Darling Harbour Monorail Treasure Hunt and Lunch
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IBM Quarter Century Club Sydney Chapter
Notice to Members
Darling Harbour Monorail Treasure Hunt
and Lunch
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Did you ride it, or deride it? Love it or hate it? Recommend it or ignore it?
The Sydney Monorail will be closing forever at the end of June. While some
people may say “good riddance”, and others shed a tear, we thought the
opportunity to be part of a local, historic event was too good to pass up.
Your IBM Quarter Century Club Committee invites you to take your last
monorail rides around Darling Harbour, learn a bit of local trivia and history,
and enjoy a delightful lunch with your colleagues at the Pontoon Bar in
Cockle Bay. To make things a bit more interesting, we will provide you with
a list of Darling Harbour/monorail-related questions that can be answered by
keen observation and a competitive spirit as you participate in our “Monorail
Treasure Hunt”!
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• You will receive an all-day pass for the monorail, which means you can
ride the circuit as many times as you like.
• For the treasure hunt, you can collect your answers either individually or
in teams.
• The individual or team with the highest score will win – wait for it –
FABULOUS PRIZES!
• After lunch, you have the option of strolling down to the IMAX theatre
to see whatever is on offer on the day. Your all-day monorail pass
includes a 20% discount to the IMAX theatre.
INTERESTING MONORAIL FACTS
• The Darling Harbour Monorail started its commercial operations in July
1988, but the first full testing was in May, so the DHM has been running
for 25 years. Perhaps we could make it an honorary member of the IBM
Quarter Century Club Sydney Chapter!
• The world’s first commercially successful monorail was 10 miles long
and was in Ireland – opening in 1888 and running until 1924.
• The most successful commercial monorail is in Tokyo.
• The first daily running monorail in the Western Hemisphere was in
Disneyland.
• Sea World had their monorail in 1986 (two years before Sydney).
• Mike Hall, our Chapter President, won his model of the Sydney
Monorail in 1989 in a free raffle after riding it on the first anniversary.
Page 2 of 6SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
• 10:00 am: Meet at the Darling Park monorail station (eastern end of the
Pyrmont Bridge, access via corner of Sussex and Market Streets) to
collect your Monorail Day Pass voucher and QCC Monorail Treasure
Hunt instructions from one of your QCC Committee members. Then
exchange that voucher at the Monorail ticket booth for your all day
access to the Monorail.
• 10:00 am – 1:00 pm: Ride the Monorail and answer the Treasure Hunt
questions.
• 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Meet at the Pontoon Bar in Cockle Bay for lunch.
Purchase your lunch at the bar, and join your friends at the QCC table.
Applaud the winner(s) of the Treasure Hunt as he, she or they collect
their FABULOUS PRIZE!
• 3:00 pm (or whatever the IMAX schedule is on the day): Optionally,
walk to the IMAX theatre to see the latest in film technology! Your
Monorail Day Pass gives you a 20% discount on IMAX tickets.
HOW TO GET THERE:
Our meeting point is at one of the seven stops on the Monorail. It’s the Darling Park
stop, and is located at Cockle Bay near the former IBM Centre building at Darling Park.
Town Hall station is the closest train station.
Page 3 of 6COST FOR THE DAY:
• We are able to get the group price for the Monorail Day Pass of $7.60
per person and have rounded this to $7.50 per person for this event. To
get this special price (regular price $9.80 per person) we need to
purchase the vouchers before the day, so be sure to follow the booking
and payment information below.
• Lunch at Pontoon Bar in Cockle Bay at members’ expense. Many meals
are under $10. See www.pontoonbar.com for details.
• If you decide to go to the IMAX Theatre after lunch, ticket price varies
based on the length and type of film, but your Monorail Day Pass gets
you a 20% discount. Be sure to compare that against the concession
price. IMAX publishes its program and session times about a week in
advance, so be sure to check out www.imax.com.au.
YOU MUST BOOK IN ADVANCE to pay for the monorail ticket.
Please send your payment to arrive no later than Friday 7 June 2013.
Page 4 of 6USEFUL WEBSITES
Monorail: http://www.monorail.com.au
Pontoon Bar: http://www.pontoonbar.com
IMAX: http://www.imax.com.au
If your e-mail address changes, please send your new address
to secretary@qccaustralia.org.
If you have received this notice by post and wish to receive
future notices by e-mail, please send an e-mail to
secretary@qccaustralia.org.
2013 Schedule of events
DATE DAY TIME EVENT DETAILS
30 April Tues 6 pm Drinks Il Bolognese
6:30 pm Dinner 150 Pittwater Road
Gladesville NSW 2111
Guest: Dr Bruce Dennett
15 June Sat From 10 am Darling Harbour Ride the monorail, do the
Monorail Social Treasure Hunt, lunch at
Event Pontoon Bar, optional IMAX
11 July Thurs From 10 am Garden Island tour
and lunch
7 August Wed 6:30 pm Chapter dinner Carnarvon Golf Club
8 pm – 9:30 pm Trivia Contest 65-95 Nottinghill Road
Lidcombe NSW 2141
September Weekend Away Details to be announced
10 October Thurs 6:00 pm Drinks Il Bolognese
6:30 pm AGM 150 Pittwater Road
6:45 pm Dinner Gladesville NSW 2111
8 November Fri Annual Induction Waterview in Bicentennial Park
Dinner Bicentennial Drive
Sydney Olympic Park
December Social event To be announced
Page 5 of 6Booking and Payment Information
Book by Friday 7 June 2013
Most of our members seem to be paying electronically these days,
so for this event we are asking you to pay that way. If you want to
attend and are unable to pay electronically, please contact
Lorraine Tacouni on 9410-3330 or 0412 267 701 to make other
arrangements.
Cost is $7.50 per person.
Please pay by electronic funds transfer to the QCC’s Intech Credit Union account and do so
by Friday 7 June 2013.
1. BSB: 802351
2. Account number: 35101803
3. Surname: ibm
4. Account name: IBM QCC Sydney 70000330
5. Narrative field/description: “Social, your names” (THIS IS IMPORTANT!)
IMPORTANT: You must also send an e-mail to Geoff Nash
(sbcnash@au1.ibm.com). Include: details of your electronic transaction and the
names of people attending.
Your electronic bank transfer information may appear slightly different – Please ensure BSB and ACCOUNT
NUMBER are correct, and don’t forget your names in the description.
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