Category: Melbourne

04 Jun

Only one week to go

Today marks seven days until the official opening of the 2006 skiing season and with plenty of snowfalls of late (due to all the cold weather!) it looks like it’s going to be a great season indeed. This year I decided to buy a season pass to Hotham and Falls Creek so I’ll be heading […]
03 Apr

Almost a month

Okay so it’s almost been a month since my last post which is quite a dry spell. Quite frankly there’s been so much happening I’ve been too tired to bother posting anything. So rather than try to catch up on everything, I’ll just do a quick recap and then get on with it… Work Played poker with […]
02 Mar

Lectured to again

Thursday is my new lecture day, with two, two hour lectures and an hour in between. Unfortunately they are both for the two courses I dislike the most - Commercial Law and Prices and Markets. The day is long, as uni days go, but I suppose it’s comforting knowing that there’s not long until it’s […]
20 Feb

Crown

Today was quite an exciting day. I decided it was time for a break and my mates wanted me to go to Crown. So I took the day off work (thanks Dean) and spent most of the afternoon shooting craps in the casino. For those who don’t know or understand craps, I’m not going to […]
29 Jan

Restful weekend

After another busy week, it was good to have some time to sit and do pretty much nothing. Today I caught up with friends and relatives and even found time to fit in a DVD. It’s a change from the rest of the week where I’ve found myself at work in one form or another. […]
10 Jan

Ahh, Connex…

It seems there’s a neverending supply of quirky Connex stories, and this one (sent to me by Chris) is no exception. “Two train passengers were able to break into an inactive driver’s cab during a peak-hour train service last week and broadcast lewd messages over the PA system because of a security flaw in the trains, […]