Yes would have been nice to be there but the end of the month is a bad time to be away from the office especially when trying to organise end of month finances. If I had realised that 16 or so people were turning up then I would have taken the time off work.
At 10;00am, this morning, price was still $312.00 so not bad for last minute travel, but then theres the explaining of where was I going for 6 hours, "sydney" explain that to most people,
Also just brought a new company car, so that takes a bit to organise too.