BLACKHEATH
PHILOSOPHY WEEKENDS
(SPECIAL PACKAGE "DEAL")
Those who wish to come
to the Forum need not, of course, take advantage of this weekend package
- they can just turn up at Blackheath Public School, corner of Leichhardt
Street and the Highway, at 4pm. If you would like to come on one
of our weekend jaunts, please contact Sandra Darroch on 02 9365 1778.
The weekend schedule
consists of:
SATURDAYS
Visitors to rendezvous
at the Victory Café in Govett's Leap Road between 12-1pm on
each Forum Saturday, for a leisurely, informal lunch (excellent bottle
shop opposite)
3.30 pm - proceed, perhaps
after a post-prandial stroll round Blackheath (or a visit to view
the famous Leap, or waterfall) to the Blackheath Public School hall
for the talk (4pm-5pm, followed by tea and questions for the speaker)
6pm - adjourn to nearby
Tails guesthouse/restaurant for post-talk drinks with the speaker,
and other attendees, around the log fire
7pm - dinner with the
speaker at a local restaurant.
After 9pm - retire to
chosen accommodation (see range of choice below)
SUNDAYS
10.30 am - Brunch at Brown's
Siding café (reserved room) in Medlow Bath.
Leave for Sydney, etc,
as the wind listeth
The cost - accommodation and dinner - will depend on the type of accommodation
chosen (see below) but the all-up outlay - petrol or train fares excluded
- should be less than $300, and nearer $250 if motel accommodation
is your choice. (Obviously it will be cheaper per person for two people,
as the accommodation cost is levied for the room rather than the people.)
ACCOMMODATION
There are no luxury hotels
or similar accommodation in or near Blackheath (the Hydro is closed
temporarily). The recommended choice is between two motels and several
guesthouses (Blackheath also has two three-star hotels, but their
accommodation is very basic - though one of them, Gardeners Inn, has
one reasonable en-suite room).
(However, do keep in mind
that from the previous day, Friday, it is "high season"
up the Mountains - from April through to September - so accommodation
costs are consequently higher.)
The motels - the Blackheath
Motor Inn and the High Mountains Motel - are both on the highway,
either side of the town centre, and are similar in price and accommodation
(about $150 a night, plus breakfast).
However, there are at
least five excellent guesthouses in Blackheath (and a very good one
in Medlow Bath, too). They include (with indicative prices):
Glenella - (probably the
most popular, and close to everything) - around $180
Parklands - (four-and-a-half
stars, top of the range) - around $250 a room
Kubba Roonga - (some distance
away, but said to be very nice) - around $230
Federation Gardens - (ditto)
$240
Tails - (near the school,
and where we are putting the speaker up) - $170
However, the rooms chosen,
and whether they are available, determine the exact price, with the
better rooms costing more. (The top room at Tails is $200.)
Don't leave it too late,
remember that it's high-season starting April 1.
Let us know if you would
like to come (FYI, attendance at the Forum is usually about 100-120
people).
Contact us at info@blackheathphilosophy.com.au
