Archive for the ‘Perth, Australia’ Category
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
You do have to wonder about some employers. I have resigned from the cleaning job and her's why. I had been there long enough to accumulate enough time to have a day off. The geology admin job I had got was paying for me to do a ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
The 9th March was our debut ballroom competition in Perth. We have only did ballroom and New Vogue - latin lessons start in a few weeks. We have to dance in "street" dress in Level 1 (E Grade) here which is a bit of a pain - ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
OK exciting development - I am a geologist again! I have just accepted a 3-day / week job as a "Geological Administration Assistant"! Now for those of you are not totally up to date on my CV - and let's face I had to read up on it my ...
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
The street decorations went up in Perth about 3 weeks ago - it was barely November and we were talking Christmas already! Yes I know that the ancient Christian tradition, based on even older pre-Christian traditions, has been well and truely turned over to the retail Gods but this ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
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Went a saw the first day of the Red Bull Air Race over the Swan River on Saturday. OK I'd never heard of it either! Basically its a low-level acrobatic race through blow-up pillions anchored over water - Perth was the final with previous races this year in ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
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Well we spent all day and night on Sunday watching the WA Open - which is their biggest competition of the year. Very slick operation - lots of sponsorship - they even get $12k a year from the WA government! Hardly surprisingly the standard was very high especially in the ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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OK do you all give up on the photo on the 13th - its actually as taken - we were on the above walkway which had glass sides but also a piece of glass at right angles to the rail (to stop people climbing around a gate after hours), the ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
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Can anyone figure out how I took the first picture - or what you are actually seeing? Post comment with your guess! The second picture is for Susi - that's the venue of your conference (the low flat building in front of the skyscrapers) - better bring your dress ...
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
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Winter is finally finishing according to the locals - the beach is Scarborough Beach about 1km from our flat, taken on a "winter's day" - about 21C. Today is forecast for 33C so I guess that's spring! Anyway its not often that we are the ones with the killer ...
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Well OK we only watched, but it was an interesting trip which did get us both thinking about getting into competition again. The location was a function centre which seemed to have a resident studio and came complete with a bar, parquet floor, and a glitter ball (in order ...
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