Another reasonable turn out - thanks to all that came along for a chat and a drink or two.  We pretty much had the bar to ourselves, so the Barman/DJ started to find and play Aussie / Kiwi music for us which then turned to an all out Aussie / Kiwi request-fest.  Most of us strained to remember ol' hits (and some not-so-hits) from the 70's and 80's and the DJ surprisingly managed to find most of them.  We also learnt that Karen and Steve are Kevin Bloody Wilson fans and their favourite Kev song... DILLIGAF!

A DownUnder Club G'day and welcome goes to David - a Novocastrian (of the NSW variety) who dropped by to see what we're all about.  David's been in Canada for about 20 years....poor bugger!

A special blowfly salute goes to Sharon (Shazza) who  hails from Aotearoa.  Sharon managed to churn out an impressive and slightly intimidating Haka.  I only wish I had pulled out the cell phone camera quick enough to grab a sample.
(NOTE: This picture is indeed not Sharon.)

We had a bit of a chat about ANZAC Day this year and the plan is currently that the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, is going to have a full dawn service at the Edmonton City Hall Cenotaph at 6AM on April 25th.  Following the service, there will be a breakfast at the LER Barracks for Military Personnel only.

For members of the Aussie / Kiwi community, one of our club members, Keehan, is offering to host an ANZAC Day BBQ, weather permitting.  Hopefully the snow will be off the grass and the ground dry.  The BBQ will be a BYO meat and grog and the club will provide the BBQ(s), condiments, cutlery, etc.  Keehan is located in the west end just off the Anthony Henday between Lessard and Callingwood Roads.  Dechene Park is just across the road, so feel free to bring a footy and cricket bat or two.  Dechene Park is a large open space, so kids often like to fly kites there too and that means lawn darts may be out of the question though.  We have it on good word, that we'll have a few Two-Up sessions during the day too.  More info on the BBQ will be coming shorly.  We'd also appreciate if you could give us an idea of numbers attending.  An online attendance sheet will be set up shortly....stay tuned!

Also, we had a visit from Linda Hoang.  Her name might be familiar to you as she's a running entrant in the "Island Reef Job" competition to win a six-month job as caretaker of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef.  Find out more at http://www.islandreefjob.com

Linda's been in the news a lot recently and is (at the time of this writing) at position 11 in the votes for the best job in the world.  We're standing behind Linda as an Edmontonian and encourage you to vote for her at http://islandreefjob.com/Linda

Linda has her own blog-site about her quest to be Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef at http://bestjob.linda-hoang.com  Here you can find all her media appearances and her day-to-day activities leading up to the big draw.

Go Linda!


Finally, a reminder that the U of A is showing the Aussie mocumentary "Kenny" as a fundraiser for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal on Friday the 13th and Thursday the 19th this month.  More details are here on the club website.