Brisbane Gold Coast and surounding areas Bar-B-Q Feb 7th,

[Fuzzie]

It's still coming down heavy here and from the forecast doesn't look like stopping any time soon. The chart shows heavy rain from Bundaberg down to Port Macquarie.

Not wanting to be a party poopper, but if it keeps up like this, we'll probably have to take a rain check. :(

[dai sensei]

Very wet here last night, just starting to ease up. Just a sprinkle now by Qld standards :U


But who's bringing the choccy ripple cake? :?

You aren't :o

I thought there was a Victorian contingent flying up :doh::U:U

[gawdelpus]

Hehe ! too wet for markets today so will be a bit earlier lol. Parking looks a bit of a worry around your way though ? cheers John

I thought they stopped making "chocolate ripple bikkies " hehe, but ginger nuts work well lol.

[munruben]

I'll just stick with the green things :;:D:D:USounds like a bar of mint chocolate to me Wendy.:D

[Calm]

But who's bringing the choccy ripple cake? :?

TL they still get excited about pumpkin scones, - when they catch up with the time - they might learn about refined things like CRC.:D:D thats if it's not too hard for them to make. :roll::roll:

enjoy teh day everyone :2tsup::2tsup:

cheers

[Wizened of Oz]

TL they still get excited about pumpkin scones, - when they catch up with the time - they might learn about refined things like CRC.:D:D thats if it's not too hard for them to make. :roll::roll:

enjoy teh day everyone :2tsup::2tsup:

cheers

Expect to see you there today complete with CRC and scorn and derision to rain on us lesser mortals. :q:q:q

[weisyboy]

whats rong with pumpkin scones.

raincheck we dont do them in qld do we?

[Wizened of Oz]

It's raining heavily here now but, against my better judgement, I'll get going. Normally about a 2hr. drive but with the wet roads maybe a bit longer.
See you all there soon.

[tea lady]

TL they still get excited about pumpkin scones, - when they catch up with the time - they might learn about refined things like CRC.:D:D thats if it's not too hard for them to make. :roll::roll:

enjoy teh day everyone :2tsup::2tsup:

cheers:doh: You're right. A bit racy for them I guess.:D

[artme]

I thought she was bringing you. :U:U:U

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

[Enfield Guy]

I'll be on my way shortly. I'm looking forward to meeting you all. I'll be bringing a little something for the "Lucky door prize"!!!!

Cheers Bevan

[Zarguld]

Coomera river is over the oxenford tamborine rd.

Take teh dreamworld exit and go down archabauld rd

[Zarguld]

I would just like to thank everybody for attending today. My wife and I had a wonderful time and enjoyed all of your company emensily was a great day. I just hope that you all had as much fun here as I did, once again thank you.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Enfield Guy]

I certainly had a good time. It was great to meet and put faces to some of the names I see on here so often. By the way, that plum and hazelnut cake was just the bee's knees. Pity that the vic's don't have such luxurious desserts!!!!!!!

Thanks to Guy and Lisa for opening their home.

Cheers

[munruben]

I would just like to thank everybody for attending today. My wife and I had a wonderful time and enjoyed all of your company emensily was a great day. I just hope that you all had as much fun here as I did, once again thank you.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:Absolutely a wonderful event, thanks Guy and thanks to your lovely wife Lisa. We all enjoyed it immensely It was terrific to catch up with some of the old crew and a few new ones. Great time had by all. :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[wheelinround]

Absolutely a wonderful event, thanks Guy and thanks to your lovely wife Lisa. We all enjoyed it immensely It was terrific to catch up with some of the old crew and a few new ones. Great time had by all. :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Thought they were all OLD John :U:worthless:

[dai sensei]

Thanks Guy for a great get together :2tsup: As usual good food and great company.

Sorry no photos from me either, I was too busy turning :U

Now that you mention it, can't find my camera anywhere. Hey Guy, did you find a silver pocket camera around the saw :?

I turned 4 pens and attempted a trinket finial box, similar to the one Cindy Drozda makes, but ran out of time and sharp chisels :-. I'll finish it next weekend and post some pics, assuming I find my camera :rolleyes:

[dai sensei]

Ah found the camera, it was rapped in a rag to keep it clean :rolleyes:

Anyway, here are the cast Paua shell pens I turned. I also did a SS pen cast in yellow tinted resin that John cast. He should post a photo

[gawdelpus]

I add my thanks to all the above hehe, I think I sampled too many of the good things on offer though :).
Here's a pic of the stainless Neil turned , we wanted to try a new source of translucent coloring ,so I cast this one yesterday and Neil did his usual pen magic with it today as a demo for the assembled good folks :) I think this one will live with some of my selected "Demo" pens hehe, Cheers ~ John

Sierra Vista ,stainless braid with yellow tinted clear cast acrylic ,(I am not sure of the technical name for this stuff ) Just some quick flash shots nothing fancy :)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a387/gawdelpus/SierraV2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a387/gawdelpus/goldtintSV.jpg

[Wizened of Oz]

Thanks Guy & Lisa for generously hosting a great GTG. And glad to catch up with fellow Forumites, including a few I hadn't previously met. Great day altogether.
Got lots of photos on my camera, but staying at my daughter's tonight. Will post photos when I get home tomorrow.
Wendy (Ruffly Rustic) also has lots of photos, but a long trip home for her. Just be patient, please folks.

And a special message for Calm:

To quote Enfield Guy verbatim about the Plum & Hazelnut cake: "Too good for Victorians". :q

[RufflyRustic]

We got back to my place about 5pm, just in time to see the channel 9 news about the floods and the cattle on the road (Guy why didn't wave hello from your car while you were waiting:D)

What a great day! Sure we had a bit of heavy rain on the way down, but slowing down was fine and it soon passed.

What a wonderful day! I enjoyed the day immensely. Great food, great friends and great fun! :2tsup::)

Yes, the photos are here, bear with me while I fight with my recalcitrant computer...:(

Success! Yay!


Neil and others turn pens out of so many different things, I wondered if this might one day turn up in a pen of someone's.....
The view from Guy's workshop
funky chicken, Prime Mover, weisyboy, munruben, Sandra and a bit of Mal
Sandra, Munruben, Mal and Star
Neil and his mobile setup - Neat!!!
Carl doing a great job getting the BBQ going.
As usual, the guys like to congregate around the BBQ:;
"How many did you say were coming?!" Zarguld said.
The only time it was quiet in the house
How cool is this! Guy and Lisa were able to fit us all around the tables at once!
Sorry, the next few are tad blurred :( Star and Anna with the most delectable pecan tart - YUM!
Munruben and Liz
15 cars in the street and Shontara - we were trying out my new camera :2tsup:
A view of Upper Coomera
Big Splinter tried to sneak out.... unsuccessfully :D with Wizened of Oz, Liz, Shontara
Gotcha Dion! :;
Shontara and gawdelpus :2tsup:
Another one of Neil getting into the turning
Cheers
Wendy

[weisyboy]

was a good day

except i had to cook you all bloudy lunch. wile guy puffed away shortening his life.:U

[RufflyRustic]

....and a darn good job you did too, Carl - refer to picture # 6 :q:U for proof


And now the group shot






Back row, Left to right, starting with the Gentleman in the red, striped shirt

Mal, Wizened of Oz - Brian, funky chicken - Andrew, Dion, weisyboy - Carl, Prime Mover - Phillip,
artme (in front of Purple shirt) and Anna
dai sensei - Neil, munruben & Liz
Enfield Guy - Bevan, Sandra (Mrs Mal), Shontara & gawdelpus - John, STAR - Peter
Front Row - most of Guy and Lisa's family, plus one son's friend and family pooch.
There - apologies if I have anyone's name wrong or spelt incorrectly and triple apologies if I have missed anyone.

What a great day !

thanks Guy, Lisa & family!!! :2tsup:

[gawdelpus]

Shontara forgives you lol, but no group piccie I can see :) , the other shots are great though hehe. cheers ~ John

[RufflyRustic]

:whistling: I can see the photo, what's wrong with your pc ? :whistling:

My sincere Apologies Shontara :- I'll go fix it now.

[funkychicken]

Pic #10 is astounding proof that a forum bbq can be orderly

[Zarguld]

was a good day

except i had to cook you all bloudy lunch. wile guy puffed away shortening his life.:U

Hey I cooked to most of the time,oh ok maybe half the time lol

[wheelinround]

Looks like a great day and good bunch of people enjoying themselves.

Thanks for the pics :2tsup:

Hey Andrew how tall are you now or is it Wendy is really really short.:U

My good friends whom I have already met Guy Lisa and some of the kids, John and Liz good to see you all again.

:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[munruben]

Great pics Wendy. :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[funkychicken]

Hey Andrew how tall are you now or is it Wendy is really really short.:U

I'd better tread carefully here:wink: I'll let Wendy answer that

[Enfield Guy]

To quote Enfield Guy verbatim about the Plum & Hazelnut cake: "Too good for Victorians".


Did I say that??!!!!! Too good to share, that is for sure!!!!!

Cheers

[artme]

I must add my thanks to Guy and Lisa for hosting the GTG, and second the comment about the whole event being so great.:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[rsser]

Can see a much greater emphasis on food in this Qld get together than ours in Mexico.

The only guy doing any work is a turner - onya Neil!

[RufflyRustic]

I'd better tread carefully here:wink: I'll let Wendy answer that


I think fc will soon change his name to S - t - r - e - t - c - h!:)

Thanks Munruben. It was fun taking them :U

[tea lady]

Can see a much greater emphasis on food in this Qld get together than ours in Mexico.

The only guy doing any work is a turner - onya Neil!Yeah! We NEVER talk about food at ours. Let alone eat it. :whistling: (But we manage lots of turning too.:cool::D )

[wheelinround]

Yeah! We NEVER talk about food at ours. Let alone eat it. :whisting: (But we manage lots of turning too.:cool::D )

Now looking at Vic pics in comparison to QLD pics I'd say the QLDer's are the slimmer of the two.:roll:

[Mal F]

Thanks Guy and Lisa for a great day. Sandra & I certainly enjoyed it.
It was good to catch up and put a few faces to names.
Good photos Wendy.
Thanks again.
Mal

[gawdelpus]

Yeah! We NEVER talk about food at ours. Let alone eat it. :whistling: (But we manage lots of turning too.:cool::D )
Bugger ! you can turn anytime hehe, not often you get a choice of 10 different sweets in one go :)

[Zarguld]

AND WHELLINROUND (RAY & HIS LOVELY WIFE SUE) WHY DIDN'T YOU COME UP FROM SYDNEY TO SAY G'DAY I KNOW NEXT YEAR LOL:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG.

[PenTurner]

Dear wood turning friends, I followed a link from the pens to here, how wonderful to see Qlders' having a great day, love the pictures, now that we have seen them we take back all the nice things we have said:D!! Amos:):2tsup:

[wheelinround]

AND WHELLINROUND (RAY & HIS LOVELY WIFE SUE) WHY DIDN'T YOU COME UP FROM SYDNEY TO SAY G'DAY I KNOW NEXT YEAR LOL:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG.

Would have Guy heading other direction soon for s short trip.:2tsup:

[Zarguld]

I will drop in and visit next time I am down your way shouldn't be to long before I have to go there again.

[Wizened of Oz]

Wendy has posted a good selection of photos and mine don't add anything, except perhaps this one.

[rsser]

Hmmm, yummy!

Will give you banana benders and fellow travellers full credit for getting a group photo.

We southerners are all rugged individualists ;-}

[wheelinround]

Wendy has posted a good selection of photos and mine don't add anything, except perhaps this one.

Brian nice chopping board not that you can see much of it due to all those cakes :U

:rolleyes: I think I know the little hand reaching over often seen with a chi packet a while back :;

[wheelinround]

:oo: Thats some drive Guy kids must have a ball on skateboards bikes etc.

No fun in wheelchairs :no:

http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f25/129115d1265537672t-brisbane-gold-coast-surounding-areas-bar-b-q-feb-7th-zarguldsbbq_18.jpg

[Calm]

- Tables & chairs to eat at - :oo:
- Public shows of affection - :oo::oo:
- Salads - :oo::oo:
- women in the shed - :oo::oo:
- pen turning - :oo::oo:

Do i need to say more - this is the sort of stuff one would expect from the "sissy" lot up north. Obviously sun struck :D

Cheers

PS hope you all enjoyed it. Star good to see you can still get your head a few of the photo's:p

[RufflyRustic]

Wendy has posted a good selection of photos and mine don't add anything, except perhaps this one.


That is one great photo :U

I'm just glad you didn't put up that one of me :q:D:2tsup:

[Wizened of Oz]

I'm just glad you didn't put up that one of me :q:D:2tsup:

Don't know which one you mean, Wendy, but I'll look through them again and post it.:roll:

[Wizened of Oz]

Here's a group photo containing some class. :2tsup:

[RufflyRustic]

Nice one Brian :2tsup:

[Big Splinter]

Thanks Guy and family for putting on such a great day! :D:D:D
It is always good to catch up with other Forumites.
Looking forward to the next one.
Till then, thanks again,
Cheers
Tom

[Zarguld]

Thanks all so much for your kind replies my wife and I and even the tin lids had a great day ourselves,so I am happy to host another one when ever you guys are up to it.