Vacancies

We have had some cancellations in the last couple of weeks and would love to get more scquilters to come to Bathurst in May.If you know of anyone who is still deciding whether to come or not please let them know there is room for more.

Merchandise/ Apparel

The first wave of clothing and mugs has arrived and is being stored until the Retreat, we will be taking orders until the end of March.If you are interested in ordering anything but you are not coming to the retreat you are welcome to order as long as you have someone who is willing to carry it home for you.
The Shepherd's jacket has been very popular it is a double thickness jacket with cream fleecy lining and brown polar fleece outer layer.Very warm!

Christmas Holidays

Well all holidays are over and everyone is back in harness, retreat activities are picking up speed and time is ticking by.
Christine has the Angel/ Mortal swap under way and there is much emailing too and fro, with parcels about to start leaving for their destinations.
Blooey has been spotted holidaying at the beach on the South Coast (NSW) and we have been sent some photos taken some time on January.




Booey with a young admirer on the Beach.


Blooey with a friend on the Beach.

Catching up before Christmas

The registrations are coming along nicely and today there are 123 people registered and the Goldfileds are almost booked out.There is still room for another 27 people as the Goldfields can accomodate 150 in their dining area.Because we received 175 EOI's I think some people are trying to make up their minds about the Retreat.

Don't forget to join the yahoo group so you keep up with all relevent information and a gentle reminder to all those doing the siggy swap to put your name on the list in the data base of the yahoo group.


2010bathurstretreat@yahoogroups.com

The mail regarding the angel/mortal swap will go out later this week so if you didn't tick that box and now want to join up please email Christine at

bcch@optusnet.com.au


The Committee would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

New Committee member

The committee would like to announce a new member, his name is Blooey and so far he has contribtued to the ongoing work we are doing behind the scenes.
Blooey is a young Australian Blue Cattle dog and he is quite talented as some photos will attest.







Blooey having a well deserved rest in front of the fire at Heather's place.




Blooey helping out at working bee.

The Retreat Committee

We had a committee meeting in Bathurst last weekend and made a few more decisions, tried on some of the merchandise and attended to some other activities.




From left Heather Hanneman (Bathurst)Rosie Mann (Lawson) Del Soden (Bathurst)Lorraine Sorensen (Gilgandra) and Christine Colley (Bathurst).

Merchandise/ Apparel

Here are some photos of the clothing available for retreatees to order modelled by Christine and Del with the photos taken by Rod Soden (HWS) in his Garden in Bathurst.There are also photos available in the Photo section of the Yahoo group as well as information in the Files Section of the Yahoo group.