • QF 673 7:40 AM 8:30 AM 73H
      • DJ 213 8:05 AM 9:00 AM 73W
      • QF 675 8:10 AM 9:00 AM 73H
      • DJ 219 10:05 AM 11:00 AM 73W
      • QF 679 10:10 AM 11:00 AM 73H
      • DJ 223 12:05 PM 1:00 PM E90
      • QF 683 12:10 PM 1:00 PM 73H
      • QF 685 2:10 PM 3:00 PM 73H
        Itsalongwaydown
        Sue Oz
      • DJ 229 2:45 PM 3:40 PM 73W
      • QF 689 3:40 PM 4:30 PM 73H
        KLC
      • QF 693 4:25 PM 5:15 PM 73H
      • DJ 239 5:35 PM 6:30 PM E90
      • QF 697 6:10 PM 7:00 PM 73H
      • DJ 243 6:35 PM 7:30 PM 73W
      • QF 701 7:10 PM 8:00 PM 73H
      • DJ 247 8:05 PM 9:00 PM E90
    • SYD to ADL
      • DJ 402 6:45 AM 8:30 AM 73W
      • QF 735 7:10 AM 8:50 AM 73H
      • QF 739 8:20 AM 10:00 AM 734
      • DJ 408 8:45 AM 10:30 AM 73W
        monitor
        franny
      • QF 741 9:45 AM 11:25 AM 734
      • QF 747 11:05 AM 12:45 PM 73H
        JDiver
        dedehans
      • DJ 418 12:30 PM 2:15 PM 73W
      • QF 759 2:35 PM 4:15 PM 734
        pooch
        JohnSydney2000
      • DJ 426 3:30 PM 5:15 PM 73W
      • QF 765 4:25 PM 6:05 PM 734
      • JQ 766 5:15 PM 6:55 PM 320
      • QF 783 5:25 PM 7:05 PM 73H
      • DJ 436 6:00 PM 7:45 PM 73W
      • QF 743 6:25 PM 8:05 PM 734
        fifa
        gem gem
        Bundy Bear
    • BNE to ADL
      • DJ 1384 6:30 AM 8:40 AM E90
      • QF 661 8:25 AM 10:45 AM 734
      • QF 667 11:55 AM 2:15 PM 734
        gvdIAD
      • DJ 1394 12:50 PM 3:00 PM E90
      • QF 663 3:45 PM 6:05 PM 73H
        QF WP
        QF WP(+1)
        QF WP(+˝)
        QF WP(+Ľ)
      • JQ 772 6:00 PM 8:15 PM 320
      • QF 665 7:00 PM 9:20 PM 73H
      • DJ 1406 8:00 PM 10:10 PM 73W
    • CNS to ADL
      • JQ 963 6:20 AM 9:05 AM
        restlessinRNO
    • PER to ADL
      • QF 668 9:30 AM 1:55 PM
        thewinchester
        tom911
  • 28 MAY 10
    • MEL to ADL
      • JQ 774 6:30 AM 7:20 AM 320
      • DJ 211 7:05 AM 8:00 AM E90
      • QF 671 7:10 AM 8:00 AM 763
      • DJ 213 8:05 AM 9:00 AM 73W
      • QF 675 8:10 AM 9:00 AM 73H
      • QF 677 9:10 AM 10:00 AM 73H
        falconea
        falconea +1
      • DJ 219 10:05 AM 11:00 AM 73W
      • QF 679 10:10 AM 11:00 AM 73H
      • DJ 223 12:05 PM 1:00 PM E90
      • QF 683 12:10 PM 1:00 PM 73H
        wijomas
        tuapekastar
        Pat89339
        Where2next?
      • QF 687 1:10 PM 2:00 PM 73H
        hvr
        Flashware+1 (karens)
        perthite
        perthite+1
      • DJ 229 2:45 PM 3:40 PM 73W
        Fredd
        Fredd + 1
      • QF 689 3:40 PM 4:30 PM 73H

        samh004
      • DJ 233 4:05 PM 5:00 PM 73W
      • QF 693 4:25 PM 5:15 PM 73H
        serfty
        To Market to Market
      • DJ 239 5:35 PM 6:30 PM E90
      • QF 697 6:10 PM 7:00 PM 73H
      • DJ 243 6:35 PM 7:30 PM 73W
      • QF 701 7:10 PM 8:00 PM 73H
      • DJ 247 8:05 PM 9:00 PM E90
      • JQ 778 8:55 PM 9:45 PM 320
    • SYD to ADL
      • JQ 762 6:30 AM 8:10 AM 320
      • DJ 402 6:45 AM 8:30 AM 73W
      • QF 735 7:10 AM 8:50 AM 73H
        f0zzyNUE
      • QF 739 8:20 AM 10:00 AM 734
      • QF 741 9:45 AM 11:25 AM 734
        jswong
        magic111
        tinkybelle
        BiziBB
        Mrs BiziBB
      • QF 747 11:05 AM 12:45 PM 734
      • DJ 418 12:30 PM 2:15 PM 73W
        newself
        Jeanne
      • QF 751 12:35 PM 2:15 PM 734
        anat0l
      • QF 759 2:35 PM 4:15 PM 734
      • QF 761 3:25 PM 5:05 PM 73H
      • DJ 426 3:30 PM 5:15 PM 73W
      • QF 765 4:25 PM 6:05 PM 734
      • JQ 766 5:15 PM 6:55 PM 320
      • QF 783 5:25 PM 7:05 PM 73H
      • DJ 436 6:00 PM 7:45 PM 73W
      • QF 743 6:25 PM 8:05 PM 734
      • QF 785 8:45 PM 10:25 PM 73H
      • DJ 408 8:45 AM 10:30 AM 73W
    • BNE to ADL
      • DJ 1384 6:30 AM 8:40 AM E90
      • QF 661 8:25 AM 10:45 AM 73H
      • QF 667 11:55 AM 2:15 PM 734
        JohnK
      • DJ 1394 12:50 PM 3:00 PM E90
      • QF 663 3:45 PM 6:05 PM 73H
      • JQ 772 6:00 PM 8:15 PM 320
      • QF 665 7:00 PM 9:20 PM 73H
      • DJ 1406 8:00 PM 10:10 PM 73W
    • PER to ADL
      • QF 668 9:30 AM 1:55 PM
        Flashware
    • DRW to ADL
      • QF 757 1:15 PM 4:50 PM
        ozbeachbabe
  • Arriving after 28th May
    Leumas 29 May QF 739 8:20 AM 10:00 AM
Originally Posted by Domestic Outbound flight schedules
............
  • Departing Before 30th May
    T.B.A.
  • 30 MAY 10
    • ADL to MEL
      • QF 672 6:45 AM 8:30 AM 73H
      • JQ 777 6:50 AM 8:35 AM 320
      • DJ 208 7:05 AM 8:50 AM 73W
      • DJ 214 9:35 AM 11:20 AM 73W
      • QF 678 9:40 AM 11:25 AM 73H
      • QF 680 10:40 AM 12:25 PM 73H
      • QF 2066 10:50 AM 12:45 PM DH4
      • DJ 218 11:35 AM 1:20 PM 73W
      • QF 682 11:40 AM 1:25 PM 73H
      • QF 686 1:40 PM 3:25 PM 73H
      • DJ 224 1:45 PM 3:30 PM E90
      • DJ 228 3:05 PM 4:50 PM E90
      • JQ 775 3:30 PM 5:15 PM 320
      • QF 690 3:40 PM 5:25 PM 73H
      • DJ 232 4:10 PM 5:55 PM 73W
      • QF 688 4:40 PM 6:25 PM 73H
      • QF 692 5:30 PM 7:15 PM 763
      • DJ 236 5:35 PM 7:20 PM 73W
      • QF 694 6:05 PM 7:50 PM 73H
      • DJ 242 7:05 PM 8:50 PM E90
        Fredd
        Fredd + 1
      • QF 696 7:40 PM 9:25 PM 73H
        gvdIAD
        serfty
        To Market to Market
        falconea
        falconea +1
        perthite
        perthite+1
    • ADL to SYD
      • DJ 401 6:00 AM 8:25 AM 73W
      • QF 732 7:00 AM 9:20 AM 73H
      • DJ 411 9:00 AM 11:25 AM 73W
      • QF 738 9:30 AM 11:50 AM 73H
      • QF 750 10:50 AM 1:20 PM 734
      • DJ 417 11:00 AM 1:25 PM 73W
      • QF 736 12:15 PM 2:35 PM 734
      • QF 752 1:25 PM 3:45 PM 734
        jswong
      • DJ 423 2:45 PM 5:10 PM 73W
      • QF 756 2:55 PM 5:15 PM 734
        hvr
      • QF 764 4:50 PM 7:10 PM 73H
        magic111
        BiziBB
        Mrs BiziBB
      • QF 766 5:45 PM 8:05 PM 734
        Leumas
        Flashware+1 (karens)
        samh004
      • DJ 437 6:00 PM 8:25 PM 73W
      • QF 774 6:50 PM 9:10 PM 734
      • JQ 767 7:25 PM 9:45 PM 320
    • ADL to BNE
      • DJ 1385 6:10 AM 9:00 AM E90
      • QF 660 6:15 AM 9:00 AM 734
      • DJ 1391 9:20 AM 12:10 PM E90
      • QF 664 3:25 PM 6:10 PM 734
      • QF 656 6:45 PM 9:30 PM 734
        JohnK
      • DJ 1407 8:15 PM 11:05 PM 73W
      • JQ 773 8:45 PM 11:30 PM 320
    • ADL to PER
      • QF 595 5:15 PM 9:15 PM 734
        Flashware
  • 31 MAY 10
    • ADL to MEL
      • QF 670 6:05 AM 7:50 AM 73H
        upup&away
      • DJ 204 6:20 AM 8:05 AM E90
      • QF 674 7:30 AM 9:15 AM 73H
        wijomas
        Bundy Bear
      • DJ 208 7:05 AM 8:50 AM 73W
        Where2next?
      • QF 676 9:10 AM 10:55 AM 73H
        thewinchester
      • DJ 214 9:35 AM 11:20 AM 73W
      • QF 680 10:40 AM 12:25 PM 73H
        KLC
        f0zzyNUE
      • DJ 218 11:35 AM 1:20 PM 73W
      • QF 682 11:40 AM 1:25 PM 73H
        Itsalongwaydown
        Sue Oz
        Pat89339
      • QF 686 1:40 PM 3:25 PM 73H
        fifa
        gem gem
        tom911
      • DJ 224 1:45 PM 3:30 PM E90
      • DJ 228 3:05 PM 4:50 PM E90
      • JQ 775 3:30 PM 5:15 PM 320
      • QF 690 3:40 PM 5:25 PM 73H
        tuapekastar
      • DJ 232 4:10 PM 5:55 PM 73W
      • QF 692 5:30 PM 7:15 PM 763
      • DJ 236 5:35 PM 7:20 PM 73W
      • QF 694 6:05 PM 7:50 PM 73H
      • DJ 242 7:05 PM 8:50 PM E90
      • QF 696 7:40 PM 9:25 PM 73H
    • ADL to SYD
      • QF 730 6:00 AM 8:20 AM 73H
      • DJ 401 6:00 AM 8:25 AM 73W
      • QF 732 7:00 AM 9:20 AM 734
        anat0l
      • QF 82 7:50 AM 10:15 AM 333
      • QF 740 8:05 AM 10:25 AM 734
        spaceman
        Mrs. spaceman
        JDiver
      • JQ 761 8:40 AM 11:00 AM 320
      • DJ 411 9:00 AM 11:25 AM 73W
      • QF 738 9:30 AM 11:50 AM 73H
      • DJ 417 11:00 AM 1:25 PM 73W
      • QF 736 12:15 PM 2:35 PM 734
        dedehans
        pooch
      • QF 752 1:25 PM 3:45 PM 734
      • DJ 423 2:45 PM 5:10 PM 73W
        monitor
        franny
        newself
        Jeanne
      • QF 756 2:55 PM 5:15 PM 734
      • QF 764 4:50 PM 7:10 PM 73H
      • QF 766 5:45 PM 8:05 PM 73H
        tinkybelle
      • DJ 437 6:00 PM 8:25 PM 73W
      • QF 774 6:50 PM 9:10 PM 734
      • JQ 767 7:25 PM 9:45 PM 320
    • ADL to BNE
      • DJ 1385 6:10 AM 9:00 AM E90
      • QF 660 6:15 AM 9:00 AM 73H
      • DJ 1391 9:20 AM 12:10 PM E90
      • QF 662 11:50 PM 2:35 PM 73H
      • QF 664 3:25 PM 6:10 PM 73H
      • QF 656 6:45 PM 9:30 PM 73H
      • DJ 1407 8:25 PM 11:15 PM 73W
      • JQ 773 8:45 PM 11:30 PM 320
    • ADL to DRW
      • QF 754 8:40 AM 12:25 PM
        ozbeachbabe
  • Departing after 31st May:
    JohnSydney2000 (1st June QF 764 ADL-SYD 16:55-19:10)
    QF WP
    QF WP(+1)
    QF WP(+˝)
    QF WP(+Ľ)
    restlessinRNO(?)

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Old Jun 16, 2009, 10:04 pm
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Glen,

You got the title right this year! Congratulations.

You did still put Cairns in the link at the bottom though!
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Mr Falconea and I will be there - with name tags.

Also the table signs - they seemed to be popular!

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Old Jun 16, 2009, 11:06 pm
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Aaah...a lovely choice for an Oz Fest.

I've been there for AFF Gather #2 already, but I wouldn't mind going again! (We went to McLaren Vale, though). Flying between BNE and ADL also affords a nice mini SC run.

Add me to the Platinum list, please. (It's a long time before then, but I hope not to be otherwise engaged on that date.)

EDIT: Just noticed the small-ish caveat emptor - this Oz Fest is scheduled from a Sat - Mon rather than a Fri - Sun. Not that it's a big deal (it's still one day leave to be taken), although I wonder how that jigs our arrival and event dynamics...

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