Docklands Sculptures

Tegan and I went for a Bike Ride and had a play at Docklands yesterday.

There are some really cool sculptures there!









It was a nice way to spend our last day together before I go to Canberra for 3 weeks for work and then Brisbane for 1 week to visit Mum, Alex and Lara.

Long Weekend Away

Tegan and I went away for some of the Long Weekend (she had to work Saturday and Sunday morning).

We went back home to Framlingham. It was the first time I had been back since the fire. It was quite sad it first to see it look so different, but I guess that is just they way things go - strikes and gutters as the dude would say.

The Hopkins River still looks beautiful though:

Dropped in to say Hi to my Aunty Brenda and then headed off to Port Fairy. Weather there was cold, grey and raining - just as you'd expect.

On Monday we drove up to Mt Eccles and discovered the aptly named Lake Suprise:

Weekend at Daylesford

Tegan and I spent a lovely weekend down at Daylesford, although unfortunatley we were both a bit under the weather on the first day.



We got to do some exploring and tried out the local speciality: spa and a massage!

Ah. How relaxing!

And Tegan starts her new job on Wednesday!!!!

Lately

I no longer work on the WorkChoices Info Line - now it is the Workplace Info Line!

https://www.workchoices.gov.au/

Tegan has a new job as an apprentice pastry chef!

Le Croissant

I saw the Chilly Peppers concert which ROCKED (thanks Sush!)



I played in the Australian National Ultimate Championships with Heads of State who came 7th - not bad for our first Nationals

http://www.headsofstateultimate.com/

I watched Season 5 of The Shield which is AWESOME - Forrest Whitaker is Superb!

http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2006/03/spoiled-by-shield.html

I hope to write more, more often - but we'll see!

New Place in Melbourne!

Tegan and I have moved into a lovely place in Moonee Ponds!














And I have started my job with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) where I am a WR Techincal Advisor on the WorkChoices Infoline!!!!

Last Days in Brisbane

Here are some pics from my last days in Brisbane:


Tegan, Cathy and Anika at our farewell party


Pottsy and I at the farewell party


Cricket match before the farewell party


Mum and Alex at bowling


Lara and I at Bowling


Climbing the Coochin Twins


Lara and I at the beach


Work farewell breakfast


Admm and I at final band jam


Dave and Spud

Tegan and I are moving to Melbourne!

I have gotten a job with the Graduate Program at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations - and it is in Melbourne!

The job starts on February 12, but I will be down in Melbourne early Feb, and Tegan will come down late Feb!

U2 - Last Concert in Australia

After Perth I flew to Melbourne for the last U2 concert in Australia. I got off the plane and went straight to the queue outside Telstra Dome, where Dave, Danny, Tracy and their freinds were already waiting. Again I was right near the front and got to get the same spot as Brisbane.

But this concert was better than Brisbane for a couple of reasons:

Danny's girlfriend Tracy got picked to go up on stage with Bono:















Bono showered us with Champagne after playing "Party Girl":















Then they played my favourite U2 song - "Bad"

I started going crazy, jumping up and down.

Then the security guard who had picked up the cork from the champagne came towards me, and I thought he was going to tell me off, but he held out his hand and handed me the cork!!!!




















A perfect end to a totally awesome night/fortnight!!!!

Next weekend: Ashes at the GABBA!!!

World Ultimate Club Championships

The day after the U2 concert I flew to Perth for the World Ultimate Club Championships, where 90 teams from around the world came to play frisbee for a week.

Our team Bootius Maximus were the highest seeded Australian mixed team at number 6. During the tournament we came up against some tough teams - the 3 teams we lost to ended up 1,2 and 4 for the tournament!

Unfortunately we got knocked out of the round of 16 so didn't achieve our goal of making the quarter finals, but after that we went on to win every game to finish 9th.

As always I got a special haircut for the tournament - this time I went for "The Mane":











After the last game I got given a rock by the Chad Larson Experience which they had found several years earlier in the field at their National championships and had carried with them ever since!

U2 - First Concert in Australia

November 7th. 5:00am. Spud, Dave and I start lining up for the first U2 concert in Australia since 1998. We are 15th in line. 12 hours later we are let into the stadium and have to run to the stage in order to get our front row position - right in front of where The Edge stands!

Was it worth the wait? Damn straight!!!!

When you're that close they look you in the eyes and say Hi!

One Year Anniversary

The earth has rotated 365 times since Uni Games 2005 where Tegan and I first got together!

Orhhhhhhhh!

Tegan and Rueben in York

No Grand old Duke's, but a beautiful wall, some beautiful buildings and gorgeous country side:

The York Wall



York Minster Abbey





Tegan and her friend Lynette by the seaside



Pretty cliffs where the puffins live (but had already left when we got there)





They have these cool cat sculptures on the wall in the city

Tegan and Rueben in Paris

The street near where we stayed in Paris with lots of cool shops



George Pompidou Centre



Notre Dame





Sacre Coeur



Moulin Rouge



The Louvre



Riding down the Champs Elysees



The Eiffel Tower





Arc de Triomphe



Arab World Institute



Dinner with my cousins who we stayed with