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September 7, 2007

xxxxx xxxx, Helen speaking

So, I have now been doing the daily grind for 2 weeks or 80hrs and in that time, every time the phone rings at home I instantly think xxxxx xxxxx, Helen speaking. Then I have to pause for a moment and think of what I am actually meant to say. At this moment I can’t even think of what I normally do say, Helen speaking I think, who knows. Even the home phone feels strange in my hand because it is so light compared to the one at work which I spend just a little bit of time on each day.

I am starting to enjoy it though as I get to know the people, the projects and what I have to do.

Georgie and I are off to see Educating Rita tonight at the QUT Gardens Theatre, which should be a very good night indeed, even if the two others we invited had to bail on us…..

September 4, 2007January 12, 2008

Riverfire life

Some photos which are not fireworks from Riverfire on the weekend.
We had it all planned out. You know what they say about the best laid plans though. We ended up with Georgie, Mum and I at Cpt Burke Park on one side of the river for the fireworks and Georgie’s parents and boyfriend on the other side of the river as they missed the last ferry across the river. They also had the bubbly that we had been looking forward to, as well as the sushi and quiches that we made that noon. We ended up meeting back at Georgie’s house where we had a supper of the goodies that we didn’t get to eat at Riverfire and we got to drink the bubbly.

The crowd and their camp chairs

The light trails are from some Army helicopters that did a flyover.

The Bridge awaits

The City

Channel 7 well and truely had their mark on the event this year, these signs were every 10m or so along the riverfront.

Georgie by me

Me by Georgie

September 2, 2007

Riverfire 07

A little story of a party divided by a river, food and cheer to come but until them some photos. I have so many photos from the last couple of weeks to post (heaps from Melbourne, the farm etc etc)

We weren’t just looking at the fireworks this year. Mum, Georgie and I were in the fireworks. I needed the whole 12mm to take photos of the fireworks 😀

You can see mum in this photo, she is on the right edge of the photo, about 1″ from the bottom, wearing a red shirt.

The dump and burn.

Me, my camera and ~~my life~~ the fireworks.

August 28, 2007

working girl

Well I have now done two (2) full days work and I am learning a fair bit though in this beginning stage I spend a fair bit of time straightening my phone/keyboard/in tray/etc. Getting to know the people and more importantly the various voices of those who ring the office. I did a stationary order this morning 🙂

I need to do some clothes shopping as my wardrobe isn’t exactly directed towards smart office casual but more of the jeans and threadless tee variety. I picked a shirt and two skirts in Melbourne but need to get some more shirts.

Here a few more Melbourne photos as well. I am slowly, slowly, slowly getting through them but it is taking longer now as I am not exactly home during the day am I?

August 27, 2007

home again

Well I arrived home in Brisbane yesterday arvo and was picked up from the airport and taken up to the farm for our usual Sunday dinner. By the time we got home, I had time to put my images on to download, unpack and chat to Mum some more about the cool and not so cool things I saw.

I am about to go work for my first day in the real world. Slightly daunted but looking forward to it. Until tonight, here is a photo from Melbourne.

This is two of Melbourne/St Kilda’s cultural icons. Luna Park and the Palais Theatre.

August 24, 2007

Melbourne is Melbourne

I had a great time yesterday, it has been interesting to watch the Melburnians rushing to work with their winter coats on. The drivers beep their horn a lot more as well. Really nice city though.

Wandered round Prahran, St Kilda, Southbank and the CBD. I went to the Prahran markets first in the morning and my eyes were wide open with my jaw dropped to the floor the whole time. I had never seen anything like it before. If I had a job down in Melbourne, I could have moved here tomorrow. The flowers were sooo sooo cheap. Compared to Brisbane some of the fruit and veggies were really cheap (Asian Greens) but others were not such as Queensland Strawbs :). There were all these wonderful delis at the market as well which had a fantastic assortment of fresh breads. I would have liked to get a loaf but none of the small buns really appealed to me. I picked up an orange and poppyseed muffin that was huuuuuge for only $2.50 and it was really really nice as it had a different orange taste to normal.

Wandered round the CBD a fair bit in the afternoon/evening. I went out at night with my tripod to take some night shots, though I just missed that magic blue time.

So far my 12-24mm lens has barely left my camera at all and I have barely even moved from 12mm as well. I love this lens on a full frame camera.

Today I am going to do the galleries and some more shopping. I am still hunting for a nice pair of black pants for work. I am yet to find a pair that have the cut that I am after or one size is too small but the next size up is way too big. Ahh the funs of shopping.

Tonight I am going to Pete aka Owls of the Swamp album launch, which should be great fun.