50 days to Border Stargaze 2009!

This email is to announce that REGISTRATIONS for Border Stargaze 2009 (19 - 23rd August 2009) are NOW OPEN (click here).  Please note that accommodation is filling fast!

ASAW is proud to announce that Border Stargaze 2009 will again be held at The Wymah Valley Retreat, located in the Greater Hume Shire.  The Retreat boasts a 300 acre property with a two - kilometer frontage to Lake Hume.

It is the ideal site for hosting a star party offering high standards of accommodation and supported by a great management team.  Only 30km from the twin cities of Albury and Wodonga we are also ideally located to major cities.  

     Melbourne  350kms (3.5hrs),

     Sydney 560kms (5hrs),

     Canberra 310kms (3hrs) and Adelaide 764km (8hrs).

Event highlights include:

     Guest Speakers:  Dr Sarah Maddison, Dr John Wilkinson, John Sarkissian & Scott Williams

     Astrophotography

     Astro/Science Activities

     Astro (general) Trivia and the “Great Debate”

     Vendors

     Cosmodome (Mobile Planetarium).

     Free Registration for children 13 and under - (Standard  accommodation rates will still apply).

     Free Breakfast to registered guests on the Sunday will be returning courtesy of ASAW

     Giveaways and door prizes, and so much more……

Check out our website -  www.asaw.org.au  for the most current information pack.  As always we welcome your feedback on the registration process or questions about the event itself. 

Importantly, we would like to express our thanks to the many volunteers from around Australia that supported us in 2008 and invite you to be a part of the 2009 team.

Clear skies..

Petra de Ruyter

Secretary - Astronomical Society of Albury - Wodonga

Secretary - Border Stargaze 2009 Committee

 Email:     borderstargaze@...