Conference 1999

Bacchus Marsh

Here some Varangians engage in the gentle arts of siege warfare. This shot shows the moment of impact of a battering ram on the fort.

These photographs where taken at the 1999 Medieval Conference held in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria. Our photographer (and all other attendees) were all involved in the combats that we participated. As such there are no action shots of us here, so here are a few random pictures. It was on the thousand kilometre journey to get there, that we acquired our semi-official mascot. It is however a long tale, and it grows longer in the telling, by our Gotti..

"Arr, it were a dark night, and the winds were lashing the sides of the Smurfmobile. Out of the dark lunged a man with a nine bladed sword. Not two. Not five..."