Here’s the news you have been waiting for – Winter Retreat is on for 2013!

Winter Retreat is our annual gaming getaway. In the dead of winter, we up sticks and go somewhere and play board games for a solid week-end. We bring about half the club library, plus members bring their own games so there is always something new to play. It’s lots of fun for members and non-members alike. Here are some images from 2012.

Over the past four years we have stayed at Leslie Dam, Warwick. With that facility’s recent closure we have had to search around for an alternative.

This year’s Winter Retreat will be held on the Sunshine Coast, at the Currimundi Recreation Centre. Located at 80 Currimundi Road, this is a closer venue to Brisbane than we have been to in the past, I leave it to you to decide whether this is a bad thing!

Dates: Winter Retreat will be held June 28-30 (this is a Friday, Saturday, Sunday).

Cost: $140 adults, under 12s $125

Places: We have more places this year, with 72 places available. This is a big increase on the 50 places we had last year (which filled quickly). You can secure your place with a $20 deposit, as we are expecting a full house even with the extra beds. The 72 beds are divided into 9 huts each with 8 beds.

The venue within Currimundi is the Acacia Centre. This is a self-contained centre within the facility so we won’t disturb or be disturbed by any other groups staying at the time, and we will have our own playing/dining area.

Update 1: The Menu has been sent to us:
Friday
-Dinner Mild Chicken Curry and Rice/Fruit salad and Ice-cream

Saturday
-Breakfast Buffet style with of bacon, eggs, beans, grilled tomato, toast (with a selection of spreads), choice of cereals.
– Morning Tea Selection of Muffins
– Lunch Assorted Sandwiches
– Afternoon Tea Scones with jam and cream
– Dinner Chicken and Corn Soup with crusty bread/Roast beef with potatoes, and vegetables + gravy/hot apple pie with ice-cream

Sunday
-Breakfast Buffet style with of bacon, eggs, beans, grilled tomato, toast (with a selection of spreads), choice of cereals.
-Morning Tea Pikelets with cream and jam
-Lunch Hamburgers and wedges

Tea and coffee/cordial/ and juice on tap all the time