Well, I must say that I really enjoyed this trip to Brisbane – staying at the Sheraton was a grand choice. Unlike the Sheraton Towers in Melbourne or the Sheraton Perth, the Sheraton Brisbane has been recently refurbished in what I like to call “IKEA” style. Minimalistic furniture that is simple yet functional and a … [Read More »]

Where most cities have seagulls hovering around parkland areas scavenging for food, Brisbane (and many other Queensland towns) seem to have Ibises instead. I’ve noticed how big and aggressive some of the ibises around the Brisbane CBD are – but this trip has been different – I don’t see any at all. Then I found … [Read More »]

If anyone is interested, you can win a chance to fly on one of the last Concorde flights before British airways removes them from service. http://www.winconcorde.com/ I would enter, but you need to be available to fly between the 17th September and 23rd September 2003, and I’m going to be in Beijing then with work. … [Read More »]

Have uploaded the rest of the photos from our Hong Kong trip now that we got the 35mm shots back (we use National Photos to get the photos delivered on Kodak Picture CD as well as prints). They are in the Photo Gallery. Lots of other photos going up too at the moment – so … [Read More »]

Sheraton Brisbane has Intertouch !! YAY. (Intertouch = high speed internet access) I can actually get some real work done while at the hotel. I’m a very happy camper.