In 9 days I depart for New Zealand and Australia. I’m going to meet Trevor Dickinson of A-EON (maker of the AmigaOne X1000) in Wellington, and after a few days there, I head for Sydney and look around (taking day tours from Viator.com) and meet any Commodore and Amiga users there. Then it’s off to Adelaide for the September 16 Adelaide Amiga and Retro-Computing Event. I fly down to Melbourne for the September 18 Australian Amiga User Group meeting. I return to Sydney on September 20. Then on September 22, I leave Australia on the return flight back to San Francisco.

Here is my itinerary –

September 1 – Leave San Francisco for Wellington, New Zealand.

September 3 – Arrive in Wellington, NZ. Accommodations provided by Trevor.

September 8 – Depart Wellington and arrive in Sydney. Accommodations at Hotel 59, 59 Bayswater Road, Rushcutters Bay, NSW

September 13 – Depart Sydney and arrive in Adelaide. Accommodations at Jasper Motor Inn, 17 Jasper Street, Hyde Park, SA

September 17 – Depart Adelaide and arrive in Melbourne. Accommodations at Monash Hotel, 2077 Dandenong Road, Clayton, VIC

September 20 – Depart Melbourne and arrive in Sydney. Accommodations at Hotel Ibis Budget St. Peters, 178 Princes Highway, St Peters NSW

I look forward to meeting all good Commodorians and Amigans in my journey. If you are in any of the areas to which I will be traveling, feel free to contact me at my hotels.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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@RobertB,

Always wanted to go there, and there, may still!

@RobertB

Looking forward to catching up with you in Wellington

TrevorD

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@RobertB

Sigh!, you make it so easy for your stalkers and hitmen

Have a great time!

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@RobertB

This is just up my alley.

@TrevorDick

I should make an excuse so we can meet. Along with other like minded Amiga people.

Severin wrote:
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...you make it so easy for your stalkers and hitmen

You mean like the mean streets of south Stockton?! Been there, done that.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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@RobertB,

Lol, I heard it was getting very bad there.

@RobertB

Hey that is awesome you are heading to Melbourne I will have to make an effort to attend the meeting and meet you.

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Amiga A500 - PiStorm EMU68
Pegasos 2 G4 - AmigaOS 4.1 FE / MorphOS 3.16

@RobertB

Always wanted to visit Australia. That is awesome you are able to take this trip and travel for so many days, so far from your home.

Looking forward to reading about your travels, and seeing what pictures you will take during your trip.

Do you have a blog where you can post a description of your travels and post pictures?

You'll probably get a chance to meet that "Cammy" girl/woman, at one of the Australia events you are attending, as I believe that is where she lives. She is a true Amiga legend, and dedicated user/programmer/community helper, and it is a shame that she does not post to forum sites as often as she used to, due to the misbehavior of some members of this, or other forum sites. I met her at the Amiga30 event in Mountain View, CA last year, and she seemed very nice.

@BoingBear

Cammy was up in Gold Coast, Queensland. Not sure if she's still there. At any rate he should have a good time, Sydney's home for me right now and I can say that 3 days here is just enough to scratch the surface.

@RobertB

Have a great trip! Looking forward to your reports.

@BoingBear

I live in the same country and I don't think I've met her yet. Well interstate is still a fair distance. Shame about the misbehavior. Didn't know that.

Fairdinkem wrote:
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Hey that is awesome you are heading to Melbourne I will have to make an effort to attend the meeting and meet you.

Very good! I must try to bring California chocolates for as many as I can.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

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BoingBear wrote:
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Do you have a blog where you can post a description of your travels and post pictures?

Well, I can post pictures and descriptions at

http://blog.retro-link.com

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB

Can you post the addresses of where are helding the meetings, precise date and hours, just to send news to friends in New Zealand and Australia who could be interested to attend to?

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"When the Amiga came out, everyone [at Apple] was scared as hell." (J.L. Gassée, former CEO of Apple France and chief of devs of Mac II-fx, interviewed by Amazing Computing, Nov 1996).

Adelaide Amiga & Retro-Computing Event
Friday, September 16 at 7:30 PM - 11 PM
Eastwood Community Centre
95 Glen Osmond Road
Adelaide, South Australia 5063

Amiga User Group
Sunday, September 18 at 2 PM - 6Pm
Wadham House Craft and Hobby Centre
52 Wadham Parade
Mount Waverley (Melbourne area), Victoria


Waiting at the San Francisco International Airport,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB,

Earthquake in NZ today. Keep on your toes.

Chris

@RobertB

Thank you!

No event taking place in Auckland or Wellington?

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"When the Amiga came out, everyone [at Apple] was scared as hell." (J.L. Gassée, former CEO of Apple France and chief of devs of Mac II-fx, interviewed by Amazing Computing, Nov 1996).

No word. And Trevor has not made any mention of anything to me. Well, I will be sightseeing on Monday and Tuesday.

Writing from Wellington, New Zealand,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm