Australian Skeptics Convention 2006

[Richard]

A few pics from a great convention, held in Melbourne.

We have Loretta 'Jelly Bean Lady' Marron with Ratbag Bowditch and Richard Saunders

Ratbag Bowditch, Ian Bryce and Richard Saunders

The Bend Spoon

Kiless with a Stop Syliva Brown Shirt

Convention Interviews on the TANK podcast soon.

[a_unique_person]

You couldn't have told us about this before the event, could you?

[Richard]

You couldn't have told us about this before the event, could you?

Yeah.... well, what can I say?

[Zep]

Hi Kiless! Keep in touch, OK?

[scarlet_35]

I heard Kiless did a speach and blew everyone away with how awesome she was :) Way to go Kiless and nice shirt :D

[RSLancastr]

Hey Kiless, thanks for the plug! :)

[Mercutio]

I heard Kiless did a speech and blew everyone away with how awesome she was :) Way to go Kiless and nice shirt :D
You also heard that she won a runner-up prize (2 grand--nothing to sneeze at!) for her project spoken about here. (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=65173)

To be any prouder of Kiless, I would have to be two people. But I am biased; I heard a rumour that I was officially thanked in her acceptance speech. I am here to say I did nothing at all; if anything, I impeded progress. But I look forward to Richard's further reports.

Yay Kiless! Three antipodean cheers for making a real difference!

[logical muse]

You couldn't have told us about this before the event, could you?

Yeah! I'm in Melbourne and there was nothing in the mail about this. And to think, I could have plugged it on the radio.

[Zep]

Excellent work, Kiless!

:th: :wave1 :yahoo

[SixSixSix]

http://www.keypoint.com.au/~skeptics/Skeptics_Prize - that's what the prize was. :)

The Melbourne conference was great; I think there'll be more info on the 'Australian Skeptics' site later.

[Richard]

Another photo......

[rustytunes]

Great stuff. Wish I could have made it.

[athon]

Kiless indeed did (and continues to do) a bloody fantastic job in establishing critical thinking in education, and nobody deserves more recognition for that than her.

I'm with Merc in being proud of her. And even though I am far prettier than Kiless, I would be happy to be seen in public with her any time.

Athon

[Mercutio]

Athon is indeed gorgeous, but he is fortunate that he is not under oath here. Fortunately, he is also an ass-kicking Aussie skeptic, so I will let it slide.

I hope (hint, hint, Gaz) that there will be a more thorough report soon...

[elaine]

Great job Kiless!

And thanks for posting pics, Richard!

[PeterB]

You couldn't have told us about this before the event, could you?

Wasn't listing it in the forum calendar enough?