Posted by: Daniel Stewart in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 21, 2012
As Cheryl says, the last few days have been all about the district conference, based at one hotel, and a mid trip break to recoup from our exertions at another. And our conference presentation did indeed go very well – everyone in the team was tremendous, well done guys! As well as applause I definitely heard some woops at the end, although I think dessert was being served at the same time on a few tables so perhaps some people just really love cheesecake.
It was then great to unwind and have a bit of time to ourselves. I didn’t feel too knackered and I reckon it was the same for everyone else, but I must admit a couple of days without being ‘on show’ at any point were rather welcome. Now I’m raring to go for the remaining week and a half.
Posted by: Cheryl Law in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 21, 2012
It's not all play. Our vocational visits tend to be grouped together, so Thursday and Friday of this week is full up from early morning till night, plus a breakfast meeting as well. It works well. Long days doing lots of things. We also have a civic reception with the Mayor tomorrow too!
More later.
Posted by: Cheryl Law in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 21, 2012
Hi everyone,
sorry there has been a long delay between the last blogs and this. The main culprit is the extortionately high internet fees in hotels. The only place to get free wi-fi appears to be Macdonalds! So having spent 3 days at the Conference followed by 2 days on R&R, we have not been able to blog. At the moment I am able to use my new hosts computer to write this update, as there is an issue about finding the correct password. this should be resolved tomorrow hopefully, at which point I shall load up lots of photos.
Posted by: Cheryl Law in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 15, 2012
Ok, so perhaps that is stretching it a little.
This morning we were delivered to the zoo for an un-chaperoned visit. The first since we arrived. I politely pointed out that the team were capable of a 4 hr visit without an accompanying Rotarian (except me). And although there may be a small risk of a team member falling into a swamp of crocs or being eaten by a lion, I thought the inhabitants of the zoo would probably stay well away.
Posted by: Steve Nolan in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 14, 2012
Phew, what a day!! For any Rotarians worried that our trip might be all beers and BBQs, rest assured - our hosts worked us extremely hard today.
It was an early start - a Rotary breakfast meeting in Wallawee at 7.15am, complete with GSE team speeches. This was one of our nervier talks given that we didn't have our usual powerpoint presentation as a prompt (we don't like to use notes) and so had to speak completely off the cuff.
Posted by: Nikki Hall in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 14, 2012
Well, it's been yet another incredibly busy day! We got up very early (well certainly for me anyway - I was up at 6.50am but woke up at 3.30am and couldn't get back to sleep!).
Our first appointment of the day was a Rotary Breakfast Club meeting at the Wahroonga Rotary Club - held at a very nice Bowls Club in Warawee - such great names!
Posted by: Andrew Kay in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 11, 2012
Been doing lots of media fact finding. Australia has hundreds of really successful community radio stations (roughly 400 in total), where all the presenters are volunteers and basically anyone can get a show.
Posted by: Daniel Stewart in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 11, 2012
A couple of days ago Emma and I had a meeting with Julian Graham, Director of Planning at advertising agency Droga5 (so called because the founder of the original agency in New York is called David Droga and the fifth child in his family). It was a great opportunity to hear about some of their recent campaigns for brands such as Lynx and Bing, and how they approach different challenges. I work in internal communications and it was interesting, not to mention encouraging, to hear that a lot of their work now begins with internal campaigns to build engagement within the organisation. That’s a large part of what I do all day and there’s definitely more cross-over than I expected.
Yesterday was all about r & r. The Rotarians here are spoiling us hugely. A delicious lunch on a balcony overlooking Palm Beach as followed by our first encounter with the surf. Essentially that meant barrelling into the sea and flinging ourselves at huge waves for an hour or so, being pummelled and tossed about in the process. It was pretty exhausting and I swallowed an awful lot of salt, but the swells seemed to exert some slightly mesmerising hold which kept me ploughing in for more. I also managed to snap Emma and Andy at a calmer moment, below.
Posted by: Emma Eyles in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 09, 2012
Looking at the Sydney harbour bridge gave me an idea for a new addition to the Eye Opening Aylesbury campaign...
Posted by: Andrew Kay in Sydney, 2012 on
Mar 09, 2012
Had a gorgeous barbeque last night at Nic and Julia's house.
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