Saturday
We had a lazy morning around the house, sorting out stuff and then had a lunch at a local cafe. Mid afternoon we drove ourselves over to the airport, parked up and hopped on another plane back to Sydney. Bill and Carol picked us up and we then had a nice dinner back at Willoughby. Was nice to have at least part of a Saturday in Brisbane.
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Friday, 26 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Thirty Two
Friday
Walked to work again, seem to be getting quicker each day. Spent all day writing trail instructions. Almost done all sections now.
Came home and spent time putting wardrobe together, had dinner and sorted some more boxes out.
Tomorrow is the weekend and surprise surprise we are in Sydney again.
Walked to work again, seem to be getting quicker each day. Spent all day writing trail instructions. Almost done all sections now.
Came home and spent time putting wardrobe together, had dinner and sorted some more boxes out.
Tomorrow is the weekend and surprise surprise we are in Sydney again.
Day Five Hundred and Thirty One
Thursday
Walked to work and got on with more maps and section instructions. Team entries are going well so far.
After work I walked down to Harvey Normans and met Kate who drove there and we bought a Microwave. Had a run in with a snotty little Harvey Norman employee who saw fit to jump in front of me in the queue, get in line buddy...
We then drove through dense traffic to Ikea. We had to dodge all the fans coming out of the Gabba after day 1 of the ashes. In Ikea we bought a wardrobe and other bits, loaded it all up and headed home.
Had a late dinner and then bed.
Walked to work and got on with more maps and section instructions. Team entries are going well so far.
After work I walked down to Harvey Normans and met Kate who drove there and we bought a Microwave. Had a run in with a snotty little Harvey Norman employee who saw fit to jump in front of me in the queue, get in line buddy...
We then drove through dense traffic to Ikea. We had to dodge all the fans coming out of the Gabba after day 1 of the ashes. In Ikea we bought a wardrobe and other bits, loaded it all up and headed home.
Had a late dinner and then bed.
Day Five Hundred and Thirty
Wednesday
Walked to work, busy day drawing up maps etc
Walked home and had a good Skype to the UK with folks.
Quick update today!
Walked to work, busy day drawing up maps etc
Walked home and had a good Skype to the UK with folks.
Quick update today!
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Nine
Tuesday
Kate and I walked to work, although Kate only walked as far the real estate agent to sign the lease now that she is in Brisbane.
I spent the day at work, we opened the event to registrations and our website is live
http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/brisbane/
Walked home and chilled out in the evening
Kate and I walked to work, although Kate only walked as far the real estate agent to sign the lease now that she is in Brisbane.
I spent the day at work, we opened the event to registrations and our website is live
http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/brisbane/
Walked home and chilled out in the evening
Monday, 22 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Eight
Monday
Walked to work, bit humid I have to say. Good day at work. Walked home again spent evening doing bits and pieces including writing up the blog!
Walked to work, bit humid I have to say. Good day at work. Walked home again spent evening doing bits and pieces including writing up the blog!
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Seven
Sunday
And so we hit the road again for 700+ km to Brisbane. Not much to say about sitting in a car for 9 hours so I've uploaded a few picture highlights from the trip below...
This is how much of the highway looked all the way to Brisbane
Ah the Northern New South Wales folk, dog in the ute watching the road and catching the breeze.
The world famous big prawn, soon to be demolished. The whole site was fenced off and ready for the wreckers ball.
Oh and the world famous big banana, not very big in all honesty, needless to say we didn't stop.
Coffs Harbour, where we stopped for a nice fish and chip lunch.
And so after a full day driving we pulled into Brisbane. Finally we have everything up in Brisbane. And so we fly back to Sydney on Saturday to do more wedding stuff...
And so we hit the road again for 700+ km to Brisbane. Not much to say about sitting in a car for 9 hours so I've uploaded a few picture highlights from the trip below...
This is how much of the highway looked all the way to Brisbane
Ah the Northern New South Wales folk, dog in the ute watching the road and catching the breeze.
The world famous big prawn, soon to be demolished. The whole site was fenced off and ready for the wreckers ball.
Oh and the world famous big banana, not very big in all honesty, needless to say we didn't stop.
Coffs Harbour, where we stopped for a nice fish and chip lunch.
And so after a full day driving we pulled into Brisbane. Finally we have everything up in Brisbane. And so we fly back to Sydney on Saturday to do more wedding stuff...
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Six
Saturday
Up and about and drove Kate to final day of her course. I then went and looked at suit hire in Myer and another place. Back to Willoughby to pack and then picked up Kate. We spent some more time packing and then it was time to hit the road to Brisbane....
There are interesting wildlife crossings along the Pacific Highway to let them cross the road without getting squished, pic below
We drove for 2 hours 15 mins or so and stopped at Tea Gardens.
I have to say the hotel was pretty grim and smelt of damp. We signed ourselves into the local country club next door for dinner. Always a bad sign when theres a choice of 3 different cuisines and 22 pages in the menu. Food wasn't up to much, we admitted defeat, retreated and went to bed.
Up and about and drove Kate to final day of her course. I then went and looked at suit hire in Myer and another place. Back to Willoughby to pack and then picked up Kate. We spent some more time packing and then it was time to hit the road to Brisbane....
There are interesting wildlife crossings along the Pacific Highway to let them cross the road without getting squished, pic below
We drove for 2 hours 15 mins or so and stopped at Tea Gardens.
I have to say the hotel was pretty grim and smelt of damp. We signed ourselves into the local country club next door for dinner. Always a bad sign when theres a choice of 3 different cuisines and 22 pages in the menu. Food wasn't up to much, we admitted defeat, retreated and went to bed.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Five
Friiiiiday
Took a cab to work as I had large suitcase full of other cases/bags to briung bag to Sydney to assit bringing stuff back to Brisbane in the car. A good day at work, making some chages to the trail too due to various reasons.
Took train to airport and caught the 7pm flight back to Sydnet. Got picked up by Kate and came home and crashed. Tomorrow we drive to Brisbane stopping along the way there
Took a cab to work as I had large suitcase full of other cases/bags to briung bag to Sydney to assit bringing stuff back to Brisbane in the car. A good day at work, making some chages to the trail too due to various reasons.
Took train to airport and caught the 7pm flight back to Sydnet. Got picked up by Kate and came home and crashed. Tomorrow we drive to Brisbane stopping along the way there
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Four
Woke up early, pesky clock fell over again, always good for waking you up. Kate and I walked to work and she took the train from |fortitude Valley to the airport.
Good Day at work including off site meetings with local councillor and another visit to our proposed Finish site.
Came home and spent most of evening sorting out the flat.
Good Day at work including off site meetings with local councillor and another visit to our proposed Finish site.
Came home and spent most of evening sorting out the flat.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Three
Cycled to work again this morning.
Kate stayed home while Foxtel was hooked up.
Not a bad day at work, got a lot of things done that needed doing. Went out for lunch with the rest of the office stuff (all five of us today).
Cycled home, unpacked more boxes, skyped the folks and looked at some wedding stuff.
Oh yeah and got bored of all the royal wedding coverage on telly.
Kate stayed home while Foxtel was hooked up.
Not a bad day at work, got a lot of things done that needed doing. Went out for lunch with the rest of the office stuff (all five of us today).
Cycled home, unpacked more boxes, skyped the folks and looked at some wedding stuff.
Oh yeah and got bored of all the royal wedding coverage on telly.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty Two
I cycled to work this morning. All very quick, no more than about 5 minutes.
13An easy day at work, although our office is freezing, apparently they pump the air con from theth floor down through the building to cool it all, hence if you are on the higher floors its colder and down the bottom its warmer. its pretty chilly on 8!
Cycled home, went for a walk along the river with Kate and then had dinner and watched last of the Rafters.
13An easy day at work, although our office is freezing, apparently they pump the air con from theth floor down through the building to cool it all, hence if you are on the higher floors its colder and down the bottom its warmer. its pretty chilly on 8!
Cycled home, went for a walk along the river with Kate and then had dinner and watched last of the Rafters.
Monday, 15 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty One
We got up at the lovely Hotel Ibis and checked out, that was after some conversations with Power company to get power restored in Teneriffe flat. Took a taxi back to flat and left Kate there to unpack and await electric man.
Off to work and had a meeting at lunchtime with people about buses.
Came home and helped Kate with more unpacking. thankfully the power was back on.
Kate cooked a nice meal and we watched the X factor nonsense here.
Talking of music, the new Kings of Leon album is superb.
Off to work and had a meeting at lunchtime with people about buses.
Came home and helped Kate with more unpacking. thankfully the power was back on.
Kate cooked a nice meal and we watched the X factor nonsense here.
Talking of music, the new Kings of Leon album is superb.
Sunday, 14 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Twenty
Sunday
We were up by 8.30 looking at wedding stuff on the internet. Kate went over to Newtown for lunch with the girls and I hung out in Willoughby just doing very little which was nice.
Kate came home and we headed to the airport and flew to Brisbane. Flight was good and jumped in a taxi to new flat. Upon checking the post on arrival there was a particularly unhelpful card informing us the electric had been disconnected on Friday. Not much we can do about it at 7pm on a Sunday night so we've decamped to the hotel IBIS in the city. I know e should have been more proactive about signing up the electric, at the same time you don't expect to get cut off with no notice!
We were up by 8.30 looking at wedding stuff on the internet. Kate went over to Newtown for lunch with the girls and I hung out in Willoughby just doing very little which was nice.
Kate came home and we headed to the airport and flew to Brisbane. Flight was good and jumped in a taxi to new flat. Upon checking the post on arrival there was a particularly unhelpful card informing us the electric had been disconnected on Friday. Not much we can do about it at 7pm on a Sunday night so we've decamped to the hotel IBIS in the city. I know e should have been more proactive about signing up the electric, at the same time you don't expect to get cut off with no notice!
Day Five Hundred and Nineteen
Saturday
Drove Kate to Royal North Shore Hospital for the third session of her course. Back to Willoughby and then I went to Chatswood Westfield for a bit of shopping. Picked up Kate and in the evening we had a BBQ (and the worlds largest steaks). Skyped the UK and then off to bed.
Drove Kate to Royal North Shore Hospital for the third session of her course. Back to Willoughby and then I went to Chatswood Westfield for a bit of shopping. Picked up Kate and in the evening we had a BBQ (and the worlds largest steaks). Skyped the UK and then off to bed.
Day Five Hundred and Eighteen
Friday
A morning spent driving around Brisbane Forest Park in a 4x4 looking at alternative routes. In the afternoon it was back to the office and the sending of our first TW email to many thousand previous walkers to communicate the event. It's all go now.
Took the 6pm flight home and was picked up by Kate and back to Willoughby and sleep.
A morning spent driving around Brisbane Forest Park in a 4x4 looking at alternative routes. In the afternoon it was back to the office and the sending of our first TW email to many thousand previous walkers to communicate the event. It's all go now.
Took the 6pm flight home and was picked up by Kate and back to Willoughby and sleep.
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Seventeen
Thursday
Got up early waiting for the Foxtel installation, realised they were not going to show up and phoned them up and vented my disgust. They are coming Monday now.
Paid up the outstanding monies on Newtown flat, can recover the costs through work as part of relocation package which is a result. Glad to be rid of it all now, apparently new tenants move in on Saturday.
Took the hire car back into the city and then went into work and spent lots of time working on permit applications.
Knocked off and walked home. it's 1.9km and took me 21 minutes. If I do it there and back everyday then that's just shy of 20km walk each week which cant be bad.
Watched telly in evening, hard to unpack without Kate here and us jointly deciding where to put furniture.
Finlly this is quite funny, a bloke got stuck on a train in Bondi yesterday, hardly headline news, but his email abou ti has gone viral which is quite funny reading..
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/sydney-mans-email-detailing-five-hour-ordeal-trapped-on-train-goes-viral/story-e6freuzr-1225952255724
Got up early waiting for the Foxtel installation, realised they were not going to show up and phoned them up and vented my disgust. They are coming Monday now.
Paid up the outstanding monies on Newtown flat, can recover the costs through work as part of relocation package which is a result. Glad to be rid of it all now, apparently new tenants move in on Saturday.
Took the hire car back into the city and then went into work and spent lots of time working on permit applications.
Knocked off and walked home. it's 1.9km and took me 21 minutes. If I do it there and back everyday then that's just shy of 20km walk each week which cant be bad.
Watched telly in evening, hard to unpack without Kate here and us jointly deciding where to put furniture.
Finlly this is quite funny, a bloke got stuck on a train in Bondi yesterday, hardly headline news, but his email abou ti has gone viral which is quite funny reading..
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/sydney-mans-email-detailing-five-hour-ordeal-trapped-on-train-goes-viral/story-e6freuzr-1225952255724
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Sixteen
Wedneday
A good morning in the office. I then went and met removalists at flat as stuff arrived. They took about 2 hours to deliver it all in.
Spent rest of day unpacking and sorting out furniture.Skyped folks then Kate.
A good morning in the office. I then went and met removalists at flat as stuff arrived. They took about 2 hours to deliver it all in.
Spent rest of day unpacking and sorting out furniture.Skyped folks then Kate.
Day Five Hundred and Fifteen
Tuesday
Got up and dropped Kate at work, I then drove over to Newtown to drop keys back for old flat to real estate agent. Came back to Willoughby and Bill drove me to the airport. Took yet another flight to Brisbane and collected hire car.
Drove straight to new real estate agent and collected keys to new flat here in Queensland. Drove over there to do inspection.
After that I went into the office for a bit and then went and stayed at the Brunswick apartments one last time.
Below are pics of our new pad - empty. It transpires there is also a Sauna on site too..all very Finnish!
Entrance Foyer
Looking back to Kitchen
Loooking forwards to window (obviously)
The pool
More pool
Bathroom
Bedroom - open topped
Wardrobes
The hall
Kitchen
Got up and dropped Kate at work, I then drove over to Newtown to drop keys back for old flat to real estate agent. Came back to Willoughby and Bill drove me to the airport. Took yet another flight to Brisbane and collected hire car.
Drove straight to new real estate agent and collected keys to new flat here in Queensland. Drove over there to do inspection.
After that I went into the office for a bit and then went and stayed at the Brunswick apartments one last time.
Below are pics of our new pad - empty. It transpires there is also a Sauna on site too..all very Finnish!
Entrance Foyer
Looking back to Kitchen
Loooking forwards to window (obviously)
The pool
More pool
Bathroom
Bedroom - open topped
Wardrobes
The hall
Kitchen
Monday, 8 November 2010
Day Five Hundred and Fourteen
Monday
My last day in the Sydney office. Got lots of stuff done, including permits for the event with some of our stakeholders.
Had good news that a tenant has been found for Newtown flat, so they should move in Saturday meaning we don't have to fork out anymore rent!
Did get accused by the strata of our removalists breaking a handrail which was nonsense and I refuted it with agents, shocking accusation as it was broken a week ago.
The weather in Sydney tonight is shocking, a thunderstorm has been overhead for about 3 hours!
My last day in the Sydney office. Got lots of stuff done, including permits for the event with some of our stakeholders.
Had good news that a tenant has been found for Newtown flat, so they should move in Saturday meaning we don't have to fork out anymore rent!
Did get accused by the strata of our removalists breaking a handrail which was nonsense and I refuted it with agents, shocking accusation as it was broken a week ago.
The weather in Sydney tonight is shocking, a thunderstorm has been overhead for about 3 hours!
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