G'day Sandra,

There's a pretty fair chance we will see some of the Australian 'Catters from further afield ... Tony from Darwin has been a consistent performer attender for years ... and I think we have a few more top-enders that trawl with the Mudcat ... and may be in Canberra. There are active 'Catters in all parts of Australia and the odds are high that they are the keen types that will trek in from far-flung states.

The Sydney contingent are amongst the most likely starters, since it's only 3 or 4 hours drive (OK ... 4 hours is a better idea ... the Goulburn Police Academy, halfway between, uses Easter Weekend for intensive radar training for all cadets!). JennieG is a regular Festival-goer and she loves Canberra, so she should be there again.

Of course we have some 'Catters right there in Canberra: obviously, alaninact ... Yorkshire Tony, who started the thread on the Canberra fires ... Chris Clarke is an old (if not frequent) 'Catter.

(GUEST) Dave the rave downunder (several entries in the recent Waltzing Matilda Thread) has already mentioned he will be there.

Maybe we should work on some sort of early Festival get-together ... maybe an agreed place / symbol / whatever ...??. As usual I'm going to get there early - and be everywhere there is a photo opportunity (or a good chance to session on concertina / accordion / &c) ... so it's probably up those following specialised strands of the NFF to name a good time and place.

Regards,

Bob Bolton