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Accommodation
I don't really want a dorm, but the Nunnery is going to do the job. $102 for 3 nights in a 6-8 bed dorm room. A hotel would be about $460.
Reference Number BB1307172527269
Booking Date 2013-07-17
Hotel Name The Nunnery
Hotel ABN
Hotel Address 116 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, Australia
Hotel Phone Number +61 3 9419 8637
Flights
- SYD to MEL: QF487 - 20:00
- MEL to SYD: QF466 - 19:45
Booking reference: 3IO3LU
$507.01
Transport
http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/Melbourne/Travel-information/Getting-to-PAXAUS2013.aspx
Where stuff is
This is Melbourne: http://goo.gl/maps/bD6Js
- Showground is a few km northwest of the CBD
Ting staying at Sleep & Go, north of the CBD
- Yumi staying at Squire something, about halfway between CBD and Showgrounds
- Nunnery is straight north-east of the CBD
- Chris is staying dunnowhere
Stuff
Packing list
Gear
- D800
- Lenses
- 50/1.4
- 70-200
- 24-70
- SB-700
- Harness strap
- Camera batteries and charger
- Format the memory card
- Contact lenses x2
- Glasses
- Laptop
- Laptop charger
- Phone charger
Clothes
- Thursday - whatever I wear to work
- Friday - Day 1
- Saturday - Day 2
- Sunday - Day 3
I can expect to be socialising with people a fair bit, take nice clothes.
So pack:
- 3x Shirts/tshirts
- 1-2x jeans/pants
- 3x underwear
- 3x socks
- Warm jacket
- Thermal shirt
- Sleeping gear
Toiletries
- toothbrush kit
- deodorant
- moisturiser
- towel
- shower cap
- shampoo/conditioner
Thursday
Alright, just stop. Breathe. You've got this.
- Wake up early
- Go pick up laundry
- Get ready for work
- Now go to work, sooner rather than later!
- Reply to Kenny's mail
- Do the work thing, blog about the new datacentre fitout
- Finish work at 17:00
- Run home, make sure everything is packed and good to go
- Camera backpack, and small suitcase
- Head out with Tom towards airport by 18:00
- Get on our flights at 20:00
- Get to the Nunnery, your noted the ETA as 22:00
- How?
- Get in contact with people, arrange to meet up with them in the morning
- Ting, Yumi, Berym, Chris, Minh
Getting home
- Flight QF466 home, departs 19:45
- Get to the airport, Terminal 1 by 19:00, sharp
- Get to a Skybus at Southern Cross by 18:20
- Southern Cross Station is on the west end of the CBD, Bourke and Spencer streets
- Take the train direct from Showgrounds to Southern Cross, it takes about 15min
- That means get out of the Showgrounds by 18:00