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Archive for February, 2009
Count down
As mentioned before, I have quit my job. But, not only am I counting down to my last day at work, I'm also counting down the days to my holiday! Next Friday I finish up my job then Saturday we jet off to South Africa for 19 days! We've organised a sort of wedding reception to catch up with friends and family who are travelling from around the [...]
Outta here!
I finally did it! I quit my job last week! I've been "not enjoying" my job for a while now. I battle to get myself motivated, live for my weekends, hate the 3 hours per day of commuting. So I started to look at job sites, newspapers, etc but nothing serious. Then, about 3 weeks ago, there was a job ad in the local paper. I thought "What the [...]
Victoria burns – update
It seems that the fires are finally under control although strong winds still threaten to fan the embers and start it all over again. For a real time map of where the fires are, try this link: http://mapvisage.appspot.com/fires/FireMap.html For some more photos and news of the bush fires: http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/bushfires/
Victoria burns
As most of you have probably heard or seen, the State of Victoria is burning. In a very bad way. Last report I heard, 107 people had died with over 800 homes destroyed. And the fires are still not under control - the gale force winds are not helping either. Beautiful, historic towns like Marysville have been completely razed to the [...]
Hot, hot, hot!
Yes, it was hot in Melbourne last week. Four days above 40 degrees C! And it was just as hot in our office 'cos the aircon wasn't working. We had 38C in the office on Friday afternoon. Today, 26C feels cold! The heat caused bushfires along the South East coast of Victoria. In Melbourne, 700 trains (out of 2000) were cancelled on Friday - [...]
Update
Although I haven't blogged much in the past 2 months, I have actually been doing quite a bit of riding! We went away on a camping holiday over the New Years break and I took my bike along. I did a few rides on the local rail trail - The Great Southern Rail Trail - including riding the full length one morning. 52km from Leongatha to Foster (where [...]
