Thursday 31st January
Not much to report, busy day at work finalising map books.
Mexican dinner at home.
Not much to report, busy day at work finalising map books.
Mexican dinner at home.
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Eight
Wednesday 30th January
More mapbook work at work. Carol had her back treatment today which went well but was held up a number of times so she had a long day at RNS.
Quick skype with UK in evening.
More mapbook work at work. Carol had her back treatment today which went well but was held up a number of times so she had a long day at RNS.
Quick skype with UK in evening.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Seven
Tuesday 29th January
Back to work after the long weekend. Spent some time removing ceiling tiles int he roof which have been affected by the heavy rains. Did a WHS audit of the office later in the day and more map book work.
Headed home at 6ish, had dinner and call with Adelaide.
Back to work after the long weekend. Spent some time removing ceiling tiles int he roof which have been affected by the heavy rains. Did a WHS audit of the office later in the day and more map book work.
Headed home at 6ish, had dinner and call with Adelaide.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Six
Monday 28th January
National Holiday today
A very wet day in Sydney today but not as bad as they have had it up in Queensland again.
Kate and I drove out to Manly today to get out of the house. We parked up and watched the ocean before walking tot he chippie to get a meal to share. We got back to the car absolutely soaked.
We headed home and relaxed for remainder of the day.
National Holiday today
A very wet day in Sydney today but not as bad as they have had it up in Queensland again.
Kate and I drove out to Manly today to get out of the house. We parked up and watched the ocean before walking tot he chippie to get a meal to share. We got back to the car absolutely soaked.
We headed home and relaxed for remainder of the day.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Five
Sunday 27th January
A lazy Sunday around the house, catching up on tele and administration. We skyped UK in the evening.
A lazy Sunday around the house, catching up on tele and administration. We skyped UK in the evening.
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Four
Saturday 26th January
Australia Day 2013
A nice relaxing day at home today, just catching up on some relaxation after a busy week and hectic day yesterday. We did a brief bit of shopping during the day and then had lovely roast lamb dinner this evening followed by Apple pie and Custard (well Ice Cream for everyone else as they could not be tempted by custard).
Australia Day 2013
A nice relaxing day at home today, just catching up on some relaxation after a busy week and hectic day yesterday. We did a brief bit of shopping during the day and then had lovely roast lamb dinner this evening followed by Apple pie and Custard (well Ice Cream for everyone else as they could not be tempted by custard).
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Three
Friday 25th January
Walked 11km through the Australian bush today. Not for the fun of it but for work, to measure parts of the trail where data is a bit sketchy.
Started at 8am and walked 1.6km of Section 8, then 1.7km of section 7. the did a few bits of measuring around Checkpoint 5 in Davidson. Then went all the way up to Section 2 of trail and decided not to try and walk another 8km in under 2 hours as we had a schedule to meet other people and we would have been under pressure to finish on time.
Drove to new Checkpoint 2 site, tested data signal and then met representative from parks and a key volunteer and we walked 1.7km into bush to one of our remote junctions on the trail to discuss that. We then walked the 1.7km back out of the bush.
A very hot day to be walking but kept drinking all day.
Got home about 6.30 with the start of one or two blisters.
Had some food and headed to bed at about 9.30pm whilst others watched Andy Murray in semi final beat Federer.
Walked 11km through the Australian bush today. Not for the fun of it but for work, to measure parts of the trail where data is a bit sketchy.
Started at 8am and walked 1.6km of Section 8, then 1.7km of section 7. the did a few bits of measuring around Checkpoint 5 in Davidson. Then went all the way up to Section 2 of trail and decided not to try and walk another 8km in under 2 hours as we had a schedule to meet other people and we would have been under pressure to finish on time.
Drove to new Checkpoint 2 site, tested data signal and then met representative from parks and a key volunteer and we walked 1.7km into bush to one of our remote junctions on the trail to discuss that. We then walked the 1.7km back out of the bush.
A very hot day to be walking but kept drinking all day.
Got home about 6.30 with the start of one or two blisters.
Had some food and headed to bed at about 9.30pm whilst others watched Andy Murray in semi final beat Federer.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Two
Thursday 24th January
Not much to report today, spent all day at work working on map book art work as we have a deadline of Friday 1st Feb to get it all to graphics design dept at work before it goes off to print.
Came home, had dinner and off to bed, early start tomorrow as I'm out walking the trail.
Not much to report today, spent all day at work working on map book art work as we have a deadline of Friday 1st Feb to get it all to graphics design dept at work before it goes off to print.
Came home, had dinner and off to bed, early start tomorrow as I'm out walking the trail.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty One
Wednesday 23rd January
Spent all day buried in Adobe Illustrator updating section maps for 2013 map book, surprising how long graphic design work can take.
Came home, had some dinner and then Skyped UK.
Spent all day buried in Adobe Illustrator updating section maps for 2013 map book, surprising how long graphic design work can take.
Came home, had some dinner and then Skyped UK.
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty
Tuesday 22nd January
Moved desks today at work, we have had a bit of a shuffle around, I'm now back in the desk I occupied back in 2010 when I first started in the Sydney office. It's a much better desk than the one I was in, less exposed and I have some wall space where I can put maps etc up.
Headed home for dinner at about 6.30.
Moved desks today at work, we have had a bit of a shuffle around, I'm now back in the desk I occupied back in 2010 when I first started in the Sydney office. It's a much better desk than the one I was in, less exposed and I have some wall space where I can put maps etc up.
Headed home for dinner at about 6.30.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Nineteen
Monday 21st January
Back to work, spent a lot of time on map work and finalising trail for 2013. Spent some time on phone to counterparts in Brisbane helping them with knowledge from previous 2 events.
Back to work, spent a lot of time on map work and finalising trail for 2013. Spent some time on phone to counterparts in Brisbane helping them with knowledge from previous 2 events.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighteen
Sunday 20th January
A normal Sunday today with a Skype call to folks in UK. Bill and Carol also spent time talking to UK on Skype as well.
A normal Sunday today with a Skype call to folks in UK. Bill and Carol also spent time talking to UK on Skype as well.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventeen
Saturday 19th January
A quiet day for me at home. Kate and Carol went out to 'The Secret River' at the theatre which was very good by all accounts.
A quiet day for me at home. Kate and Carol went out to 'The Secret River' at the theatre which was very good by all accounts.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Sixteen
Friday 18th January
Sydney reached 45.8 degrees today, a record temperature in the city. It certainly felt hot, especially at lunchtime where sat outside for a Mexican lunch.
At least the air con in our office works well.
Caught a train home just before 5pm, missing all the problems with train breakdowns etc which seemed to start occurring later on.
Had a quiet night at home locked up in the air conditioning.
More info on the heat here...
http://www.smh.com.au/data-point/city-sizzles-in-record-heat-20130118-2cyrj.html
Sydney reached 45.8 degrees today, a record temperature in the city. It certainly felt hot, especially at lunchtime where sat outside for a Mexican lunch.
At least the air con in our office works well.
Caught a train home just before 5pm, missing all the problems with train breakdowns etc which seemed to start occurring later on.
Had a quiet night at home locked up in the air conditioning.
More info on the heat here...
http://www.smh.com.au/data-point/city-sizzles-in-record-heat-20130118-2cyrj.html
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifteen
Thursday 17th January
Drove to the station today as its getting hot again this week. Did a second interview with a candidate for one of our roles and then spent all afternoon working on maps.
Headed home for dinner and bed.
Drove to the station today as its getting hot again this week. Did a second interview with a candidate for one of our roles and then spent all afternoon working on maps.
Headed home for dinner and bed.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Fourteen
Wednesday 16th January
A normal day at work. In the evening Kate and I met Caroline down at the harbour to go to the Open Air Cinema at Farm Cove overlooking the city and Botanic Gardens. Was very good fun, we got in and reserved our seats and then found a table in the restaurant area.
We then went to watch the movie and the screen elevated from horizontal to vertical just before the movie started.
We saw 'The Impossible' about the 2004 tsunami. A very good movie but very graphic in places, to extent people were leaving and someone fainted in the aisle at one point.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649419/
Once it was over we walked up and met Bill who picked us up.
A normal day at work. In the evening Kate and I met Caroline down at the harbour to go to the Open Air Cinema at Farm Cove overlooking the city and Botanic Gardens. Was very good fun, we got in and reserved our seats and then found a table in the restaurant area.
We then went to watch the movie and the screen elevated from horizontal to vertical just before the movie started.
We saw 'The Impossible' about the 2004 tsunami. A very good movie but very graphic in places, to extent people were leaving and someone fainted in the aisle at one point.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1649419/
Once it was over we walked up and met Bill who picked us up.
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Thirteen
Tuesday 15th January
A normal day at work so not much to report today!
A normal day at work so not much to report today!
Monday, 14 January 2013
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Twelve
Someone knocked the casing off the wing mirror on the car overnight, must have driven bloody close to the car. Thankfully no broken bits so its partially back on until I can borrow some star headed screwdrivers to tighten it all up.
Walked to work, it was quite windy and a bit chilly on the walk. Normal Monday work activities today and then Kate picked me up from station, before we headed home via petrol station.
Walked to work, it was quite windy and a bit chilly on the walk. Normal Monday work activities today and then Kate picked me up from station, before we headed home via petrol station.
Saturday, 12 January 2013
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Eleven
Sunday 13th January
Woke up at 9.30 feeling pretty rough after last night. At lunchtime we all went to Ian and Jess's house for lunch. Was very nice to see them and the kids. We came home at about 4.30 pm and had a very relaxing evening at home. We were both very tired so after Skype call went to bed at 9.45....we must be getting old!
Woke up at 9.30 feeling pretty rough after last night. At lunchtime we all went to Ian and Jess's house for lunch. Was very nice to see them and the kids. We came home at about 4.30 pm and had a very relaxing evening at home. We were both very tired so after Skype call went to bed at 9.45....we must be getting old!
Day One Thousand Three Hundred and Ten
Saturday 12th January
Welcome to the weekend. We did a bit of shopping today and then headed over to the Rose Hotel in Chippendale to help Pru celebrate her 30th birthday. We got there just after 7 and were turfed out of the pub at midnight. We kicked on to another bar until about 2am before calling it a night. We got a taxi home and ended up in bed at 3am. of
Some pics from the night below.
Welcome to the weekend. We did a bit of shopping today and then headed over to the Rose Hotel in Chippendale to help Pru celebrate her 30th birthday. We got there just after 7 and were turfed out of the pub at midnight. We kicked on to another bar until about 2am before calling it a night. We got a taxi home and ended up in bed at 3am. of
Some pics from the night below.
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