After a brief stint of normality back home in England and an extended period of chaos in Thailand, Danny is back here in Brissy (yeah, we call it Brissy now, how local are we). And with Danny comes a vast array of plans and ideas; some practical, the majority not. However one thing's for sure, we're going to venture out of the City of Brisbane and discover what Australia has to offer before we move on!
For a long time we've been contemplating the idea of a cross country drive. So, it looks like were both going to work towards funding just that. The plan is to drive from Brisbane to Adelaide visiting Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, experiencing what each place has to offer for a short period. More info as it materializes...
As for work to fund the trip, as you are all aware my time at Rio Tinto was drawing to a sad close with the outsourcing project nearing completion. I therefore went about securing another job and security is exactly what i got. I'm now employed by The Government of Queensland supporting approximately 30,000 government employees across Queensland with their IT problems. As an additional bonus to my role, I'm also the single point of contact for Hewlett Packard's technical installation team who are working for the next 2 months to replace 5,000 desktop computers. Not a bad position to secure and it is a very, very good way to earn funds for some Australian adventures.
Moving on to football, Fantasy Football first. Danny has taken a slide from his former glory, I'm well and truly on my way to a great come back and it would seem the big guns are on schedule for taking the grand prize of bragging rights for a year.
As for real football... Aston Villa... Who do they think they are?! That's all.
So I guess no blog is complete without a few tails of adventures past:
On my last day at Rio i was presented with a Corona bucket with 5 bottles of beer in. At no point during the 5 and a half hour drinking session were there less than 4 bottles stacked on ice, until i begged everyone to stop buying beer so i could steal the bucket. And steal it i did! I am now the owner of a Corona beer bucket, amongst other trinkets including a 'Fire Hose Reel' sign, a Lottery Ticket Stand and a 'Kitchen Closed' sign... before you ask; no, i don't know how I managed it!
Another interesting development is my post-Australia plans. I don't want to give too much away, but lets just say 'see you soon'.
That's all for now. I'm Bradley Williamson, you stay classy readers...
Quotes of the Week:
***Brad's Drum and Bass music playing on full blast, at a then unknown time***
Danny (hungover): 'You MUST be joking, it's eight o'clock in the morning!!!'
*door slams closed*
Pretext: Now I hate Chelsea and more specifically Ashley Cole, but this takes it to a whole new level...
Drunken football fan: 'Ashley Cole... I'd set that little *MANY OBSCENITIES* on fire'
Wow!
BW over 'n' out.
