Caryl Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Wow! What a weekend! i think it was the largest conference we have had for some years. It was certainly the first to have a representative from every club in the federation. The weather was good, although a bit chilly. We met up with a lot of old friends and made some new ones. Raffled off over $1,000 of goods, kindly donated by wholesalers and retailers. Gave away a lot of spot prizes and auctioned off plants. Had a great bus trip and visited the World Of Wearable Arts, along with the classic cars. Went to the Mapua Aquarium, Redwood Cellars (boy did they do a roaring trade!) and Eyebright, the country store. Meals were tasty, even if we didn't get the custard for the apple crumble (as promised on our souvenir menus ) We had an in-house bar so those who wanted could go and watch the rugby, or attend the karaoke "White, Tight, or Bright" evening. Larnce Witchman, from Burkhart Fisheries, gave us a Powerpoint presentation on the production of artemia (brine shrimp) eggs for the aquarium trade. Very interesting. I would like to say WELL DONE to those Tasman Aquarium Club members who pitched in to make this weekend a success. Not only had they taken over the job of hosting conference at short notice but, being new FNZAS members, only one of them had ever attended a previous FNZAS conference so they were working blind. Talk about a steep learning curve! It all worked out in the end and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. We look forward to next year's conference which will be at Rings Beach in the Coromandel. Oh yeah, we had an AGM too :lol: Congratulations to our new president - Paul Billaney! (who also won most of the trophies) ...and I will upload pics as soon as I have them resized and sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandysme Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 can't wait to see the pics.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 thanks for update Caryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxglove Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Thanks to BOTH Tasman and Marlborough Clubs for hosting a wonderful conference! Take a bow, it was a great weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I can only echo Caryl's sentiments. Thank you to all involved in organising the weekend . All the hosting club members did an outstanding job making everyone feel very welcome. I personally had a great weekend as I'm sure everyone that attended did . Those who could not make it missed out on a lot of fun but I hope will make the next one at Rings Beach THANKS TO BOTH TASMAN & MARLBOROUGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Glad you had a great time and a big welcome to the new President .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Yep... I think everyone had fun, the "Mystery Tour" on sunday was definitely a mystery, so well done there. Can't complain about the food either. Well done to the staff on cooking such nice meals...I'm still full from last night. lol :oops: Well Done Tasman Aquarium and Pond Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 What they all said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 was a very good weekend thanks to all who chiped in to make it so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I think i am o"fish"ally "fished" out Thank you everyone for such a wonderful weekend. Can't wait for next year!! Also a bigTHANK YOU to Amazonian and Jimr. All the fish are doing great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 oh and Rings beach looks gorgeous on google earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 PicsorBan :bounce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 OK, OK Have a look here I've only named 1 so far. Will get to the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Wok and Kevan going super-sayen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 ROFLOL :lol: :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Christine and I had a wonderful time, thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Been home an hour or so... nearly braindead from traveling! The ferry crossing was rather miserable, I still can't believe I *didn't* lose my lunch...! The fish were rather annoyed with me when I got in, but now have full tummies. Anyway, great meeting so many of you! So strange getting used to names having FACES rather than avatars! I also discovered a few genders etc were quite different from what I expected... :oops: Thanks heaps to those who put in all the hard work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Here is the new executive... Back row: Janey, John Eastwood, Jo, wok, billaney, Warren, Jim r Front row: Kevin (kneeling), zev, me, Dave, Chris The whole group outside WOW (World of Wearable Arts) I'm sure there is a story behind this one :lol: And we need a suitable caption for this unfortunate shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 wow Caryl!! True to form....you have photos up already! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Ok here is a few I took at conference , Adele took the one of Eddie but when asked what he thought of it so far Wok replied Lyn made her thoughts known John what in good form selling the raffle And Eddie loves his icream And some of the places we visited were just breath taking ....... More photo's will be uploaded in days to come ...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Great weekend and many thanks to those who did the graft. Am still trying to lock in all the stuff I learned from pinching others brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Beautiful photos and I see you got one of 'Hamish the Herring' at Mapua!!!!!! We were there one day and took photos of him. A very excited young man said to us "He's a Herring! We thought he was a Pelican or something but he's a Herring. Did you know he was a Herring?" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I said something along the lines of "Well, he's definitely a Heron" but he has lived on in our minds as the Herring :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Sounds like you all had a great time and the photos are really lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Beautiful photos and I see you got one of 'Hamish the Herring' at Mapua!!!!!! We were there one day and took photos of him. A very excited young man said to us "He's a Herring! We thought he was a Pelican or something but he's a Herring. Did you know he was a Herring?" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I said something along the lines of "Well, he's definitely a Heron" but he has lived on in our minds as the Herring :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Sounds like you all had a great time and the photos are really lovely :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Cool photos Paul and Adele! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Wow looking through those photos, not what I expected from some people. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 the car over the water at petertalleys car museum lol do u know how much trouble that display caused them the pond used to get covered in algae all the time so they put half a ton of salt in there now the car on the water rusts heaps they put up with it 4 the display though nice photos i was in nelson at the time didnt have time to make it to the conference but did a lot of the same stuff as u guys and found three pets shops so i was happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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