I was just looking at an online dating site where some girl had described her ideal date as “not a Wednesday or Friday,” instead of “tall, dark and handsome.” But I guess that’s not relevant to this discussion.
Provisionally speaking, how about the last Sunday of the month? 27th May (I have no idea when the dragon boating is, and the calendar doesn’t even say when the regular HH is.)
I figure two weeks is enough to get the word out and for people to make the appropriate arrangements with their personal lives.
Some area of the beach away from the plebs and lifeguards. There’s a little road runs down the north side of the river to the beach. MJB can you advise on this or a better location? Can anyone do a map? A banner to advertise this?
It’s going to be dirty, is it not? Do we need to clean up a stretch of beach first? Start time? And are we going to do anything worthwhile (ie try and get some cash together for some good cause) or just bugger about in the sun?
I favour the more informal approach that people organise their own food etc, and post if they have any special contribution to make to the general thing.
Any rules or guidelines? Are we talking family-friendly, no nuding, no speedos, an upwind smoking section, dogs, a special area for Canadians, no talking about forumosa, etc? What about ninja-suppression measures? This is pirate territory, after all.
Music. If anybody brings one of those devices that pumps out hippety-hoppity or rap music I shall scream almost as loudly as I would if subjected to Jimmy Buffett. My tastes will probably upset a few people too! Any consensus?
If there are going to be people, sunshine, alcohol, kids, and water present in large quantities then there needs to be some form of rescue/first aid available.
Driftwood aplenty, right? No shortage of fuel for fires?
Waste/garbage disposal?
In the event of cancellation due to weather then where do we go? Everyone will have a hole in their diary. I propose the new pizza restaurant at Bitan.
What else?