The Blog of Rob Eaton » Nights Out 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 A Day in Dubai (Holiday Day 1) http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2010/06/27/a-day-in-dubai/ http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2010/06/27/a-day-in-dubai/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:43:16 +0000 Rob http://www.robeaton.org/?p=1216 Andreas arrived late just after midnight. It was extremely humid out and we were fortunate for the quick drive back to my apartment. After couple of Gin Tonics and several hours later it was 3.30am. We got up early to have our usual Corona Breakfast and then hit the road to Dubai.

We got to Dubai

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Andreas (of www.ginfan.com fame) my great friend from Iceland was originally going to come over for two weeks and we were going to drive over

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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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After dropping the bags of at the hotel we headed out. Stopping in one of Sydney’s oldest pubs for a couple of beers. We met a couple of old timers John and

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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 Coffs Harbour http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/06/10/coffs-harbour/ http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/06/10/coffs-harbour/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:45:12 +0000 Rob http://www.robeaton.org/?p=88 So this weekend was the Queens Birthday. It was the last long weekend we get over here until the end of the Year. To make the most of it we drove down to Coffs Harbour to see Andreas’ new pad and where he is working. James & Ness also were able to make it.

I had the

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]]> http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/06/10/coffs-harbour/feed/ 0 Pole Performance http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/03/18/pole-performance/ http://www.robeaton.org/index.php/2008/03/18/pole-performance/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:04:03 +0000 Rob http://www.robeaton.org/?p=81 So I’m finally back after another long weekend away.

We (James, Rob, Andreas, Gerard, and myself) flew down to Melbourne on Friday to see the first F1 Grand Prix of the season.

By the time we got to Melbourne it was late. Our trip to our hostel in St.Kilda was slightly long winded but we finally arrived.

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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 fly over to Brisbane on Sunday 15th July and commence work on the 16th. Hopefully I will have my new black Camry Sportivo pretty soon after I arrive. (see the link below)

Everything is pretty hectic – I guess I am

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Everyone was on good form as usual

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The day started off well with a Corona & coffee,  for breakfast, at Astrolabe . Several hours later and a $300 bar tab we left for a bbq and more drinks.

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It was a great night with good food, games and general company along with loads of stuffed animals!

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