Do you know what time the event will start? We are considering driving down from Sydney that morning.
11 is the plan, so coming down from Sydney would be doable with an early start.
Phew, they'd have been sweating about the future at CGS before that $8m donation came in
At the risk of taking this thread severely off-topic, I visited Melrose High on Friday afternoon (in my capacity as president of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society) to see some amazing things they're achieving in science education extension there on the back of one teacher's extreme enthusiasm and commitment and absolutely no funding (apart from donations from a few local scientists), and the thought did cross my mind while I was there as to what they could achieve with a 1% cut of Terry Snow's money.
Probably the richest person in Canberra (at least when Rupert Murdoch isn't in town), and the provider of the aforementioned $8 million. Has a major local property empire of which Canberra Airport is the most visible part.