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We should be up for a day trip Saturday. Looking forward to it!

Awesome photos Mark!

We had a great weekend, many thanks to the Barambah club putting on such a fun and friendly shoot. Bit cold on a night though, next year I think I'll be bringing a few more layers or maybe a caravan...

We'll be there too . Looking forward to it!

Hi everyone, we'll be down in the morning to set up. Looking forward to a fun weekend!

I reckon we may even be coming out of the woodwork for this one. See you all there

OK now I'm confused....I thought the lancewood in question was also known as coachwood, and is the northern version of brigalow. Some sort of dryland acacia?

Ooooh Daryl you old stirrer...

Hi Jason,

North Albert, not too far up the freeway from Hinterland. Come and join the fun at the Easter shoot!

Hi DWD,

Not a lot going on up here in the hotter months I'm afraid. But if you're up this way and feel the need to shoot, generally we'll have a bit of a wander round the course on a Sunday. You're welcome to come along, drop me a line if you feel inclined.

Anna

Mick,

Talk to Sue and Steve about arrows when you see them at Ballarat. Steve's quandong shafts are a little heavier than POC but the consistency and the way they fly more than makes up for it.


Anysia

Like the new avatar! Artemis or Diana? (or both?)

G'day Mick, Sounds like you've solved your conundrum....choose a bow you're comfortable shooting all day, that you can still pick up and draw on the second day of the comp. The flat trajectory of a heavier bow won't be real flat if it hurts too much to pull, and besides, you'd be surprised how many ...

Geez, I hope there aren't any French people on the site. We'd start the hundred years war all over again

Archers ready!

Great pic Grahame, you did really well to get Richard's good side...it's not often anyone can capture that on film......

(I better run away and hide now, before he reads this)

And a huge vote of thanks to Gary, Perry, Glenn, Dave and all the others who put the time and energy in to host a great weekend, we all had a ball.

Looking forward to next year!

A few more pics from the shoot:

http://www.northalbert.com/

Just off the Pacific Highway midway between the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Challenging courses, great people, good food and cold beers. And of course the yearly trad shoot at Easter.

I reckon a regular local trad shoot has got to be a good thing....It does get really disheartening and frustrating at a regular shoot being stuck behind a few groups of compound shooters taking their time. I try and slow down by missing a lot and spending time looking for arrows, that seems to help ...

Another pointless timewasting game. Definitely worth a go

http://www.nata2.info/humor/flash/bowman.swf

Jase,

Another page worth looking at for second hand gear, the NFAS small ads. Sometimes someone's selling something interesting...
http://www.nfas.net/forsale.asp

Anna

G'day Jase, A lot depends on whether you want a reflex-deflex or traditional flat flatbow, an off-the-shelf or a custom bow. For range of bows (imports and local) and good advice make the journey down to Wales Archery in Cardiff. They won't try to sell you something you don't want. Saggitarius are s...

G'day MaylandL,

Sounds pretty good to me, we'd try to make the effort to come over. Got any thoughts on when?

Anna

and a few more at the bow bird...

A few more pics...

Mububban, After reading Mark Stretton's series of articles on heavyweight longbow physics in The Glade, that DVD's got to be fantastic.. The team they've put together is a who's who of anyone involved in commonsense, practical investigations of the bow....... Where's my credit card, I feel the need ...

Many thanks to Leigh, Gavin, and all the other organisers for all the hard work and effort put into organising the shoot. We Queenslanders had a great weekend down in Geelong despite having to cope with 56 seasons in one day (I thought there were only meant to be 4?... :? ) It was great to put more ...

This one's for anyone heading over to the UK. Many clubs all over the country, beautiful places to shoot and see the landscape, and great people. Just remember wet weather gear and gloves

http://www.nfas.net/

A great weekend, really enjoyed the company, the archery and the entertainment (watching/helping people trying to get out of wet mud is always good fun................eh Poppy? )
Many thanks to all involved
Anna

North up the Bruce hwy then left to Boramba dam (before Gladstone) as far as I understand. I've never been and I'm rubbish at directions so I hope someone else will post an answer too

I reckon the posts already up sum up my thoughts on the subject. It's a nice easy site to get around and there's plenty of info and entertainment

We'll probably go have a look. I think Richard is dreaming of Spanish or Italian yew for his next english longbow