Background to this thread, I was procrastinating between tasks at work and was reading an article in a link from the SMH yesterday in which the QLD govt. plans to pave as much of the road to the tip as possible ".......your grandma's Datsun will be able to make it to the Tip." and so this got me thinking, I've got to do this!
So, as this new topic was now more exiting than the next meeting I should have been in, I've sent a skpe message with the link for the article to a colleague and then lazily wandered on over to his desk, via the canteen to grab a couple of coffees.
By the time I had got there, he'd rang his wife, confirmed annual leave ability for them both and sent a placeholder out to our Outlook calendars.
I'd yet spoken to Mrs mbr at this stage about our upcoming plans (but she gave me a call rather quickly and excitedly during the impromptu "meeting" I was now involved in, well away from where I should have really been) and I'd failed to notice she was included as an invitee on the calendar invite my partner in crime had sent!
I'd then spent the last half of the day catching up on the tasks I should have been doing while I'd been thinking about this.
Come 9pm last night we'd finally sat down on the lounge and were having starting to chat about the proposed trip, as I'd been packing the van ready for this weekend away while mrs mbr was dealing with the kids bedtime routines etc. the floodgates opened!
Out came the list:
Looks like I'm on a trip to the cape next year, sans Expanda.
I'll have to pick your brain @crackacoldie when/if we get to the Central coast meet-up in a couple of weeks (looking good at the moment as the tournament is next weekend! yay!). Also hoping for feedback from anyone else that has hints or tips for a trip to the top.
So, as this new topic was now more exiting than the next meeting I should have been in, I've sent a skpe message with the link for the article to a colleague and then lazily wandered on over to his desk, via the canteen to grab a couple of coffees.
By the time I had got there, he'd rang his wife, confirmed annual leave ability for them both and sent a placeholder out to our Outlook calendars.
I'd yet spoken to Mrs mbr at this stage about our upcoming plans (but she gave me a call rather quickly and excitedly during the impromptu "meeting" I was now involved in, well away from where I should have really been) and I'd failed to notice she was included as an invitee on the calendar invite my partner in crime had sent!
I'd then spent the last half of the day catching up on the tasks I should have been doing while I'd been thinking about this.
Come 9pm last night we'd finally sat down on the lounge and were having starting to chat about the proposed trip, as I'd been packing the van ready for this weekend away while mrs mbr was dealing with the kids bedtime routines etc. the floodgates opened!
Out came the list:
- confirmation that now 3 people had confirmed annual leave.
- email to school asking for time off for the kids while we travel, which was confirmed and a request by the teachers that a diary and trip report was to be completed by the kids.
- a list of bookmarked web pages on travel to the cape
- a rather detailed itinerary including travel distances and times, must see places and activities
- Camp sites that are apparently Croc-safe
Looks like I'm on a trip to the cape next year, sans Expanda.
I'll have to pick your brain @crackacoldie when/if we get to the Central coast meet-up in a couple of weeks (looking good at the moment as the tournament is next weekend! yay!). Also hoping for feedback from anyone else that has hints or tips for a trip to the top.
