High Overlord Saurfang yells: Reavers, Sergeants, attack!
Muradin Bronzebeard yells: What's this then?! Ye won't be takin' this son o' Ironforge's vessel without a fight!.
It's been a year or so since our Jenolan Caves excursion and I reckon it's time for a new guild adventure.
The idea currently being tossed around is that of a weekend houseboat trip.
What do you get to do?
- Boating
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Drinking
- Eating
- Kayaking
- Chillaxing
Some of the location options are:
- Hawkesbury River (closest, most expensive, oldest boats)
- Shoalhaven
- Lake Macquarie
- Murray River (9-hour drive away, cheapest, most awesome boats)
I like the idea of Lake Macquarie - it's not far and it's reasonably priced.
A non-scientific study of ANBers at lunch today came to the conclusion that some ANBers would be willing to take one day off work to make it a long weekend, and some want a longer trip for more excitement.
Hence, my proposed option:
- Lake Macquarie or Hawkesbury
- Something like this - http://www.lakemacboathire.com.au/elite.htm
- Late February (I'm going to AtlasCamp in March, after that it would get cold, and any sooner would be hard to organise)
- Two boats:
- Early boat - Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday
- Late boat - Friday-Saturday-Sunday
- Costs:
- ~$2300 for boat (12 people) - will probably be more if we have two boats
- Fuel for motor (I'd guess about $25/running hour)
- Food
- Alcohol
- Hiring costs for kayaks or surfskis or whatever
Muradin Bronzebeard yells: Don't say I didn't warn ya, scoundrels! Onward, brothers and sisters!
 | If you want to go for a weekend or longer than a weekend, please indicate on the table below. It's likely that we will have too many for one boat and may split it in to two groups, one group of awesome people who get there during the week, and one group of noobs that arrive on the friday. |
Raid signup:
| Player | Role | Weeks available | Signup Confidence | Early boat or late boat? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penny | Organiser | Any in Feb | Pretty confident | Early |
| Ben | Chillaxate | Any in Feb | Relatively confident | Early |
| Matt (Furgin) and Kristina | Furgin | Any in Any - longer than a weekend | Pretty Relative | Early |
| Joe and Kate | TBA |  | Late | |
| Paul (Mehemet) | ||||
| Hinch | Out - Preggas Wife | |||
| Mel and Mr Mel (Tom) | Not the weekend of 18/19-Feb and not the weekend of 11-Feb and um- oh i should also check my MIL birthday i think ... oh this isn't looking good  | Late (Friday night?!) | ||
| Mike (Jedi) and Christine | ||||
| Charles and Donna | ||||
| Bryce | Not avail: 17-20 Feb | Relatively confident | don't care | |
8 Comments
Hide/Show CommentsJan 16, 2012
Michael Knight
For those wondering, Valentine's day lands on a Tuesday this year.
Jan 16, 2012
Penny Wyatt (Jirra/Atlassia)
Hawkesbury is still an option; I think there'll be more to do there, but it may be more cut-throat to find moorings each night.
Jan 16, 2012
Furgin
I can go any time, would prefer mid week.
Jan 16, 2012
dennilan (Eric)
Tropfest is on the 19th of Feb, so if we do it then, I may not be able to make it.
Jan 16, 2012
Charles “Carlfish” Miller
Random trivia. Shoalhaven was the code-name for Confluence 2.2.
Jan 17, 2012
dennilan (Eric)
What does early/late boat mean?
Jan 17, 2012
Penny Wyatt (Jirra/Atlassia)
It refers to the paragraph that Furgs added above the table:
Jan 24, 2012
dennilan (Eric)
We won't be houseboating.