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I'd better get myself somewhere to stay. Any bargain basement suggestions?

Webos wrote:I'd better get myself somewhere to stay. Any bargain basement suggestions?

The embassy on the front lawn

Not a bad idea... I've always wanted to go and stay in that little tent

re accommodation

try
http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Accommodation.aspx

Hi again

Well, the Convention isn't far off now - only three weeks tomorrow . All the prep is going well and we are really looking forward to seeing everyone here.

For those who are planning to come, but STILL haven't registered, you've only got five days, ie till midnight next Tuesday (30 April) to get those registrations and payments to us. So get busy and get your registration and payment in We can't accept late registrations...and don't want anyone to miss out.

If you are still to register, or decide to pick up some of the optional activities , you can still register:
* as an observer for either or both Ryan's workshops on Monday and/or
* as either a participant or observer for the workshops with Andrew and/or Averil on Monday, and/or
* for the 2:30 pm tour of the NBPCA on Friday or for either of the tours on Monday

And we're very pleased to be able to let you know that the following traders will be at the Convention
* Ray Nesci Bonsai Nursery
* Bonsai Environment
* Pat Kennedy (Mirkwood Forest Bonsai Pottery) - we believe that this will be Pat's last outing as a trader
* Penny Davis (Mudlark Pottery) - you can see some of the pots Penny's been preparing for Canberra in her post under 'potters'
* Ledanta Bonsai Nursery

See you in May

Jennifer

For all the night owls - and those who check in early in the morning... remember only four days till Convention registrations close.... the drop dead time is midnight on Tuesday.

Jennifer

Just another reminder only three days to get to get your registrations in for the Convention.

If you're still trying to decide - check out the website: http://www.cbs.org.au and Ryan's website http://www.bonsaimirai.com .

Cheers

Jennifer

Hi everyone,

As the sun is starting to set over Canberra (feels like a chilly night ahead) it's time you remind you (yet again) that registrations for the 2013 AABC National Bonsai Convention are closing in less than 60 hours! Drop dead time is midnight on Tuesday (30 April) - so make sure you don't miss out.

Full details, and online registration facility, can be found at http://www.cbs.org.au/2013AABC/

Cheers

Jennifer

Hi all

It's down to just over 30 hours till rego for the Convention closes.

If you're still procrastinating ... STOP IT Get that registration in... NOW Do it online - it's easy - promise and we don't want anyone to miss out .

There are still places on all the optional activities listed above.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Cheers

Jennifer

Just wanted to see if anybody managed to get some video of the events? I know Hugh said he was planning on it. From the photos I've seen, it looks like it was a great weekend!

G'day,

What an awesome convention!
A huge congratulations to Ruth, Joe and the whole CBS crew involved in putting on a fantastic convention.

Ryan Neil was a brilliant headliner. He is an excellent teacher and presents in such a charismatic way. He is able to entertain a room full of bonsaists while continuing to style. I picked up a lot of very good information from Ryan in his presentations and in the 2 workshops I was fortunate to do with him.

I also learnt lots from watching Averil Stanley, Leigh Taafe and Andrew Ward demonstrate their skills and knowledge.

Following are some pictures from the convention. Apologies for the phone shots... I forgot my camera

If anyone has good pictures and is willing to share, please let me know so we can put them up in a special gallery of the convention.

I wish I was there.

I'd just like to sat that whoever was responsible for providing that pine for Ryan to style in his demo, take a bow. Excellent material and a great result that I am sure even the demonstrator himself was pleased with. My biggest criticism of some demonstrations by overseas artists that come here (and one of the reasons I resist going to demos) is the poor quality material that they are provided with and more often than not, the less than inspiring result.

The pine in the Ryan Neil demo is a shows a great progression from before to after and would easily communicate a future evolution to most levels of bonsai enthusiast, of a very desirable bonsai. Bulls-eye!

Cheers,
Mojo

Hi all,

A brief explanation of the red pine.

The Red Pine in Ryans demo was donated to the NBPCA about 3 years ago in very poor health and was nursed back to health. It is in good condition and the needles after last season were short and the internodes also short. It was repotted about 2 years ago into the standard NBPCA mix Diatomite, gravel/Zeolite, pine bark mini Nuggets and coconut fibre/coir peat.

It was first styled in 1975 by John Naka and owned by Barrington Chee.

He gave the pine to Geoff Henderson many years ago but unfortunately Geoff is in very poor health and not expected to live too long but the tree should now live hundreds of years and be on display eventually at the new NBPCA site.

The AABC broke their usual rules when I offered the pine for the use by Ryan in the demo about 18 months ago because I thought Australia deserved the best possible material for Ryan to use.

Cudos to Lindsay Bebb of the AABC and the CBS for allowing this.

Cheers,

Grant