You must register before bidding, and all items are posted at a minimum of 50 per cent savings and some even higher. Many items have opening bids at $20.
This year’s items include home and garden supplies, restaurant gift certificates to places like Tall Trees, Killarney Lodge, La Dolce Vita, Nor’Loch Lodge and 3 Guys and a Stove, among others. Original pictures and other art works are also up for grabs as well as a wide selection of tools, massages and gym memberships. Larger items in the auction include a four-night stay at the Fairmount Chateau Whistler and two rounds of golf at the hotel’s course (value $1,800), a four-day, three-night fly-in fishing trip for four people to northern Ontario (value $4,000), golf green fees at Deerhurst Highlands, Delta Mark O’Meara, Bigwin Island and other area courses. Also up for grabs are an 11-foot kayak (value $820), a Serta queen-size mattress and box spring (value $1,200) and a Dell Inspiron laptop computer (value $700).
The auction officially takes place this Sunday from noon to 5:30 p.m. in Partners Hall at the Algonquin Theatre, and the public can come in, watch the auction live and bid on items while there. All the auction items will be available for pickup at the theatre on the day of the auction.
Auction items will also be available for preview this Friday from noon to 4 p.m
Source link: http://www.huntsvilleforester.com/huntsvilleforester/article/55218
Conversation ceased and all of us could feel the twitch of muscles starting to cramp, no doubt due to the salt loss from our sweating. Even as we began the descent into Lake Vera there was little to be said. After almost eight hours of walking we just wanted to get there. It's amazing what a cup of pea and ham soup, a wash down in a mountain stream, dry clothes and the prospect of a soft, inflatable Thermarest mattress will do for the psyche of the exhausted bushwalker.
Within two hours of taking up residence in the bright and cheery circa 1979 Lake Vera Hut, our enthusiasm had returned.
The next morning, after a sleep-in, the four of us decided to push on to Lake Tahune. So far the weather had been fine, but there were no guarantees it would stay that way. The Frenchman's Cap area is one where the Parks and Wildlife Service notes that 'rain normally falls on 15 to 20 days each month during summer and more often in other seasons'
Source link: http://www.theage.com.au/news/explore-australia/conquering-the-cap/2007/11/27/1196036876651.html
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