blads blog

Well the BDA National Conference has been and gone and for most part it was an outstanding success, although the lack of images displayed on the night of the NDA was very disappointing - next time if given the opportunity, I'll run it as a PDF presentation... The only other bad thing about Canberra, is that I returned sicker than I went there with... :( Otherwise, golf day was great... a tad cool err cold and wet but a good afternoon was had by all... Friday morning saw us all up bright n' early for the BDA "Sight Visit" aka ballooning across the Canberra skyline, followed by Champagne before breakie - wow what a way to start the day... This years' conference sessions were of a "charrette" style, were we are placed into teams and work together to develop a presentation based on information given at the conference - an interesting concept, Friday was a little slow but Saturday improved immensely with an unique summation given by Tone Wheeler on the model...

Oh the shame of it all... I hadn't realized well I had but its been too long between ramblings... I can't believe how little spare time I've had this year... So what's happened between now and then, you ask Christmas o7, pretty uneventful lots of partying with friends, drinkies, etc January saw me still in Oz working February - woo hoo, back into the states again for AUGI; had a fabulous time at Lynne's "Super Bowl" party then back home for the Festival Fringe & the Clipsal 500... March - more work, BDA Golf Day and my team completing its 5th successful back-2-back NAGA's now its at the end of April, with me getting ready to attend the National BDA Conference & Design Awards in Canberra, our Nationa's capital. Before signing off this time round, looks like Winter is fast approaching downunder - it actually hailed last Sunday afternoon...