I was awoken by my rooster like alarm at 4.45am on Thursday morning. There’s nothing worse than waking up before sunrise.
Off to Mackay North Queensland I go. This is my first overnight work excursion, I was overly exited being invited along, my traveling partners were my boss, an urban designer and a landscape designer, all great guys, all married, all with kids. All stayed with me at the White Lace Hotel overnight...
Back to back meetings and a site inspection saw me covered in mud, rained on, thrown around like a rag doll in the 4WD, squealing about my love of cows on the land, trekking through wet lands and teased about my “girlyness” I must say attending meeting in jeans and work boots is a different and interesting experience. 8 male consultants and little me around a board room table discussing a land development knowing my experience and knowledge is inferior and being complemented on my idea/opinion on one matter made me all giddy inside – I love that feeling when in a new job and have that first positive feedback not only from your boss but 2 other consultants individually *smiles*
The dinner meeting with our sales people based in Mackay was eye opening, dinner with the locals. A couple bottles of red wine and great bowl of pasta at one of the best Italian restaurants in the region followed by a couple ports and sharing an apple pie with the landscape architect, It was a big, long day. Up at 4.45am back to the hotel at 12.30am local time (1.30am Sydney time).
Topics covered:
- Work experience
- Ideas for our development
- Climate
- Sociology of Mackay
- Marketing ideas
- Food
- Wine
- Favourite animals and what that means
- Marital status
- Mardi Gras
- Camel Toe (Time to go)
Early start again the next morning, 6.30am breakfast meeting, then the drive from Mackay to Whitsunday, another site inspection trekking up and down steep clayish will be driveways, another 4 meeting and the return flight home, finally arrived home at 10.15pm so tired….
Off to Mackay North Queensland I go. This is my first overnight work excursion, I was overly exited being invited along, my traveling partners were my boss, an urban designer and a landscape designer, all great guys, all married, all with kids. All stayed with me at the White Lace Hotel overnight...
Back to back meetings and a site inspection saw me covered in mud, rained on, thrown around like a rag doll in the 4WD, squealing about my love of cows on the land, trekking through wet lands and teased about my “girlyness” I must say attending meeting in jeans and work boots is a different and interesting experience. 8 male consultants and little me around a board room table discussing a land development knowing my experience and knowledge is inferior and being complemented on my idea/opinion on one matter made me all giddy inside – I love that feeling when in a new job and have that first positive feedback not only from your boss but 2 other consultants individually *smiles*
The dinner meeting with our sales people based in Mackay was eye opening, dinner with the locals. A couple bottles of red wine and great bowl of pasta at one of the best Italian restaurants in the region followed by a couple ports and sharing an apple pie with the landscape architect, It was a big, long day. Up at 4.45am back to the hotel at 12.30am local time (1.30am Sydney time).
Topics covered:
- Work experience
- Ideas for our development
- Climate
- Sociology of Mackay
- Marketing ideas
- Food
- Wine
- Favourite animals and what that means
- Marital status
- Mardi Gras
- Camel Toe (Time to go)
Early start again the next morning, 6.30am breakfast meeting, then the drive from Mackay to Whitsunday, another site inspection trekking up and down steep clayish will be driveways, another 4 meeting and the return flight home, finally arrived home at 10.15pm so tired….
1 comments:
sounds like an interesting work trip!
nothing like a work outing to see Australia :)
congrats on the compliments!!
iain.
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