Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Three

Wednesday 27th March

Walked to work and had a busy day planning. 2600 copies of the map book arrived today too, good pay off for all that effort.

Came home and Kate picked me up from station.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Two

Tuesday 26th March

Walked to the station and spent all morning in the office. After lunch I heaed out to Elanora Heights to look at a new Event Control Centre Site. All went very well so we'll move that this year.

Got dropped off and had an early finish to the day.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Two

Monday 25th March

Back to work, a full day in the office. I walked to the station there and back.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty One

Sunday 24th March

A lovely autumn day in Sydney. We met Fiona, Lucien and Gaston at short notice over in Balmoral for Brunch. We went to the Bathers Pavilion., Had a very nice breakfast.

Here is a picture

 












We came home and then Kate and I went to look at a couple of new build places. we also went to Supacentre in Belrose to get a few bits for my bike.

Spag bol in evening and Skype to folks.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty

Saturday 23rd March

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Nine

Friday 22nd march

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Eight

Thursday 21st March

Walked to the station and took the train to work. Glad I didn't drive as the Harbour Tunnel was closed this morning causing traffic chaos.

At lunchtime went to the park to a Close the Gap' day event. I ended up barbecuing for everyone. (Close the Gap is a campaign to close the gap between white Australian and Indigenous Australian health care. Indigenous people generally die on average 10 - 17 years earlier than the average white Australian).

Did more work in the afternoon before taking train home and walking home again.

Quite night at home.

Oh yeah and there was yet another challenge to the PM today which came to nothing. Aussie politics, you cant beat it (unfortunately)

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Seven

Wednesday 20th March

Drove into work today as I needed to pick up some stuff to bring home, including checkpoint blackboards which need a revamp and repaint. Something to do at weekend. Also picked up bolt cutters so I can cut lock off my bike which I picked up at the weekend.

Drove home and was home by 6pm which was nice.

We knocked up a chicken pesto pasta for dinner before watching the Block All Stars final and also Skyping folks in UK.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Six

Tuesday 19th March

A fairly normal day at work so not much to report.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Five

Monday 18th March

Back to work after the weekend. A few meetings etc. Our new maps have been published on the website, search TW Sydney and and its on hitting the trail page.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Four

Sunday 17th March

Kate went shopping  with her mum this morning, I went to Kennards and collected my bike and accessories. I may start ridding to work on it, well at least to the station. I just need to remove the lock that is on it. I brought it home and cleaned it up and pumped the tyres up, good as new.

Spent some time in the afternoon catching up on some telly and then Skyped folks in the evening.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Three

Saturday 16th March

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Two

Friday 15th March

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy One

Thursday 14th March

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy

Wednesday 13th March

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Nine

Tuesday 12th March

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Eight

Monday 11th March

Very quiet day at work as its a national holiday in Victoria so HQ was closed. Walked to work and back today.

Carol had a follow up operation to do more work to her bad back.

Came home and cooked Chicken Satay for dinner with Kate

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Seven

Sunday 10th March

We had a slow start but then got ourselves on the train from Artarmon to Town Hall. We did a bit of shopping in the QVC and then grabbed some lunch at the Helm Bar.

We then went to the Aquarium which was pretty busy in the first part but then got a bit quieter. Was nice to see the wildlife.

We caught the train home and had a relaxing evening including a Skype call to UK.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Six

Saturday 9th March

Welcome to the weekend. We decided not to look at apartments this weekend to have a break.

We did some shopping and treated ourselves to some clothes, I even picked out a dress for Kate. I bought a new shirt and jumper combo. 

In the evening we shared a nice Thai takeaway with Bill and Carol.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Five

Friday 8th March

Spent most of the day working on trail marking maps which is somewhat time consuming.

Came home and met Kate at the off license on the way home as I walked back from the station.

Carol knocked up sausage and mash for dinner which was nice.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Four

Thursday 7th March

A normal day at work. The pallets of gear I dispatched form Sydney yesterday afternoon were in Melbourne by 11am, good service!

Kate picked me up for the station after work.

Quiet night at home.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Three

Wednesday 6th March

Happy Wedding Anniversary to Chris and Hannah!

A normal day at work followed an evening out. We met our friend Marianne from London  who we worked with at Symbian who is back in Oz for a visit. We met at helm Bar for some dinner and then we headed to the Star Event centre to see Garbage. it's a long time since I've seen Garbage - 1995 in fact I think, but they still rock it.

It was also the very first gig at the brand new event centre, scarily the floor has a lot of bounce in it, I wouldn't want to be in there with a full crowd jumping up and down.

Some pics...

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Two

Tuesday 5th March

A normal day at work, adding final bits and pieces to the big delivery of national kit that goes to Melbourne tomorrow.

A quiet night at home.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty One

Monday 4th March

Got up early and headed into Darling Harbour to attend an industry seminar on ISO 20121 - Event Sustainability. Was very interesting and the session was given by someone I had interactions with at Reading Festival a few years back when she was in a different role looking after recycling at the festival.

At lunchtime I headed back to the office and carried on with lots of stuff.

Came home and cooked dinner.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty

Sunday 3rd March

A relaxing day at home, although we went back to the chase to return the DVD. We skyped the folks in the evening. Back to work tomorrow.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Nine

Saturday 2nd March

Weekend again, phew! This morning we looked at two properties, the first one was this one

http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Sale/Apartment-Unit-Flat/NSW/Lane-Cove/?adid=2010308658

and the second

http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Sale/Apartment-Unit-Flat/NSW/Chatswood/?adid=2010314265

The first was rubbish as it overlooked the slip road for the highway, the second was really good. It shows if you up your proce bracket you see a lot nicer things. We'll go to the auction later in the month to see what it goes for.

We grabbed some lunch at the Chase and then also hired a DVD, Argo to watch later in the evening.

I cooked a risotto for dinner and then we watched the movie (it was very good).
 

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Eight

Friday 1st March

Final day at work this week, not to much to report. Came home and had dinner and a few drinks to finish the week off.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Seven

Thursday 28th February

Normal day at work getting more documentation done and final packing for gear to send to Melbourne.

Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Six

Wednesday 27th February

Normal day at work, so not too much to report for the blog today!