Manuka Trip

[ScottH]

Originally posted by j s
The Brassey is quite good though the rooms are small.

That should be quite apt for Bon!!

[EMJ]

Have our tickets - purchased 6 but did it by phone. Damn computers never work the way you want them to.

[cressakel]

Re: Manuka Trip

Originally posted by Swansinger
I've never been down to Manuka , but I intend to go for the game next month.
I've decided that I'm going to take the'plane on Saturday morning but I'd like some advice on two things please :

1.What's the best way to get match tickets ?

2.Where is a decent no-frills place to stay that's within easy reach - no more than a ten-minute taxi ride - from the oval?
And how far would that be from the airport ?

Thanks

I went up to Canberra from Melbourne last year by motor vehicle (never again, particularly on the way back with a hangover that felt like a trible of elephants had stormed my head), whereby we (4 people per two bedroom apartment) stayed at Pinnacle Apartments in Manuka for roughly $35-40 a night - very good deal indeed, as it is modern accomodation, cheap and fully self-contained. The Pinnacle is literally three Mark Bayes drop punts from the oval and 500 metres from the Manuka shops and nightclub district. The Pinnacle is 10km from the airport.

This year there will be a crew of 10 (some Kanga fans, some Swannies and an evil Collingwood girlfriend keeping us ratbags in line) of us heading to Canberra by plane, whereby we will dump the bags in the apartments and head straight to the Holy Grail nightclub for some food and drinkies.....I will be the one propped up on the bar on Friday and Saturday night at the Grail....

Canberra security is pretty slack when it comes to getting into the ground, as last year they didn't even have bar coding to swipe my Club Support (Sydney of course) AFL membership. Therefore, I promptly (and sneakily) gave the membership to friends to get in to the ground....

Otherwise, as stated in earlier posts, tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster7 or at the ground. There are both Reserved seating and General Admission ticket options.

[Destructive]

Re: Re: Manuka Trip

Originally posted by Norris Lurker
They're on sale at
Ticketmaster7

Can't help you with the accommodation sorry. I'll be driving down and back on the day with the _babes and picking up Destructive in Goulburn on the way through.

Oh thats good! I'm still going! I'll be sure to be wearing my stackhat when in the car.

Teal,

Can you pick me up a ticket? We don't have ticketmaster7 in Goulburn.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by BonBon
Hullo Hullo I'm going! I will probably stay at The Sydney Boulevard.

ROTF!!!!

Bit of a long drive to the game there Bon Bon?

JF

[Captain]

So Bon Bon is driving all the way to Sydney to stay in a good hotel and she picks the Boulevard???

[OldE]

Thanks for the reminder!!! I totally forgot about it, so just booked my ticket .

I'm driving down Saturday morning and driving back Saturday night. It was a good trip last year, and figure this year ought to be fun too.

[BonBon]

The Boulevard ROCKS. Maybe my mum doesn't know the game is in Canberra? She's prob never even heard of 'Manuka Oval' itself.

I HATE small rooms! I have to be impressed. My mum is soemtimes a nitwit with places so don't start giving me the Geography lecture when I'm not the driver, better yet the decision maker. And, if I got frequent driver points, gee, I dunno, I don't have any friends whatsoever that would drive interstate atleast 10 hours away from home 7 times a year. I deserve the points. I deserve points for a free airfare. Yum.

[Cher]

Originally posted by BonBon
The Boulevard ROCKS. Maybe my mum doesn't know the game is in Canberra? She's prob never even heard of 'Manuka Oval' itself.

I HATE small rooms! I have to be impressed. My mum is soemtimes a nitwit with places so don't start giving me the Geography lecture when I'm not the driver,

Hey Bo, why don't you catch that 2 hour train up there? Hmm who's the nitwit??

[BonBon]

Originally posted by Cher
Hmm who's the nitwit??

My brother

[NMWBloods]

It just never ceases to amaze me...

[Rushed Behind]

Re: Manuka Trip

Originally posted by Swansinger


2.Where is a decent no-frills place to stay that's within easy reach - no more than a ten-minute taxi ride - from the oval?
And how far would that be from the airport ?

Thanks

stay with rok lobster hes not far from ther now.

[Destructive]

Re: Re: Manuka Trip

Originally posted by Rushed Behind
stay with rok lobster hes not far from ther now.

Or with me, I'm even closer.

[BonBon]

But.. The game is in Canberra, how could Goulburn be closer?

[ScottH]

Originally posted by BonBon
But.. The game is in Canberra, how could Goulburn be closer?

Tectonic Plate movement