AFF Gathering #10 in PER on 11 - 13 November 2016

[Steady]

I can vouch that the Doubletree Esplanade isn't totally awful . November might not be the best time to go though...(disclaimer: I went in November). Also, still not sure who thought putting two Doubletrees immediately adjacent to each other was a good idea...

Wouldn't one just be a tree :shock:

 

[TheBOSman]

Wouldn't one just be a tree :shock:

But there are two Doubletrees, so there must be four trees!

 

[Steady]

Almost a forest

 

[Flashback]

I can vouch that the Doubletree Esplanade isn't totally awful . November might not be the best time to go though...(disclaimer: I went in November). Also, still not sure who thought putting two Doubletrees immediately adjacent to each other was a good idea...

Yes, its the wet season up there. Cheaper but definitely not pleasant.

 

[samh004]

At the appropriate time a poll for locations will go up. When choosing between the locations in that poll, keep in mind that the date is not set in stone and will get a separate poll following the conclusion of the first. Hopefully during these two processes, someone can raise their hand to do the organising of the event.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Thanks to Josh for organizing AFF10 with some assistance from Sam and Jessica who did the herding of the cats once we were in Perth.

Good when Hilton have a sale that combines nicely with an Amex offer.

Thought I should add one or two photos

The group shot from Rottnest Island.



It was my 3rd visit to Rottnest and I still saw parts that I hadn't since before.

Dinner locations were both good, our Saturday night location I had walked past probably 100 times while I was in Perth, so it was nice to try out their food.

Another highlight was to visit the Aviation Heritage Museum of WA, really interesting exhibits, I will need to go back for a proper look.

One exhibit was this, the helicopter not the person in front of it who piloted when the aircraft was new.



When I returned I received a survey from Hilton which I completed asking, what happened to a lounge.

 

[gwilli1]

Talk to gwilli1, by suggesting it I believe he essentially volunteered!

Oh... so you say :shock:

Ironically , Im back in Perth , after spending 5 awesome days in Broome ...what a great place & another ticked off the bucket list .

A belated but not forgotten thanks to jsd , for awesome run event.

Staying at the The Sebel tonight , which is surprisingly quiet nice . Back to Sydney in the morning , arriving just in time for dinner and closing out an eventful and fun 9 days away . Look forward to seeing where AFF 11 takes us.

 

[straitman]

Out of curiosity where was the guest speaker from?

I don't know exact details, but he was a friend/colleague of straitman's, and I believe taught straitman to fly. He gave an informative speech on the history of helicopters, the technical term of which I forget

The guest speaker was Wing Commander (Ret'd) Noddy (Wayne) Parsons who was the A Flight Commander at Central Flying School (RAAF) when I was on Flying Instructors Course. He also did time with the RAAF Roulettes and later worked for airlines various. He flew Iroquois and C-130 in the RAAF and quite a few civilian types in later life.

 

[straitman]

To get to AFF #10 we travelled 28,470km in 27 days and to get home we travelled 2961km in 1 day.

 

[JessicaTam]

To get to AFF #10 we travelled 28,470km in 27 days and to get home we travelled 2961km in 1 day.

Damn, I am only doing 27,044 to get home. Oh wait - that's miles.

 

[jsd]

Took the long and relaxing way home. 12490km via SIN, HKT, SIN again, MEL and home to HBA.

Jess still takes the cake on this one

 

[JohnM]

I caught the bus home - about 5km .

 

[straitman]

Damn, I am only doing 27,044 to get home. Oh wait - that's miles.

Statute or Nautical miles :?:

 

[JessicaTam]

Statute or Nautical miles :?:

Statute of course - I wouldn't be silly enough to go to or from an AFF do by ship.

 

[Major]

I caught the bus home - about 5km .

We are still here. Stuck in Margaret River for the weekend

http://www.gourmetescape.com.au/

 

[TomVexille]

We are still here. Stuck in Margaret River for the weekend

http://www.gourmetescape.com.au/

Poor you. How will you ever cope??

 

[Jacques Vert]

So many great posts in this thread I've just managed to catch up and get to the end; so a belated huge thanks to jsd, Jess, Sam and others for a great weekend.

Only downside was the flight home.

 

[samh004]

I have started a poll with 11 days to go, hoping to have a location and date picked before Christmas, or it's going to be hard to get something organised!

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....s/aff-gathering-11-location-choice-79647.html

 

[JessicaTam]

I have started a poll with 11 days to go, hoping to have a location and date picked before Christmas, or it's going to be hard to get something organised!

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....s/aff-gathering-11-location-choice-79647.html

Good point. It was a late gathering this year.

 

[blackcat20]

Good point. It was a late gathering this year.

But earlier than the Hobart do.