My “Mad March” Begins Early
Here in South Australia we have a term called Mad March, which basically means that there are so many events going on throughout the month of March around the state, that it really does get crazy, hence the term “Mad March“.
In reality I avoid Adelaide city during March as it is chaos, and just too busy for me … however tempt me with genealogy and that’s another thing, and now my February and March calendar is booked up.
From not having travelled much in the last year or more – suddenly I have three trips almost back-to-back over the period of about a month. I’m excited, but exhausted before it starts. But looking forward to it all.
First up I’m off the the United States to ROOTSTECH. It’s been three years since I was there, and I’ll be awesome to get back there and catchup with friends, meet new ones, have a big long wander through the exhibition hall (getting everyone’s autograph of course), and going to some talks as well. It’ll be a fun, exhausting four days of conferencing. Bring it on!
Shortly after I get back, I’ll be heading off on UNLOCK THE PAST’S 17TH CRUISE to Tasmania. It’ll be nice to not have to travel prior to heading off, as this one leaves from Adelaide, then goes and visits Kangaroo Island (that’ll be nice to visit there again), and then on to Tasmania and back. Cruising for 8 days with great genealogy speakers and friends on board, it’ll be a wonderful conference, and great to see the places along the way. I just hope I’m not too jet-lagged to take it all in.
And then shortly after I finish that, I’m heading off to Brisbane to help out at the BEYOND BMDs conference featuring Else Churchill and Alec Tritton. They are the keynote speakers from the UK who are on the cruise, but after finishing it, they are doing a mini-tour afterwards, and I’m heading to Brisbane to help out at the seminar there …
… and by then we’re pretty much at the end of March!
Like I said it’ll all be fun, but it’ll be busy, and I’ll totally be playing catch-up when I’m back on South Australian soil.
And I promise I’ll report on it all when I get a chance.
4 Responses to “My “Mad March” Begins Early”
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BUT Alona – how are we going to cope without our KK fix each day? (KK = Koala / Kangaroo).
I’ll catch up with you on the last stop of your travels – in Brisbane!
Have a wonderful time.
Sorry, but you will all have to suffer with me. But I have no doubt that we will all have major “KK” withdrawal symptoms … and really, really hoping the KKs are around the few days I am home in between trips. Anyway looking forward to seeing you in Brissy.
What an exciting month ahead! Hope you enjoy every day (apart from the long flights and jet lag, of course).
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I’m exhausted just reading all you do.. is sleep ever included?