The Blog of Rob Eaton » Brisbane http://www.robeaton.org Tales of an Englishman abroad Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:21:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc So long – Farewell? http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2009/10/10/so-long-farewell/ http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2009/10/10/so-long-farewell/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:15:07 +0000 Rob http://www.robeaton.com/?p=982 So it is 12:15. I am sat at Brisbane airport waiting for my flight to be called.

Brisbane international airport is in fact one of the better airports to travel through. It’s fully air conditioned departure lounge is great, quiet and comfortable. In fact it is one of the few airports where you can turn up

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Since I wrote last the Project has achieved it’s practical completion and all in all I think it looks pretty good. I am hoping the client actually likes it, as it

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It is quite impressive but still very very weird. If like most people you have never experienced it before it is akin to what you would believe

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A trip to the osteopath on Thursday am helped me get back into shape after spraining a rib in my sleep the previous weekend. Yes it sounds strange and yes I somehow managed it. The good thing is that

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We headed down to South Bank for lunch followed by my really brief tour of what was what, and of course a token

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Wednesday Jacob & drove up to Brisbane airport at 12pm , checked in and hit the Coronas. The flight is nearly two hours and with the time zone

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Andreas was in town so we headed off to Rob’s Place for a bbq and a touch of cricket before heading down to the infamous Story Bridge Hotel to

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Andreas, James, Rob and I headed out early for a few pre game drinks at the Caxton (Hotel). The atmosphere was pretty good as always, for once the Kiwis

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Another action packed Saturday event was kicked off when James, Andreas, Ness & I headed off to watch the finale of the Bledisloe cup & Tri Nations. 

We arrived in Caxton Street at 3pm

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Friday evening turned into one messy night - we think!? After the token gins, red wine, cognac and beer not much more can be remembered.

Saturday we all went out into the Metropolis that is Brisbane. After several drinks & a

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I headed out into town to catch up with a subbie and a couple of other guys to go and watch rugby. After a couple of drinks at the Belgian Beer Garden we headed to the match. It was time for the Wallabies to kick

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]]> http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/07/06/try/feed/ 0 It’s a Goal! http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/06/03/its-a-goal/ http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/06/03/its-a-goal/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:46:36 +0000 Rob http://www.robeaton.org/?p=86 The weekend was another hectic affair. Andreas was back in town.

On Saturday we drove up to Mooloolaba – a sleepy town on the sunshine coast. With the weather being bad (a life saver for the drought) we were unable to go kite surfing. Not forgetting Andreas’ dodgy leg. Anyhow we met up with another Icelandic

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So today I’m sat at home sorting through a load of works stuff and trying to finish off some work stuff. The sun is shinning and the sky is blue. Nothing better than being inside I say!

Now I can hear you all thinking “What? it’s hot and sunny outside why waste it?”, “You should be

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After a couple of drinks on the way we had a few more at the venue.

Overall it was a pretty mediocre affair with a fair few recognisable songs and quite a few unknown. I guess the saving grace was Sting’s performance

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I have been working extremely hard and recovering by doing very little socially. Not too bad to say I am paying off the extraordinary amount of cash I spent setting myself up

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One thing I must say though is the amount of effort and stress you go through moving to a new country. Moving house in the same country just does not compare!. It is far simpler trust me!

The great thing

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