Archive for 'Australia & New Zealand'
lastday
No I’m not a Runner and no I’m not going escaping elimination, but I am heading home to the US finally tomorrow. I am back in Melbourne staying here and about to go exploring to see what I missed when I was here before.
In the past week:
I have flown from Brisbane to Christchurch
taught a [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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Queensland - the other Sunshine State
Ok so no jokes about the name of the state I am in (and by that I mean one of the states of Australia.) I arrived in Brisbane on Tuesday evening after teaching two days in Sydney. So Sydney was unfortunately very short, but I hope to go back someday. Brisbane is [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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How I Spent My Birthday This Year
Posted: May 9th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Photos, Travel.
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New South Wales
I arrived in Sydney about 3 pm local time yesterday (Sunday.) After I checked into the hotel (a very nice place - the Menzies Sydney Hotel), I changed and walked down to Circular Quay (about 3-4 blocks from the hotel). This is where I got my first look a the famous Sydney Opera [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Training, Travel.
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Final Days in Melbourne
My time in Melbourne is winding down shortly. I spent some time Wednesday and Thursday this week at the State Library of Victoria doing some work and catching up on emails etc. I even got my Library Card! (Ok, I’m a total library geek.) I spent a lot of time in the [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Entertainment, Film, I Librarian, Tech, Travel.
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Victoria and RexLibris
I am still in Melbourne at the moment, and working this week. I’m teaching at a fantastic training facility in the CBD (Central Business District) in Melbourne. I’m meeting up with some librarians from Yarra Plenty Regional Library on Thursday to talk about blogging etc. in their libraries, and then head to Sydney [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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The Day that Never Was
It’s Tuesday evening here (5:48 pm) and I arrived in Melbourne this morning. I didn’t really have a Monday, we sped across the Pacific and basically skipped it. I left home at about 10 am on Sunday with my sweet Andrew and got to LA about 2:30 pm (PDT) and then flew out [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Travel.
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I’m going on a Quest
Well not really. Maybe I am. But what I mean is I found out today at least initally where I will be staying in Melbourne when I arrive next Tuesday. I definitely am starting to get excited about this trip. Not that excitement wasn’t in my head before, but honestly so [...]
Posted: April 19th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, I Librarian, Training, Travel.
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Giant Frogs and Coping
I am still sort of in a state of shock after hearing about the guys who tried to commit suicide recently in Atlanta by cutting off their arms with a circular saw. There is a lot of speculation as to what was really going on - but apparently two major things happened: they learned [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Travel, Triviality.
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And the added dates and locations…
http://training.caval.edu.au/pdt/show_course.php?CID=247
I’m so full of gratitude for this opportunity. I can’t wait to go!
Posted: March 13th, 2007 under Australia & New Zealand, Training, Travel.
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