Re: Katoomba-fest for oz? (Kanada-fest)

["Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net>]

"mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com> wrote:

>I'll suggest we hold the 2010 event up here in QLD where it's warm/close to 
>my place.

Then we could do Kanada-fest in 2011 at Grindstone Harbour which is where I 
fish commercially:

http://www.grindstoneharbour.com/

On second-thought, too many Mosquitoes. Best to be in Gimli (an hour South) 
where I live:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli,_Manitoba

Both are on Lake Winnipeg:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Winnipeg

20 Minutes to the South of Gimli is Komarno (Ukranian for "Mosquito" which 
some call Manitoba's "Provincial Bird") . The statue below (in Komarno) has 
a 15 foot wingspan:

http://206.47.170.43/channels/images/mosq240.jpg

An hour to the South of Gimli is Winnipeg International Airport (and the 
city of Winnipeg which is where my Office and clients are):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg

Bill

PS - it is -40 degrees in Winter here and almost +40 in July. I am not sure 
that some Southerners would be rugged-enough to adapt year-round.