On the weekend of 4 & 5 August, I went to The Barn at Bickleys, 30km out of Bendigo.  This was the orientation for the Leading Waranga Women program which will run for approx. 6 months. I and 13 other women of varying ages were treated to mouth-watering delights in the rustic, lavish atmosphere of the famous Bickley's Barn.  We worked hard, though, in a mental sense, as we brainstormed ideas and put ourselves in sometimes uncomfortable situations.  I feel we all got alot out of the weekend, though, and we're all anticipating a bright and exciting future with the program.  Our first meeting as a group will be on Fri 17 Aug, 9:30 til 3:00 at the RCH.  We are all supposed to keep a reflective journal, so I must go out and buy an excercise book for that very purpose.  I went to buy a camouflage jacket the other day, but I couln't find any.