My Blog

1 March 2011
First Interstate Event

My first interstate event, an Armageddon in Sydney. What an incredible experience, a fantastic time had with both friends and Stargate guests. There were many special moments and great memories created at this event, such as watching the guests have a race around in dodgem cars.

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12 December 2010
Meeting Amanda

Gate to the Sanctuary event, meeting my idol Amanda Tapping for the first time. Dressed in a Stargate costume and feeling nervous I spoke to Amanda, got photos and autographs. This event was such a significant step in my event attending journey, I will remember it forever.

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18 October 2010
Emotional Event

Another Armageddon and this one was an emotional event for me. The event and guests were amazing, and I had a great time, it just ended with me in tears. Sometimes emotions hit us at unexpected times, I’m thankful for having such a great community of friends around me.

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8 March 2010
RDA Event

A chaotic Stargate event in Melbourne, storm damage and lack of organisation. Great Stargate guests including Richard Dean Anderson, what a legend. Ben Browder and Claudia Black are brilliant as were all the guests in attendance. I was only at this event due to the generosity of friends.

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16 February 2010
Nemec at Nova

Supanova Melbourne 2010 with Corin Nemec in attendance, what a brilliant guest and lovely guy. A great time was had spent with amazing friends at this event. there was costuming, laughing, shipping and celebrating, a great weekend was had by all.

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19 October 2009
Armageddon Adventures

An 2009 Armageddon Adventure with some great guests but also a disapointing one. Meeting Christopher Heyerdahl and Paul McGillion, they were both amazing as were the Robot Chicken guys. Loved having many laughs with Noah Gray-Cabey and his hilarious Mum, Whitney.

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3 November 2008
Armageddon Friends

Another Armageddon and another event of volunteering, working with Jim Lee and his fellow DC comic artists. so many amazing guests at this event including David Hewlett, Andee Frizzell, Kavan Smith, Gary Jones, Ernie Hudson and Doug Jones to name a few.

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24 April 2008
Night with Chris

An entertaining evening with Chris Judge and Gary Graham, middle of the week event with great guests and good friends. Vegemite strikes again with an incredibly hilarious reaction “It tastes like puke, after you’ve puked it”. A great event involving swearing, drinking and a lot of laughter.

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31 March 2008
Meeting Teryl

Another new Melbourne event called Supanova, with great guests like Teryl Rothery, Jewel Staite and Michael Winslow. An honour to meet such amazing and talented guests. To chat with them and to get photos and autos. Great day spend with friends enjoying a new event.

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15 October 2007
Armageddon Volunteering

First Armageddon event in Australia, experiencing the craziness of an event as a volunteer. What an amazing experience it was, great guests in attendance especially the animation guests I spent most of the weekend working with. I’ll definitely be volunteering at event again, such a great experience.

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30 April 2007
Don & Carmen

Tok’ra – Tauri Summit event in Melbourne with Don S. David, Carmen Argenziano and Eileen Grubba. A really special event with such amazing moments that will be remembered forever. Dinner, panels, auctions, photos and autographs a great time had with guests and good friends.

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5 November 2006
The Other Side

My second event, Other Side of the Gate with guests Rachel Luttrell, Tony Amendola and David Nykl. The Evil Vegemite Girls make another appearance and many laughs ensue. So much fun was had at this event with friends and guests, memories were made and moments enjoyed.

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29 October 2005
Puddle Jumper Convention

My first ever event, Puddle Jumper One convention with Rainbow Sun Francks, Torri Higginson, Alexis Cruz and Julie Caitlin Brown. What a great first experience, many new friendships were created as well as memories. The Evil Vegemite Girls were born and a new tradition created.

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19 September 2017
Walk for Charity

Joining the Wellness Walk and Research Run, an event held at La Trobe University Bundoora Campus that raised money for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre. A beautiful 5km walk in the sun with Olivia cheering us on.

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21 August 2017
Marvel Mega Fan

Attending Oz Comic Con in Melbourne with a Marvel Mega Fan pass, weekend entry and a collection of Marvel goodies. Dressed in nostalgic ’60s costumes and enjoying time with friends and creating more memories. An enjoyable weekend with some mingling and spending.

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3 May 2017
Reflections

Attending Supanova in Melbourne, with friends. Reminiscing over past events, our friendships, and all the things that we have accomplished. Meeting celebrities, getting photos and autographs. Catching up with friends and enjoying a wonder around the even and making some purchases.

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12 February 2017
Smeg Heads

First event of 2017, with the boys from the Dwarf. Another brilliant Red Dwarf event, these guys are always an absolute blast and they create a brilliant atmosphere. There is always so much laughter happens when they are entertaining us with their stories and antics.

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22 October 2016
Volunteers Perspective

The Australian Movies and Comics Expo from a volunteer’s perspective. The atmosphere, the fun, the friendships and the family. The experiences and all the memories. I’m honoured to be a part of such an amazing team of people and to have been working these events for the past decade.

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20 August 2016
Ghostbusters

Recently went and watched the new Ghostbusters film, an amazing remake of a great cult classic. This film has the perfect cast, an all female ghost busting team. With great special effects, a new catchy theme song and cameos from the OG Ghostbusters, what a brilliant film.

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15 June 2016
Fun Times at OCC

Attending OCC Melbourne, spending time with friends and creating amazing memories. Getting entertaining and amusing photos with brilliant actors. Wearing costumes and meeting new people. Spending time within our great community of friends and family.

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19 April 2016
Friends & Costumes

Attended the Supanova event on the weekend, I brought a friend along who had never attended an event before. Saw some great costumes, spent time with friends and explored the venue. Saved my money this time, didn’t buy any photos or autos and nothing at the exhibition stalls.

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15 June 2014
Meeting Ming-Na

A whirl-wind trip to meet Ming-Na Wen, working overnight and then flying out to Sydney, heading to the event for an awesome time. A fantastic funny photo, an entertaining panel and having a laugh with Ming-Na. Great memories were created at this event in a short amount of time.

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8 April 2014
Amanda in Adelaide

The fourth event in four months, and the second event with Amanda Tapping in attendance. What a great weekend spent with friends, having fun and making memories. Getting funny photos and having a laugh. Working Dennys Ilic’s stall and selling his products.

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5 March 2014
UK Dwarfers

Attending an event at the National Space Centre in Leicester, with the Red Dwarf cast in attendance. Frustrated to miss out on a photo token, so got a refund on our tickets. Still ended up staying and getting autographs, got to meet Chris Barrie and take a sneaky photo with the cast.

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27 February 2014
Amanda in the UK

Another UK Event with Amanda as a guest, a weekend filled with crazziness, friendship and good memories. As well as laughter, back massages, near stripping, grope denial and sexual harassment. There was football, alcohol, hangovers a flash mob and more. Plus Amanda Tapping.

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2 February 2014
Smeg Heads Return

Another Red Dwarf event in Melbourne, with Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Hatty Hayridge and Mac McDonald. A very fun and entertaining event, with so much laughter. Looking after Danny and having a good time, making more amazing memories.

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21 October 2013
Farscape Armageddon

This years Armageddon was a very Farscape one with Claudia Black, Ben Browder and Gigi Edgley in attendance. As well as other great guests like Janet Varney, Norman Lovett, Dan Slott and more. Another great event making memories, with friends family and amazing guests.

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15 April 2013
Helping Out

Helping out friend Dennys Ilic at Supanova in Melbourne. Good times with good friends and the return of Invisible Brad. Wearing my Stargate costume, met and got a photo with Sam J. Jones.

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19 March 2013
Adelaide Adventure

Solo road trip to Adelaide, spending the weekend helping out Dennys Ilic by selling prints and photo books. Meeting Emilie Ullerup from Sanctuary and seeing other guests like RDA, Teryl and David Nykl again. Spending time with amazing friends and making great new memories.

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