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Thanks BB and thanks for ur awesome donation to the auction for charity!

Wraithie i hope there may be a snack left when u get there =D

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Have a great day everybody! Please take lots of pictures! :encouragement:

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Wraithie is going to be getting pics I believe! I will try to get some too!! Mmmm, must remember its for a great charity!! Hope the minister of finance understands!

See you soon all! :)

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Sprae was going to get photos not Wraithie, my bad!

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I would love to post the couple of pics I posted but alas the stupid tapatalk ap is having a moment... grrrrr. ....it was great to meet the skf members and fellow shrimpers from mss :-) faces to names =awesome :-D

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Awesome day! Big thanks to BIGGIE, Dean, Marcus ( you have a lot to answer for, all for a good cause) and the team at Subscape were brilliant.

I was too busy talking to take pics, sorry!! Nice to have faces for names and to meet some other shrimp fans!!

David was a natural auctioneer!!

Great day and a great cause! Thanks to all involved!

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Auctioned items: Bluebolts, red wines, pandas, mischlings, rillis, SW, cherries! Sure I have missed some!!

Assorted shrimp for sale throughout day including zebras and blue velvets.

Lots to be seen and learnt.

Sorry not to get to say Cheerio to Squiggs and Wraithie as the auction got my fullest attention at that stage.

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It was a great day and im absolutely exhausted!

Didnt have my first meal today until an hour ago!

Was a great turnout and even better to meet afew members from the skf famiy!

The auction was quite alot of fun and I hope everyone who made it enjoyed it =]

Ill sort through the photos of today and upload them soon!!

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Awesome day, well worth the trip, learnt a few things & definitely great to meet all of you as well. Well done to the guys at the shop, looked like you were pretty busy all day. Thanks Dean, Marcus & anyone else who donated stuff! :victorious:

All good Jamie, I could see those TB's were taking your full attention, Marcus's Bluebolts had my attention for a while too, congrats on getting one, awesome price too, well done! :applause:

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Heres afew pics from the day as promised =]

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Thanks for the pics....subscape looks awesome ! Don't think I've been there, but definitely a must only next Melbourne trip ! Looked like an awesome day !

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Subscape is an insane aquarium to visit! The best aquarium in the aquascaping field by far

I failed miserably by forgetting to take any photos of shrimp!

Make sure you let us know when youre coming down BB!

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Also with the generosity and combined efforts of Dean and BB from the shrimp auction alone we managed to raise $1670 to donate to the Make A Wish Foundation!

Currently the raffle has raised $800 with another week of ticket sales still to go so hopefully we can get the total amount to over $3000 =]

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All good Jamie' date=' I could see those TB's were taking your full attention, Marcus's Bluebolts had my attention for a while too, congrats on getting one, awesome price too, well done! :applause:[/quote']

Something about me, auctions and good causes. Two bluebolts came home with me, they are even more stunning than usual. Thanks for sharing your advise on the rack setups too mate, it has all been taken onboard.

Great to meet many people who said they have been on the forum to read and learn but haven't yet posted. Hopefully managed to convince a few to contribute when they can.

Thanks heaps Biggie, great work mate!!

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Looks like I've missed out big time. :(

Thanks for taking photos Deniz.

Will they have another Show next year? I hope so!

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Ill shotgun some babies of those amazing bluebolts when they breed Jamie!!

Provided the shrimping community grows through things like this and more aquariums stocking them ill be working on another show! And this one id love to setup like they do overseas with breeders shrimp on expo and entered as a competition in different classes but this was a good baby stepto start with =]

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