SFW (Social Forum Weekend)

This is just a feeler to see if there is any interest in having a social "forum" get together?

It would take a bit of organising, finding a venue, picking a date etc... but would anyone be interested in attending for a weekend if we arranged a social get together for forum members?
Obviously it all hinges around finding a venue that could host us, and that is "central" for everyone.
And considering our forum covers anyone in NZ, finding a "central" venue could be challenging!

I've been thinking about the following:

Finding a venue with basic accommodation, like a school group venue with dorms or even camping on the grass, bathrooms to cater for a small group and kitchen facilities.
Obviously the venue would need to be able to host 5, 10, 20 of us...?

An area where we could put up some plinking targets and have some fun shooting, maybe a few little friendly comps for bragging rights or a $5 buy in, winner takes all just for fun shoot.
If the venue is in need of some pest control one or two organised hunts could be arranged, who knows.

Evenings would involve sitting around a fire, a beer or two and comparing hunting stories and barrel lengths.
Catering would be bring your own, and cook your own. And dishes would be wash your own.
The possibility of a night shoot could be fun too?

Obviously it would all depend on finding the right venue, and finding a venue that is close to where the most interested people would be traveling from.

One day and one night is not worth traveling for unless you are close, so I'd suggest arriving on a Friday afternoon/evening, up early Saturday morning for a full day of fun and shooting, braai Saturday night, easy Sunday morning shoot and everyone disperses when ever they need to to get home on Sunday.

Who would be interested in attanding a weeeknd like this, and where would you be traveling from?
I'll plot locations on a map and we'll see where "central" ends up being.

Pete.

Cool, Ec, thanks. Well that makes 2, and I'm pretty sure Myson would also be interested in joining.
I have a potential venue in mind just outside of Tamaranuie. I'll be staying there next weekend for some pest control and will chat to the owners.

I'm certainly interested. I'm sure we all are used to roughing it for a couple of nights as long as there is basic amitys a toilet and cooking.im thinking a wool shed on a farm would work well may even get rid of a few pests for the farmer. The biggest thing now is all the h&s that clubs have to work through. I've been a member of several fishing clubs over the last few years and we certainly have camped up rough seelping in cars or on the beach.

Heres another thought... it dosent have to bee a weekend.

I'm flexable and able to do midweeks (whith enough planning), or even if we pick a normal weekend and we just add a Friday or a Monday as we want.

I personally find if I'm going to do a 3 hour drive, or more, makes it worth while to extend the weekend to a 3 day weekend.

I also do mid week - guess it comes down to what works best for the most people.  Possiblly a  weekend with extra day(s) either before or after those of us able to do it.  Auntie Google tells me it is nearly 4 hours drive from here to Tamaranui so an extra day or so would work for me.