Cripes have forgotten how long it has been since last blogged away. Apologies have been rather busy over the past few weeks.
So what has been happening recently. Well it has been pretty much work work work. To be honest it has partly been because the project on which I am working is one of the most fascinating tasks I have been involved in. The project involves looking at such topics as urban and social planning, family and community resilience and service provision effectiveness.
The main approaches I have been using has been an intensive use of google - feeding odds and sods into a thinkpiece which is now some 150 pages long - I need to cut it down to 30 pages which should be doable as their is some repitition in there. I am also working my way through various meetings with people inside and outside the department. This is quite a complex task as there is no one focus point for the various activities going on in the growth areas and it is a highly political topic - one of the premier's top for priorities. And it gets a fair amount of coverage in the media. In addition, the solution I need to come up with has to be accepted and owned by all nine or so program areas and also by the six regions. Was in work at 7.30am this morning and often leave office at 6 or after.
So apart from the job, life has been fairly quiet mainly as the weather is still a bit grim. Went to see Paul Weller in concert on Thurs. Was good fun - he did not play too many of the Jam hits - Eton Rifles was in there as was A town called malice. Most of the other tracks were from his solo career - which most of the packed audience were not aware of.
Looking forward to forthcoming concerts - Goldfrapp and Sting lined up with a possible Kylie in December!
Went down to Philip Island on Sat which was good. Had a bit of a struggle to find where actually wanted to be which was Cape Woolamai which as I founded is actually on the island. However when I set off I had not realised this and ended up in Hasting where I had a decent brekkie and then to Wonthaggi where I had a lightbulb moment when I went into the tourist office to ask where I should be. Luckily the distances involved where not insuperable (hope that is that right word!).
Flip me I feel old - just noticed the Queensland State Treasurer is soon to be 32 and the Tasmanian Premier is 40 years old!
So where am I? Oh yes. Making good progress also on sorting out boxes and have now got quite an impressive set up in term of mini library. Could be a bit more rigorous on the housework front but I guess there will be plenty of time to dust in spring. Then again, reading the paper today is the first day of Spring - oh lordy me.
Looking forward to a couple of weekend's time when got a long weekend up in Queensland - got a beachfront apartment so looking forward to a bit of chillout time.
Beginning to run out of steam so will sign off here and hope will not leave it so long till me next up date.
Hasta leugo!