Archive for July, 2011
A “seasoned campervan’er”
[Breaking news] – Passing vehicles have been hooting their horns and we have just realised the back right corner bumper of J1 has been dragging along the ground – for how many kilometres?? We just don’t know. How has this happened you may be asking??
WELL…. Once we had arrived it didn’t take us long to notice that the back right corner bumper had been seen to with a very large amount of gaffer tape. A previous driver had crashed J1, much to the disappointment of Jayco (who have provided the two vehicles to Smile for the journey), into a very firm post.
The new crew in town!
Thursday the 28th of July saw the arrival of Andrew, James, Amba, Katelyn, Vanessa, Gavin, Ann & Tim ‘Money’ Brimmer.
After a brief hand over from Gerard (Butler), Luke & Stephanie the new crew (known as the P-Unit) saw a prime opportunity to get a few pints in, and so we did, at the Fiddlers Green – Ann and James where right at home like!
Pine Creek to Darwin
What a pleasant surprise Pine Creek turned out to be! The Lazy Lizard caravan park not only has a swimming pool to cool off in, but also a Lazy Lizard bar with beautifully chilled beers to help cool the insides.
Contract pay for top project managers soars to pre-GFC levels
Author: Jennifer Foreshew
Appeared in: The Australian
Date: July 26, 2011
Peoplebank CEO Peter Acheson.
TOP-end project managers and .net developers are among the in-demand skills that have raked in rate rises of up to $200 a day in the past six to 12-months, according to recruiters.
A highly experienced project manager in a contracting role can earn about $1200 a day, which equates to earnings of almost $300,000 a year.
“The sky is so big today” - Amba
So, here we are – in J2 aka ‘Katelyn and Tim’s Caravan of Courage’ and…… we are in the middle of nowhere. We are currently following the peloton and have picked up 3 guest riders who has all lost their desire to roll on – just looking back into the caravan section it may have also something to do with their conditioning… but I can’t be sure.
To wind back the clock a day/night - The Peoplebankers had quite a day yesterday setting up the breakfast and lunch stops and then getting to camp and setting up 20 tents, helping prepare dinner and just generally lending a hand where and when required. The whole crew were very tired after a long first day of riding (re the peloton) but everything went well and everyone was certainly in good spirits, but a little sore to say the least. Once we had wrapped up for the day we saw a good opportunity to let off some steam and so we all headed to the Lazy Lizard for a few icy cold treats.