Hi Rob and all, I did reply to this from work but it seems to have disappeared. We will be in Sydney for Christmas with family from early Thursday morning until about New Year's Eve. Apart from my birthday on Jan 7 (60th - yahoo!!) a get together sounds great. Back at work on Jan 10. Moon dates for 2011 are here: http://museumvictoria.com.au/planetarium/discoverycentre/moon-phases/moon-phases-2011/ so around the 4th or so sounds good. I suppose it all depends on the antics of that Spanish witch La Nina ... here's hoping. Everyone have a great Christmas season and KEEP SAFE!!! Cheers, Paul. From: corona_australis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [nswnra] So Happy Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:34:18 +1100 I can’t believe how lucky we are!!! Why hell! we just love rainy new moonsand beautiful clear full moons. I mean as an amateur astronomer it doesn’t get better than that eh’ And who brought winter back…. it’s freezing up here on the range this morning Cheers,CSRob PS: Anyone up for a get together next new moon whenever that is I don’t havemy Aussie Astro 2011 yet.