NZ 2009: Fifth Annual HU Travellers Meeting
Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meetings
5th New Zealand Mini-Meeting
Saturday, Feb 21, 2009, Christchurch
More Details and updates here on the HUBB for this meeting.
Many apologies for the lateness of this information - lots of changes, plus I (Grant) have been insanely busy and running way behind and not able to keep up-to-date on the meetings info.
Want to know what people thought of other HU Meetings? Is it worth coming to the Meeting?
"I'm so looking forward to another UK meet. My only problem is that I simply can't get to every talk I want, such is the amount of terrific presentations
on offer. Each year I've been astonished at how articulate, intelligent, informative and entertaining the speakers are. I'm willing to help with
anything that doesn't keep me from a talk - and my timetable will be full to bursting!" More
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- Registration form
- Meeting Location - Where is it?
- Other Accommodation
- Information about the area
- Membership
- Local hosts, information
Short History of HU Meetings
The Plan
The plan is simple. Show up by Saturday morning, meet people and eat! Food is including spit-roasted lamb, and a keg of beer from a friend of Nigels who has a boutique brewery.
2009 Speakers and Tech Seminars (so far, more to come):
- 12 years, 515,000km, 193 Countries!
- Peter and Kay Forwood, Australia
Every country in the world, and still going
- Peter and Kay Forwood, Australia
- Experienced Travellers - ask the experts anything you want! There will be loads of experienced travellers there and lots of opportunity to bend their ears!
- and more to come as we get closer to the date.
- How about you? We're all here to learn, and there's LOTS to learn! We want to do more presentations and seminars - but we need volunteers to give them! Any topic you can contribute having to do with motorcycle travel, maintenance, planning etc, lasting 20 minutes or more, would be great. Please contact me here to volunteer.
Leaving on a big trip in 2009?
Plan on leaving from the Meeting! We'll make it a great send-off! Or coming home around the time of the Meeting? What a great place to arrive at!
Schedule
All times - and everything - approximate!
Saturday from 1:00 PM
Saturday, dinner at 6:00 PM
Speakers presentations
Registration
Please PRE-BOOK so we can have an appropriate amount of food on hand, by filling in the form below and click the "Count me in" button below it. NOTE: Use one form per person!
Pay on the day please: Donations to Nigel for cost of food and drink - and effort!
Membership - Show you're proud to be a Horizons Unlimited Traveller!
Just to clarify the membership situation: Currently there is no requirement to be a member to access the website, the HUBB or to receive the monthly e-zine. For now, what you get for your membership contribution is our sincere gratitude, good karma and knowing that you're helping to keep the motorcycle travel dream alive.
We will also upgrade your status in the HUBB to Member. In addition to recognising your contribution through your status, this will allow you to upload a custom profile picture and custom avatar, store up to 50 private messages, upload more pictures (10 MB maximum storage) and create polls.
Another benefit we can provide is if you decide you want a t-shirt, mug, fleece jacket or other Horizons logo product from the Souk, you can purchase Member logo products at the basic price. Just let us know and we can arrange access to the Members Private Store.
Thanks for the help!
The Meeting Location for 2009
25 Rollin St,
Heathcote Valley,
Christchurch
Getting There - GPS, Maps
Other Accommodation Possibilities
If you have any information for the area please let us know.
Other accommodation options: Christchurch has a hotel or two ;)
If you are looking for accommodation close by, the nearest cheap hotels and backpackers are in Lyttelton:
Tunnel Vision Backpackers Accommodation Hostel
Empire, Lyttelton Hotel
Royal Hotel - Lyttelton
Information about the area
If you have any links or details for the area please let us know.
Local Hosts
Nigel Marx is the lead organizer of this event. Thanks for volunteering to bring Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meetings to New Zealand once again Nigel!
If you have any questions, or would like to help out, give a presentation or whatever, please contact n.m...@ihug.co.nz
See you at a meeting this year!
(though sadly not this one), Grant and Susan
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