From the e-mail received this evening.
This Saturday we are again descending on Wattley's discus Hatchery in Miami. We will see beautiful discus that will be available for purchase at good prices. Even if you are not interested in these expensive fish, the hatchery itself is quite interesting, and listening Gabriel is the true treat. We will meet at Jimmy's Diner for breakfast at 10AM and hope to get to the hatchery by noon. I am attaching the directions to both.
Lloyd
Directions for Jack Wattley’s Hatchery Field Tripj
Meet at Diner at 9AM, Wattley’s at 10:30 AM

To Jimmy’s Eastside Diner (7201 Biscayne Blvd, 305-754-0546)
Take I95 South to Exit 7 for NW 79th
Left at 2nd light off exit, which is NW 79th
Continue on NW 79th to Biscayne Blvd (Immigration building)
Right on Biscayne Blvd to Jimmy’s Diner (on left)
To Wattley’s from Jimmy’s
Left to continue South on Biscayne Blvd
Right on 71st
Continue past NE 4th Court and over RR tracks (not through st.)
Left on NE 3rd Court (no right turn)
Left and Left
Gabriel Posada at
Jack Wattley’s Hatchery
6944 NE 4th Ave
Miami, Florida 33138
305-758-7848

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Gold Coast Aquarium Society of South Florida
www.goldcoastaquarium.org

Thanks Tom.

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www.goldcoastaquarium.org

I find the Club's handling of the meeting location question rather puzzling. I posted the above on October 1st 2008. Instead of using this facility, the Club went to a Denny's which suffered from numerous fatal defects and was obviously unsuitable. This could have been easily seen in advance by anyone who physically inspected the proposed location. Then, citing the fact that the Denny's was obviously inadequate, the Club went back to repeatedly paying $105 per month at David Park (3.5 times the cost of the Lauderdale Lakes facility, which provides at least double the capacity of David Park in addition to numerous other excellent amenities), without any attempt to actually use the Lauderdale Lakes facility.

Can someone please explain to me the Club's rather mysterious reasoning here?

I'll talk to Matt this weekend hopefully about this at the expo.

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www.goldcoastaquarium.org

All for it- hope there's more parking and less mileage from the north- what exit off I-95 south do you take to get there from PB Gardens?
- While I'm at it, I asked at least 4 times now for a member roster- or at least, a list of members from my area so that we can carpool- got a lot of promises but no list- I joined the group in Dec. '08 after trying in vain to get a club started up here thru Craigslist and partnering with another enthusiast.
We love being there but the long stressful ride wipes us out-
Also, the GCAS website needs attention badly- for one thing, the join/contact link is down, and almost everything else needs updating- Dave A.

Take I-95 south to Commercial Blvd, go west to S.R. 7 / US 441, go south to NW 36th ST, go west to the intersection (NW 43rd Ave), continue through the intersection into the City Center. First building on your right is the Alzheimer's Center; second building on your right is the Multipurpose Room (excellent meeting location). The southern approach: Take I-95 north to Oakland Park Blvd., go west to S.R. 7 / US 441, go north to NW 36th ST, go west to the intersection (NW 43rd Ave), continue through the intersection into the City Center.

Where will tomorrow night's meeting be held? Same old place or a new experimental location?

I just received an email saying that it will be at David Park.