Christmas Hamper

Each year we put stuff in the basket and then raffle it off. The club makes a bit of money and somebody scores a good hit for Christmas.

HOWEVER WE NEED MORE STUFF TO MAKE IT UP TO STANDARD!

Bring something along to the next meeting and help to make this years Hamper the best yet!
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Christmas Breakup
Our GGREC Christmas break up will take place at the Cardinia Reservoir on the 9th December 2006. Some committee members will be there at around 10.30 AM to reserve a space in the BBQ area.
How to get there:
The entrance is from Wellington Road in to Cardinia Creek Road. (Melway 126B11) Also, please refer to the two maps in the magazine.
Drive through the gate and follow the road down to the carpark near BBQ area. A short walk takes you to the spacious BBQ area. Bring your chairs and camping tables along. Open fire places and fire wood is provided by the park.
Communication is via 146.225 Mhz.
73 de Helmut, VK3DHI
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See maps on the following pages - follow the big black arrows!!!! (To Duffys Picnic Area)
     

CTCSS FOR IRLP IS NOW 123Hz
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Happy Birthday to you……..
The only birthday on the club database this month is:

Albert Hubbard (December)

Not listed? We don’t know then, please tell us!!! Let the Treasurer know…...
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Intrepid Travellers (September 2006)
(Sorry I Forgot Last Month)

Dorothy and myself will be away on holiday from the 19.08.2006 - 18.09.2006.
Our trip will be to Alice Springs, Halls Creek, Wyndham, Kakadu, Mataranka and back to Alice Springs. From there home. We will be on the Travellers Net daily between 12.00 - 13.00 hours every day. If anyone wants to contact us, the Traveller Net is on 14,116 Mhz.
We will be on 80 metres as well. Time will be about 21.00 hours every Friday, Sunday and Wednesday. Frequency is 3,640 Mhz +/- QRM. We may hear you there.
Best 73 de Helmut VK3DHI and Dorothy
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This Months Challenge (September 2006)
Don’t have one, last month was Russ VK3MWR, apparently nobody guessed!

No the one on the left is not our trainee pom after a few beers!
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Happy Birthday to you…….. (September 2006)
Some birthdays on the club database this month :

Judy Robertson, David Rosenfield VK3ADM, James Shilton VK3ZRG

Not listed? We don’t know then, please tell us!!! Let the Treasurer know…...
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If I raise the volume on my radio, does it use more electricity?
If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
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GGREC TRIP TO MARYBOROUGH 2006
Melbourne Cup Weekend
November 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th

Things have been moving on the organisation of this fabulous, fantastic, fun weekend. Maryborough is only a three hour drive from Melbourne, so with an early start, you could easily be there by lunch time on Saturday. Even if you can only stay for One or Two nights, it will be a lot of fun.

The Ballarat BARG Hamfest is scheduled for the same weekend, and it is only a half hour drive from Maryborough, so this is something that we can incorporate into the weekend festivities.

SUGGESTED ITINERARY

Date	Time	Activity
SAT 4TH	MORNING	Set up Camp
	LUNCH	BBQ/Picnic lunch at the Caravan Park
	AFTERNOON	Visit Local Tourist Spots
	DINNER	7.30 at the pub across the road from the Caravan Park
SUN 5TH	MORNING	Massive Sunday Market in Maryborough or BARG Hamfest
	AFTERNOON	TBA
	DINNER	6.30 Fish and Chips in the Recreation Hall at the Caravan Park
	EVENING	8.30 Talbot Observatory followed by drinkies at the Pub
MON 6TH	MORNING	11.00 Winery Tour of  Local Winery
	AFTERNOON	Visit Old Gold Town of Dunolly and Spectacular Look Out
	DINNER	TBA
TUE 7TH	MORNING	More Site Seeing
	AFTERNOON	Packing Up and Heading Home

We have booked the exclusive use all weekend, of the Recreation Room at the Caravan Park. This will be a fantastic head quarters for the group to meet, greet, chat, rendezvous and communicate with each other.

To ensure you don’t miss out on a site for this brilliant weekend away, PLEASE call the Maryborough Caravan Park on 5460 4848.
Tell them you are with the Radio Club, and they will ensure that all our sites are close together.

More on the Maryborough Trip
The Talbot observatory for has been booked for Ssunday 5th Nov. That night is unfortunately a full moon so the viewing will be degraded but still a good opportunity to see some planets up close. It is also daylight saving so we cant go too early. Book your trip now!!!
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Red Skelton : All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.
Milton Berle : We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
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This Months Challenge
Not too many (nobody!) guessed last months challenge , even I got it wrong and I knew who it was!!!! Sorry Peter….ooops… I mean Steve.

Have a go at this months picture. No it’s not me or anybody that looks like me. And another clue it’s not the newly initiated pom in our midst. So are you going to change your callsign to VK3POM?????
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Happy Birthday to you……..
Three birthdays on the club database this month, some younger than others (or is that some more mature than the rest???) :

Stephen Harding, Naree Ide and Ross Jackson. Hope all your wishes come true and that Mike opens his wallet!

Not listed? We don’t know then, please tell us!!! Let the Treasurer know…...
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World Famous GGREC Pub Night
Well a little bit famous anyway….
When : Saturday August 5th
Where : Fiddlers Green Hotel . Corner of Springvale and Ferntree Gully Rds opposite Brandon Park Shopping Centre.
Time : 6pm in the Bistro
Be there!!!!
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Mid year success….. (July 2006)
Another great event, good food, good company

Apart from a little disagreement with some of the food served, and that we had to be spread over two tables, all turned out good in the end.

I took a few photos’, they are on my photo web site at www.paulstubbs.pozzie.net
When uploading them I realised that this was my first entry for 2006, scary

Either I have been slack, or the club has not been up to much.

Ok now let me see who is photographing who??? Or is that whom??

One glass of wine too many Sue??

Good to see some of the newer members along.

Paul VK3TGX
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(July 2006)
" Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet." Robin Williams
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(July 2006)
Well there you go…...
Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
DESPERATION:When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES:! When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER
Yep! Someone with waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands.
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Happy Birthday to you……..(July 2006)

Only one birthday in the database this month . Our friend from Wonthaggi, Warren Mansfield VK3HGU.

I may have missed Bill Connelly VK3DOU last month, sorry Bill hope you had a great one.

If it’s your birthday in July we do not know about it, have a great day and how about letting the Treasurer know so we can include you next year?
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" Seven out of ten people suffer from haemmorhoids." (July 2006)
Does this mean that the other three enjoy it?
Sal Davino
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This Months Challenge(July 2006)
Last months challenge turned out to be a dud. I guess once you’re ugly you are always…….ooops sorry Mr. President.

Let’s see how you go with this months moosh!!!!!

Now that is one serious hairstyle!!! And yes you all know him!!! (but I would not own up to that if I was you!)
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The Joke is on Us….(July 2006)
A London policeman was taking evidence from a witness to a jewellery shop smash-and-grab.
Bobby:  “ So sir, please tell me in detail everything you saw.”
Witness:  “Well guv, these geezers drives up in a big truck like and they stops and gets a elephant out of the back, takes it across to the window, he smashes it in wiv ‘is ‘ed and they grabs the sparklers and legs it.”

Bobby:  “I see. Can you describe the elephant?”
Witness:  “Blimey. It was big and grey an’ elephanty.”
Bobby: “was it an Indian elephant or an African elephant?”
Witness: “ Wot’s the difference?”
Bobby: “ Well, an Indian elephant has small, thin ears and an African elephant has big thicker ears.”
Witness: “Ow the ‘ell would I know. ‘E ‘ad a stockin over ‘is ‘ed.”

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(July 2006)
" Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others." Groucho Marx
" You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'." Homer Simpson
" How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven." Spike Milligan
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Sci Fi Quote(s) of the Month - April 2006

"Your weapons are no match for ours! People of Mars, surrender!"
" Um, this isn't Mars. This is Earth."
" Earth? Earth-with-nuclear-weapons Earth?"
" Yes." [long pause] "Friend!" - Unknown
" The earth? Oh the earth will be gone in a few seconds...I'm going to blow it up. It's obstructing my view of Venus."    - Marvin the Martian
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I hate email hoax warnings, but this one is important!!!! April 2006
Please send this to everyone on your email list. If a man comes to your front door and says he is conducting a survey And asks you to show him your bum, do not show him your bum.
This is a scam. He only wants to see your bum. I wish I'd got this yesterday. I feel so stupid and cheap. (There’s one born every minute!!!!!!)
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