Gold Coast Australia Day BBQ

[dai sensei]

Been talking to Ruffly today and thought it would be a good idea to have another SEQ forumite BBQ. I'm away for Feb, and so are quite a few others, so I thought Australia Day would be perfect.

Soooo, Monday 26 January 2009 from 10am onwards at my place :2tsup:. Family members welcome

Ok, I'm thinking I'll provide some marinated lamb kabarbs, and maybe some chicken ones as well, plus good old sausages.

Therefore I need someone else to bring:

Bread
Salads - a few different types please :wink:
Nibbles
Deserts - Since it is Aus Day, how about Pavlova???
Anything else to eat :?

Everyone should also bring what ever they want to drink. But I will have plenty of water for those that forget :U

What to do, well I'm thinking of just sitting back chewin the fat and doing the usual door prize thing we usually do. So bring something you have spare, or have made to give away, timber, basically anything you may think someone else might appreciate :p. Hopefully it will be hot and we can get the pool volleyball going :cool:

Post here if you are interested, if you don't know where I live, and what you will bring to eat etc.

Next week I will sent a PM with my address to those of you that have never been here.

:aussie5:

[RufflyRustic]

I'm in :2tsup:

I'll bring some of my potato salad and a door prize or two:)

cheers
Wendy

[flynnsart]

Sounds great, but unlikely i will be able to come. Things can change tho.

Donna

[STAR]

I am in.

Let me know your address and I will look it up in the Refidex.

I will see if I can organize some desserts.

[dai sensei]

Let me know your address

:o:U:U

[funkychicken]

If I can get a ride there then I'm in!

*hint*hint* Wendy:wink:

I'll have some tools and pens to show/flog off:D

Oh and I can do a turning or dovetail demo

[snapman007]

Already have plans.:(
They're at Nerang.
:oo:....what's that. This is in Nerang?
Chalk me in as a maybe, will try & stop in on the way out with the wife & 2.74 year old. Will let you know closer to the date. .:)

[gawdelpus]

Wotta great Idear ! Think I can get the mrs to take a trip thataway :) Look forward to seeing some of the faces behind the "tags" at least once anyways hehe! see if I can knock up a "spurtle" to give away lol. cheers JD

[Wizened of Oz]

Okay Neil.
I'll be there this time.
I'll bring some loaves of home-made bread and a lemon meringue pie.
An adjustable shooting board for a door prize and some lumps of timber for the turners-- pink bloodwood, lychee, maybe mulberry.

Anybody want a lift from the Sunshine Coast? One seat free in the ute.

[Dion N]

Neil

I am planning to come along. I'll bring a salad and some nibblies. No idea as to what bring as a swap item just yet.

Make sure you warn the neighbours about Weisyboy's milling demo in advance this year!:oo:

[funkychicken]

I'll definitely be there, Thanks Wendy:2tsup:

I'll bring a few tools for the door prize and some kind of nosh

[BoomerangInfo]

Eh, I think they wife has plans already :C. Plus, we went through Nerang two weeks ago!! That was our obligatory annual trip to the beach for the boys :P Not that it was a great day, given it rained most of the time, and the lifeguards had heart attacks when our boys went into the water...

Things may change, not sure when I'll know though.

Russell.

[mic-d]

Just found out that the Barbie we are going to is at night, so I can come along. Will see if swmbo can bang up one of her trifles. Should be able to rustle up something for a door prize.

I'm coming from Kenmore, so can give anyone in the West a lift down.

Cheers
Michael

[Zarguld]

I can come and and I can make a cob loaf dip,but Nerang is such a long way at least 15 minutes. :U

[derekh]

I'm supposed to be in Roma that weekend but pls PM me the details as well in case I come back early.

[dai sensei]

Just heard Calm is leaving early so he can come :2tsup:

For those of you that don't know my address or phone number, just click on Dai Sensei (http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/member.php?u=6155) , I put a message thingy on my profile for members to find

[kekemo]

Can you find me a plane ticket... "where's that darn Sugar Daddy...when you want a spare plane ticket..."
...sorry you'll just have to miss the saucage rolls...
...how envious are we....mmm.... think all the sandgropers here would love to attend!

Cheers have a great day. Kekemo

[yaryetnom]

Unfortunately I can't attend already committed elsewhere.

Hope you have a good day.

Ray

[unique australi]

Hi There. Neil I will bring a pasta salad or something similar.Anyone going to Neils place have any timber for sale. I make small jewellery boxes. Please let me know.

Thanks ray

[RufflyRustic]

Hmm, I'll have a browse through my stash and see what might interest you. Do yo uhave a preference for boards or turning/bandsaw box blanks?

cheers
Wendy

[ElizaLeahy]

Would really love it, but Australia Day + Traffic, + nervous me... Ah well!

I hope you have a lovely day, one and all! :)

[mic-d]

Would really love it, but Australia Day + Traffic, + nervous me... Ah well!

I hope you have a lovely day, one and all! :)

Hi Eliza,
Not that it will give you much comfort, a stranger offering a lift, but I could give you a lift down. It's a nice safe new model Prado. Besides, it would be nice to have company to keep me awake, I have trouble staying awake driving...

Oh, did I say that out loud?:wink:

Cheers
Michael

[ElizaLeahy]

Hi Eliza,
Not that it will give you much comfort, a stranger offering a lift, but I could give you a lift down. It's a nice safe new model Prado. Besides, it would be nice to have company to keep me awake, I have trouble staying awake driving...

Oh, did I say that out loud?:wink:

Cheers
Michael

Michael, you fill me with confidence! LOL

Thanks for the kind offer, but I think I'll stay home and play with my lathe and think about all you guys enjoying the BBQ.

Eliza

[dai sensei]

...all you guys enjoying the BBQ....

Wendy, and probably some other women will be there, but up to you

[RufflyRustic]

Beg Beg Beg Grovel Crawl :please2::wink::D

[Simomatra]

G'day Neil

Just spoke with LOML Pat and yes we would love to come must make the pen swap draw first sorry it has priority.

We can bring a Tuna and green bean salad and small custard tarts and some door prize.

Teach me to stay in the pen forum and not check out other things

[dai sensei]

Getting close now and we have quite a few definates and a few maybe's :cool:

Here's the food list so far:

Simomatra - Tuna and green bean salad and small custard tarts
Unique Australi - Pasta Salad
RufflyRustic - Potato Salad
Star - Desert (?)
Widened of Oz - home-made bread and a lemon meringue pie
Dion N - Salad (?) and nibbles
Funky Chicken - Some kind of nosh (???)
mic-d - Trifle
Zarguld - Cob loaf dip


Hopefully we wont get too many double ups, but I have another BBQ at my place Tuesday night for my work team, so left-overs wont go to waist :rolleyes::U

Cheers

[artme]

Artme and Ana will bring a dessert and some salad.Anything else?

[mic-d]

Widened of Oz - home-made bread and a lemon meringue pie

Cheers

Will he be eating the pie before he arrives?:p:D:D

Cheers
Michael

[Dion N]

Getting close now and we have quite a few definates and a few maybe's :cool:

Here's the food list so far:

Simomatra - Tuna and green bean salad and small custard tarts
Unique Australi - Pasta Salad
RufflyRustic - Potato Salad
Star - Desert (?)
Widened of Oz - home-made bread and a lemon meringue pie
Dion N - Salad (?) and nibbles
Funky Chicken - Some kind of nosh (???)
mic-d - Trifle
Zarguld - Cob loaf dip


Hopefully we wont get too many double ups, but I have another BBQ at my place Tuesday night for my work team, so left-overs wont go to waist :rolleyes::U

Cheers

Leftovers going to waste? or waist? :D

[STAR]

Neil. Please add my friend Jim to the list.

Peter

[munruben]

Okay Neil, I will be coming with my better half. PM me address. Is there anything we are short of that we need. How about cakes and bread. We can bring those but any suggestions welcome.

[funkychicken]

I shall be bringing Crackle Top Cookies...If Wendy doesn't eat them all on the way:D

[dai sensei]

Ok weather is a bit up and down, but this BBQ will go ahead rain hail or shine - I have a big tarp :U


PM me address

For those of you that don't know my address or phone number, just click on Dai Sensei (http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/member.php?u=6155) , I put a message thingy on my profile for members to find:wink:



How about cakes and bread.

Sounds like a good idea, Widened of Oz's home made bread will go fast


I shall be bringing Crackle Top Cookies

:2tsup:


..If Wendy doesn't eat them all on the way:D

:o:no::~:U

[toolbagsPLUS]

What a wonderful idea, we live just around the corner and would love to pop in if we may.
Be good to put some faces to the avitars.
Will contact you on your mobile to see what else you would like us to bring.

Cheers
Steve

[weisyboy]

to bad i gotta work:C

[whitewood]

Sorry Neil but I will not be able to make it, again. I held off responding hoping things would change but alas no. You seem to have a good crowd and I would have loved to have been able to link names on a computer to faces. Anyway it was not to be. You seem to be a social soul so when you have another one I'll make it a priority.

John

[RufflyRustic]

I shall be bringing Crackle Top Cookies...If Wendy doesn't eat them all on the way:D

Damm that no-eating-in-the-car rule!!!:(



to bad i gotta work:C

Phooey!

[quote=whitewood;884129]Sorry Neil but I will not be able to make it, again....../quote]

Double Phooey!:(



Only Two sleeps to go, Two sleeps to go :U

[funkychicken]

What a wonderful idea, we live just around the corner and would love to pop in if we may.
Be good to put some faces to the avitars.
Will contact you on your mobile to see what else you would like us to bring.

Cheers
Steve

And if you really have that plane in your avatar..Bring it!

[dai sensei]

What happened to the forecast of fine with a possibility of showers :whatonearth:, now it is thunderstorms :o :rain2::~. Today the storms held off until 3pm, hopefully it will hold off tomorrow :v:.

[weisyboy]

any chance of lift?

[gawdelpus]

Ah well if the "wusses" stay home , more for the "diehards" hehe but I'll bring the 4bee just in case :) got the food ready and a box of pen blanks to give away ,plus some door prizes, looking forward to it :)

[dai sensei]

Ok confirmed so far:

Simomatra +1
Unique Australi +1
RufflyRustic
Star +1
Widened of Oz
Dion N
Calm
Funky Chicken
mic-d
Zarguld
Artme + 1
Snapman007
gawdelpus
toolbagsplus
munruben +1
weisyboy
Soundman
Dai Sensei +son
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24


ify's:

ElizaLeahy
Gary Pye +2 sons
++??


Come on, my record is 24 :U, mind you, I did run out of chairs :-.

There is enough meat for at least 30, but plenty more in the freezer

[weisyboy]

you can count me twice if you like.

that is if i can get a ride or borrow a ute off a mate. mine has a broken spring.

[soundman]

Scatterd showers. Isolated thunderstorms developing during the afternoon, chiefly just inland from the coasts. Light to moderate NE to SE winds.

:o

cheers

[dai sensei]

Well it is still raining here :rain2::~.

The timber chairs & table outside are soaked. Everything was already wet yesterday, so it wasn't worth putting up the tarps. I've grabbed all the dry deck chairs & stools etc and arranged around the family room. I think we may be eating off the pool table rather than outside :-. The shed might get a wee bit cramped, even more than usual :rolleyes:

Rain rain go away come again another day ...................

[ElizaLeahy]

I won't be able to come down today - I hope everyone has fun!

Have an extra snag for me :)

[dai sensei]

Well it stopped raining at 9am :hpydans2:and the sun even came out once or twice during the day. We had a short sprinkle for 5mins in the arvo and that was it :2tsup:

I started skewering the Kabarbs at 8am, but it wasn't until about 11am that I finished and nearly everyone was here. Basically there was heaps of door prizes and bragging items that kept everyone amuzed while I finished getting everything ready :-. We then had morning tea of cakes, biscuits, lamingtons etc etc (I still have a whole chocolate cake and another caramel cake left over in the fridge :o)

We headed down the shed for the compulsary tour, cut up some timber scraps for the scalpers (or should I say pen turners :U), then FC tried out "the" plane. Then I headed back to the pergola to start cooking lunch.

Lunch time and we fed our faces on HEAPS of yummy food before relaxing and yacking some more. We then did our traditional Queenslander door prixes session - no-one can do it as good :U. They were on top of, underneath, and around the pool table. At least 2 rounds of the names in the hat - big lumps of timber, books, pens, home made tools and bought ones, Wendy's leather folders, turning blanks etc etc the list goes on.

After the food had only just gone down, whilst yacking some more, we all got stuck into the deserts - pavlova, trifle, lemon marang pie :ok:.

This meet was more about just hanging back relaxing and yacking more than demos and I for one had a ball :2tsup:

Photos follows, cheers gang

[munruben]

It was absolutely a great day, weather was excellent and we had a ball. Everyone was so friendly and the food was excellent.
Thanks guys and gals for making the whole day a great one. Special thanks to you Neil for having us and putting up with us. I scored a great door prize, one of Wendy's note pads. Got a few :) pen blanks too.
Thanks for a great day Neil. Was a pleasure to be there. :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[BoomerangInfo]

Sounds like you had a great time. Shame I couldn't make it.

But how the heck did you take some of those pictures - hanging from the ceiling fan? Obviously more than punch was consumed... :p

Russell.

[munruben]

Few more pics.

[toolbagsPLUS]

Great afternoon Neil, thanks for the invite and time everyone put in.
Question about your photo's...

all can say it you had to be there to see how they were done! Scarey Stuff.

Sue and I had a balll great to meet so many of you all.

Best of ALL, NO COOKING DINNER WE ARE BOTH TOO FULL!:C

Cheers
Steve

[weisyboy]

my camera was flat even after being charging all night.

here are the 2 pics i got one of the great haul of stuff brought to swap there was also about 3 or 4 boxes worth on the floor to.

ant tehre were more pens than you could poke a stick at.

[Wizened of Oz]

Got home an hour ago.
Thanks Neil (Dai Sensei) for hosting another great get-together. Heaps of food, heaps of timber, great conversation.
It was good to renew acquaintance with several of the forum members and to meet quite a few for the first time.
Thanks to everybody who came for an enjoyable and informative day.

[RufflyRustic]

Pens! Pens! and more Beautiful Pens. It was too tempting, so I had to ask for a pen and what do you know, you should have seen all the pens that suddenly appeared from pockets and the display cases. The best bit - they were all turned pens, not one ordinary bic in sight:U Needless to say, I came home with another one of Neil's and couldn't resist ordering another of Simomatra's, as well as some gorgeous box timber from Dion (I forgot to ask what it was!) and Soundman and a few other Goodies:2tsup:

Thank you Neil and everyone for a wonderful day and the most delicious food. That dessert photo - Neil, how on earth did you get a photo of it all without one spoonful removed!! Oh, but guess what I forgot though Neil:rolleyes::(:doh: I'll have to collect the veneers from you in March:doh:

Cheers
Wendy

[mic-d]

Thanks Neil for a great time. It was a pleasure to to meet new faces and renew old acquaintances, enjoy good food and good conversation.

Cheers
Michael

[gawdelpus]

Thanks Neil, the gods had there play then smiled on the gathering, perfect day and perfect host :), it never ceases to amaze me the generosity of spirit and willingness to share with others ,of the crafters gould of "wood whatevers" hehe, was great to meet and be part of such a group as could make it today,and of the many who couldn't ,I know they share the same sentiments of unselfishness and willingness to go that extra bit for their fellows,it shows in the forums and in person when possible ,may we all continue to enjoy such fellowship !

[funkychicken]

I guess it was an alright day...

:D

I came home with a box full of timber and a shiny new shooting board so I didn't do too bad.

Food and company weren't to bad either:2tsup:

[dai sensei]

... how the heck did you take some of those pictures - hanging from the ceiling fan?

:U I'm sneaky. My x-wife used to ask the same question :B:U:U


... guess what I forgot ...I'll have to collect the veneers from you in March:doh:
Yeh I noticed just after you left


That dessert photo ...how on earth did you get a photo of it all without one spoonful removed!!

Yeh, but did you notice the next photo, very little left :o:U

[RufflyRustic]

and what, only took about 10 minutes too :D - YUM!!!!

[artme]

"Twas indeed a fabulous day. Many thanks to all for their good spirits and good humour.

Thanks to the ladies for the desserts as well as their company

A special thanks to Neil for arranging everything and cooking such great tucker.

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

[Wizened of Oz]

Heres a picture of my little stash from yesterday's do.

One of Ruffly's beaut leather-covered address books.
A big lump of Jacaranda courtesy of artme.
Some fabulous Rock Maple offcuts from gawdelpus.
Some Surian from DunnoWho

Thanks Wendy, Arthur, John & DunnoWho.

And thanks once again Neil for hosting. You're true blue.

[Calm]

a bit late but thanks neil,

met some of the q/landers from the forum, have already called into see Micd, and will catch up with others in the next couple of weeks.

Cheers and thanks a lot Neil, very enjoyable.

[wheelinround]

Wow :rolleyes: now where was I :; Munruben even rang me after it and told me he'd had a great day