Wednesday
A laid back day at work and then I headed out to the QORF (Queensland Outdoor Recreation Federation) Forum after work. A good chance to network with others in the outdoor sector in Queensland and get updates form Qld Parks and Wildlife Service.
Trekked home on a train from Milton at 9pm.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty Eight
Tuesday
A slow day in the office before heading home. Ended up picking up Kate form work and then we went for a walk along the river.
Had a flurry of email activity in the evening regarding the sale of the London flat, all looking good for next week touch wood.
A slow day in the office before heading home. Ended up picking up Kate form work and then we went for a walk along the river.
Had a flurry of email activity in the evening regarding the sale of the London flat, all looking good for next week touch wood.
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty Six
Sunday
A day mainly around the apartment sorting lots of stuff out and ticking things off our ever ongoing to do list.
Skyped folks in evening and had lunch at Powerhouse earlier.
A day mainly around the apartment sorting lots of stuff out and ticking things off our ever ongoing to do list.
Skyped folks in evening and had lunch at Powerhouse earlier.
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty Five
Saturday
Bit of a chaotic morning, went to see one apartment for rent just across street next to us which was nice but not OK for moving too if we decide to move out, got home and Kate was in shower and I phoned another agent about a place in same building (The Elington), they were doing inspection in 1 minute. Kate quickly got out of shower and we looked at that one, again nice and could work date wise but again we are going to see what happens with our place before making any decisions.
Rushed home and Kate finished her shower in 10 mins before we had to be out of here for the open inspection. We waited outside in car and thankfully no one came to view it. Word is Qld housing market has more properties than buyers which is good for us, hopefully it wont sell! We went for lunch in New Farm and did some shopping them home.
Went for a swim in the pool this afternoon too!
Had a monster storm here this afternoon, it is storm season now so not unexpected. Here the storm warning pic...
More here
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/state-bracing-for-return-of-fierce-storms/story-e6freoof-1226166809511
Had a great Donna Hay chorizo and chicken dish for dinner.
Bit of a chaotic morning, went to see one apartment for rent just across street next to us which was nice but not OK for moving too if we decide to move out, got home and Kate was in shower and I phoned another agent about a place in same building (The Elington), they were doing inspection in 1 minute. Kate quickly got out of shower and we looked at that one, again nice and could work date wise but again we are going to see what happens with our place before making any decisions.
Rushed home and Kate finished her shower in 10 mins before we had to be out of here for the open inspection. We waited outside in car and thankfully no one came to view it. Word is Qld housing market has more properties than buyers which is good for us, hopefully it wont sell! We went for lunch in New Farm and did some shopping them home.
Went for a swim in the pool this afternoon too!
Had a monster storm here this afternoon, it is storm season now so not unexpected. Here the storm warning pic...
More here
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/state-bracing-for-return-of-fierce-storms/story-e6freoof-1226166809511
Had a great Donna Hay chorizo and chicken dish for dinner.
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty Four
Friday
Went for a walk along the river before work and then walked to work too.
A relaxed day at work and in the evening Kate and I went to Eve's on the rive rot celebrate my permanent residency visa. Chocolate desert was to die for!
Went for a walk along the river before work and then walked to work too.
A relaxed day at work and in the evening Kate and I went to Eve's on the rive rot celebrate my permanent residency visa. Chocolate desert was to die for!
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty Three
Good day at work although left a little early as there was a severe weather warning issued, they look like this when they come out....
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20041.html
Anyway headed home on bus as it was raining hard and then gambled on not getting large hail stones and picked up Kate.
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20041.html
Anyway headed home on bus as it was raining hard and then gambled on not getting large hail stones and picked up Kate.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty Two
Wednesday
Getting a lot warmer in Brissie now, hot walking to work.
Went in and we finally announced our trail today, theres a blog post here
http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/2011/10/11/hitting-the-2012-trail/
Knocked off at 5 and headed home.
Getting a lot warmer in Brissie now, hot walking to work.
Went in and we finally announced our trail today, theres a blog post here
http://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/2011/10/11/hitting-the-2012-trail/
Knocked off at 5 and headed home.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty One
Tuesday 11th October
Walked to work and had a meeting with city council in the city during the morning to discuss event. All went OK.
Back to office and then walked home.
Arrived home to find a letter form Dept of Immigration, I'm now an Australian Permanent Resident, woohoo! After 2 years and 7 months after our initial application I now have full partner visa and residency! This also means I can legitimately apply for credit card and proper mobile phone contract etc.In just under 2 years I can go for Citizenship.
A good day all round, Kate and I had a takeaway to celebrate and will celebrate over dinner at the weekend.
Walked to work and had a meeting with city council in the city during the morning to discuss event. All went OK.
Back to office and then walked home.
Arrived home to find a letter form Dept of Immigration, I'm now an Australian Permanent Resident, woohoo! After 2 years and 7 months after our initial application I now have full partner visa and residency! This also means I can legitimately apply for credit card and proper mobile phone contract etc.In just under 2 years I can go for Citizenship.
A good day all round, Kate and I had a takeaway to celebrate and will celebrate over dinner at the weekend.
Day Eight Hundred and Fifty
Monday
Walked into work and spent all day on maps etc and bring Brett back up to speed after his 4 week break.
Walked home and chilled at home.
Walked into work and spent all day on maps etc and bring Brett back up to speed after his 4 week break.
Walked home and chilled at home.
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Nine
Sunday
A lazy morning, got woken up at 4am by neighbours upstairs rolling in drunk. Later in morning we drove into the city to pick up Kate's Tiffany Bracelet which has her charms soldered on it.
Lunch in Myer centre, back home, walk along the river and cooked ourselves meatballs, very nice. Had a three way Skype with Sydney and Adelaide which was nice.
A lazy morning, got woken up at 4am by neighbours upstairs rolling in drunk. Later in morning we drove into the city to pick up Kate's Tiffany Bracelet which has her charms soldered on it.
Lunch in Myer centre, back home, walk along the river and cooked ourselves meatballs, very nice. Had a three way Skype with Sydney and Adelaide which was nice.
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Eight
Saturday
Usual rigmarole of tidying up for apartment sale inspection this morning. We went out and staked the place out in the car to see if anyone showed up, one couple came through we think. We looked at a couple of rental places too in the morning.
In the afternoon we did some shopping and then in the evening we had a very nice night out to the Centro Cinema to go see The Hunter stating William Defoe and Sam Neill, was very good indeed.
Usual rigmarole of tidying up for apartment sale inspection this morning. We went out and staked the place out in the car to see if anyone showed up, one couple came through we think. We looked at a couple of rental places too in the morning.
In the afternoon we did some shopping and then in the evening we had a very nice night out to the Centro Cinema to go see The Hunter stating William Defoe and Sam Neill, was very good indeed.
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Seven
Friday
Went out walking the trail this morning with my colleague Erin, all went well, have a final trail now and a full GPS log of it. Thankfully it adds up to 100km.
Went into the office after that and was only one in there all day. Picked up Kate form work and started the weekend.
Went out walking the trail this morning with my colleague Erin, all went well, have a final trail now and a full GPS log of it. Thankfully it adds up to 100km.
Went into the office after that and was only one in there all day. Picked up Kate form work and started the weekend.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Six
Thursday
A wet rainy day in Brisbane today. A quiet day in the office and took an early mark and headed home at 3.45. Picked up Kate from work as it was still raining.
A trip to coles after work.
Not much else to report. World seems to gone mad at the sad death of Steve Jobs.
A wet rainy day in Brisbane today. A quiet day in the office and took an early mark and headed home at 3.45. Picked up Kate from work as it was still raining.
A trip to coles after work.
Not much else to report. World seems to gone mad at the sad death of Steve Jobs.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Five
Happy wedding anniversary to the folks.
Got up and walked along the river before walking to work.
A solid day of re-drawing trail maps at work before coming home at 4.45pm
Skyped folks and watched TV.
Got up and walked along the river before walking to work.
A solid day of re-drawing trail maps at work before coming home at 4.45pm
Skyped folks and watched TV.
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Four
Took the day off today to sort out car. Got call that it was ready at 11am and went down to collect it. $800 later and I headed to the RTA to get the new registration sorted out. $350 dollars later we have a car registered in Queensland, new CTP insurance and we are good to go.
The RTA always amazes me, the really old folk coming in with walking sticks and hardly able to see the ticket machine renewing their licenses. Crazy!
Came home and did a load of ironing, before picking Kate up form work and a quiet night in.
The RTA always amazes me, the really old folk coming in with walking sticks and hardly able to see the ticket machine renewing their licenses. Crazy!
Came home and did a load of ironing, before picking Kate up form work and a quiet night in.
Monday, 3 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Three
Up early and dropped the car off at the garage for it's safety certificate inspection (equivalent of MOT), then walked into work, Was at my desk by 7.50am.
Had a call later in day that there is a problem with the steering rack, a 725 dollar job, wonderful. The car is staying in overnight while they get the parts and I can collect it tomorrow.
Kate was training today which went well and she got an early mark and was home by 4pm.
Nice dinner and off to bed after watching X Factor Australia.
Had a call later in day that there is a problem with the steering rack, a 725 dollar job, wonderful. The car is staying in overnight while they get the parts and I can collect it tomorrow.
Kate was training today which went well and she got an early mark and was home by 4pm.
Nice dinner and off to bed after watching X Factor Australia.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Day Eight Hundred and Forty Two
Sunday
A morning spent at Chermside doing some shopping. Walked along the river in the afternoon and had a good Skype call in the evening. Alv showed us latest work on his latest video, all looks really good.
A morning spent at Chermside doing some shopping. Walked along the river in the afternoon and had a good Skype call in the evening. Alv showed us latest work on his latest video, all looks really good.
Day Eight Hundred and Forty One
Up and about and headed down to shops to get brekkie and papers. Came home and we did final prep before heading out while inspection happened in apartment. We did convey our displeasure to agent before we left at the way they used our personal items to decorate the apartment for sales pictures.
We loitered outside for a while but no one seemed to show up to view the place, result.
We looked at another place to rent at same time and that was crap.
In the evening we went for dinner at Claret
http://www.clarethouse.com.au/
not bad!
We loitered outside for a while but no one seemed to show up to view the place, result.
We looked at another place to rent at same time and that was crap.
In the evening we went for dinner at Claret
http://www.clarethouse.com.au/
not bad!
Day Eight Hundred and Forty
Friday
A good day at work with lots of map book changes completed.
Spent a lot of time on the evening tidying up apartment before inspection tomorrow.
A good day at work with lots of map book changes completed.
Spent a lot of time on the evening tidying up apartment before inspection tomorrow.
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