Forum Fest 2014 tentative attendee

[fundj&e]

we loved spoiling you Gert xxx

[Bedlam]

we loved spoiling you Gert xxx

Ditto
Safe travels Gert X

[Emme]

we loved spoiling you Gert xxx

. We did it Gert ,  well just becauseI

I will drink to  what you wrote Gert, in fact after this weekend I will drink to anything.  Farewell everyone, safe travels, thank you for a memorable weekend.  Will think of it often with fondest memories of the most wonderful people and it happened all because of our love for a thermomix.
Take care, time for a shower. I think the hotel staff will be quite relieved to see the back of us.  Do you think we should leave them a bill for our furniture removal efforts??  Will post some pics when I get home

[achookwoman]

Thanks to all for a fantastic 4 days.  The true spirit of the Forum  is alive and well. Safe travels to everyone.  We have a further 7 nights in Tassie. We are headed to Oatlands today to visit the  historic flour mill.

[Bedlam]

It is going to be a very different Grand Chancellor Hotel when we return from our Bruny Island gourmet food trail today.

I encourage anyone thinking of joining next years in Melbourne to just do it.  It took a lot of courage for me to join last year in Adelaide but have no fear, they are a generous, welcoming group.  You will have no regrets and it will add even more dimension to our delightful forum.

Safe travels to you all, it has been a pleasure to have spent the time with you and to have met Emme ,Chookie,Ral and Frank. Thank you to everyone.

[cookie1]

What more can I say than to say ditto to all the above. I saw Denise, Evan and Marie at breakfast this morning, early!  I am about to leave for the airport. Thank you all for a wonderful long weekend.
I agree re the bill for furniture removal Marie. I think the GC did pretty well out of us this last few days.  They probably had to bring in extra stock of bubbles.
Take care everyone. Xx

[gertbysea]

Sitting in lounge at Melbourne Airport whic is now closed according to recent announcement. Lots of lightening about and bucketing down..planes landing but nothing going.

Thank you Emme. You fishing friends have been a lifesaver.!

Gert

[kmw]

Safe trip everyone. It's bucketing down here too, was going to go for a drive & do the Penguins tour tonight so we see how we go.

[gertbysea]

Baggage handlers are now loading  and unloading  so there may be some movement soon.

[Wonder]

The weather in Melbourne is really bad this morning so good luck to anyone who has to fly through as I'm sure there will be delays. Safe travels everyone.

[gertbysea]

lol! Opened and now shut again. What a mess out there.

Gert

[Cuilidh]

It's rare for Melbourne's weather to be like it is this morning.  All you can do is sit back and relax, no point in getting stressed as you can do nothing to change anything until the weather clears.  Hope all flights go smoothly once they start taking off again.

[Cuilidh]

Weather update:



9:00am: Updating the weather now and Robyn Grace reports storms are easing over Melbourne despite heavy rain currently falling in the city. Senior forecaster Stephen King said at 9am the line of storms now stretched from Mornington up to Bendigo, but people could expect a rapid improvement over the next hour. ‘‘We’re seeing the back edge of it coming through now,’’ he said. Melbourne has so far recorded 22 millimetres of rain.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-express-monday-october-27-2014-20141027-3ixi6.html#ixzz3HI78V5pI

[gertbysea]

Some flights boarding now. Worker bees loading planes.

Gert

[cookie1]

I'm at the Hobart airport and no planes are coming in. My plane is delayed by at least an hour as it can't get out of Melbourne. I sincerely hope it isn't delayed anymore as I won't make my connecting flight home. What a nuisance. I should have come with you Gert and at least I could have got out of Melbourne when it cleared. Hopefully I an sprint from one to the other.  I certainly don't want to get struck by lightning.