It's been another busy week. As Program Manager I've been drafting the Functional Area Management Plan, a document describing how the Commonwealth Games Embracing 2018 Legacy Program will be managed and governed by the Games Benefits Directorate. It basically gives the Minister Assurance that we have plans in place to run projects and deliver legacy benefits as a result of hosting the games & includes terms of reference for the governance groups, a project p...

Today I decided to continue to explore Brisbane & try narrow down where I might live. Several people had suggested Fortitude Valley might be a nice place to live so I thought I might check it out. After looking it up in the Brisbane City guide it turns out I already live in Fortitude Valley (I thought it was the CBD but turns out the CBD is really only 2 blocks! Brisbane really is a small city!) So I headed to the chinatown part of the Valley and there were...

Well it's now Friday and I’ve survived my first week, and I think I know what I'm doing now so thought I'd give you all a summary… I’m working in the Queensland Department for Tourism, Events & Small Business (DTESB). They are playing a Stewardship role for the Commonwealth Games which will take place on the Gold Coast in April 2018. I’m in the Games Benefits Directorate who are ensuring there are projects and programs (yes program not programme!)...

After looking at pictures of the gold coast and reading all about the developments happening down there I thought I should check it out for myself. Prepare to get jealous (esp if you look at the photos!) I hired a car and set off. It took about an hour to drive down to the coast. My first stop was at a place called main beach. It was a clear blue sky, the sun was shining and the sand was warm and (almost) white. I had a paddle and the sea was warm too. The nex...

Everyone at work was talking about 'state of origin' today - some sort of sports event and after a nudge from my cousin about how it's a must see event I decided I must see it. But first I needed to google it & find out what it was! Turns out its some sort of rugby game between Queensland and neighbours New South Wales and it's the best of 3. Queensland won the first match, this was the second. So on the way home I searched on Meet Up* for an event for State...