tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36631075428616202552011-12-19T04:32:19.943+10:00Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.comBlogger981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-33638554244465603812009-04-11T21:10:00.001+10:002009-04-11T21:12:37.527+10:00

I've recently registered a new domain name for the Chambers' adventures. The new site can be found at www.ckjchambers.com and will be used as our blog from now on.Please update your bookmarks and RSS feeds to the new site.Cheers,Chris

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We spent 6 nights in Hawaii, which was the last leg of our 6 week long holiday in the USA. Hawaii is a great stop on the way from the USA to AUS, breaking up the 14 hour flight home. In a story which will be shared later, our attempt to circumvent the high baggage fees US airlines charge we upgraded to Business Class for the flight from Montrose (Telluride) to Hawaii.... the plan was foiled,

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Our 100th post! *yawn*This weekend I've worked my way through another big chunk of the 2,600 or whatever photos we took and have now picked out my favs from the Disney Cruise.Click this link to see a nice big slideshow (you know you want too!)http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckjchambers/sets/72157612939854559/show/Watch the piccies here: Some of my favs from this lot:Photographic evidence of

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Allo, allo! Happy Australia Day long weekend!This morning I sorted through the photos from our time in Port Canaveral and at the Kennedy Space Centre. I've put them into a slideshow:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckjchambers/sets/72157612900843609/show/Or you can view them here, but it's better in the bigger slide show you will see by clicking the link above The receipt looks wierd as a photo,

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Yesterday Mum and I went to the Brisbane International Tennis tournament at the newly opened Queensland Tennis Centre. It was the first time I had been to a live tennis match since mum and dad took us to Melbourne for the Australian Open ages ago and we saw Steffi Graf play. Bob Hawke was in the crowd that day, apparently listening to the horse races on his handheld transistor (could you see

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-3612660177457584322009-01-07T05:14:00.003+10:002009-01-07T05:29:08.237+10:00

For some reason, in spite of me knowing full well Yogi was from JellyStone National Park, whenever I think of Yosemite National Park, I think of that great Yogi Bear line "Smarter than the average bear booboo...."I can't explain how beautiful the Yosemite National Park is. This pictures do go part the way to showing you and I'm glad we did get a couple of great shots to share.The tour to the

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So, I've got onto a bit of a roll with the uploading and organising of our photos and managed to get our photos from in the city of San Francisco sorted. We didn't take many in town. We were there three nights, which was two full days and one day we went to the Napa Valley and the next we went to Yosemite. So, we didn't spend much time in town itself. Anyways, we got a few good shots in!Same

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-91996809477692519462009-01-06T13:13:00.011+10:002009-01-06T14:13:30.239+10:00

One of my 2009 goals is to make sure that I do get the photos from our 2008 visit to the USA up onto the information super-highway and share them with family, friends and anyone else who wants to take a look-and-see.We took 2,183 photos while we were away. Not anywhere near all of them are good, but there are some great ones. The plan is to get them all tagged in an orderly manner and sorted

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After being on the road for quite a while we returned home to a house which had not been lived in for 6 weeks. There were some things which needed tending too, as I'm sure you can imagine. The lawn had been long, but was mown by dad just before we got back (thanks dad!), the house was a bit musty but we opened up the windows and let some fresh air in and the water tasted a little off. I

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This update is being written from Row 48 of QF4 heading from Honolulu International Airport to Sydney. I'm glad to be heading home and am looking forward to unpacking all this stuff we've accumulated and having a week off at Casa del Chambers in downtown Wakerley before getting back to work.I eventually got around to posting this note just now...Hawaii was a very different kind of part of our

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-58061531832157928232008-12-30T00:57:00.003+10:002008-12-30T01:21:27.956+10:00

Telluride has got to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. It just has to be! Set in a box canyon at the bottom of two rather large mountains this small town is a beautiful place to stop and spend time. In fact, by the end of the week we were wishing we could stay longer (though the warmth of Hawaii did beckon loudly)!We had such a great time in Telluride. We were joined by

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We've settled in to Telluride quite nicely. On Saturday we were up nice and early for the coach transfer to the Orlando Airport for our flight to Denver, then another little flight on to Montrose, for a 1.5 hour transfer to Telluride. The driver of the car we had transferring us was Don. Don is coming to Australia for his second honeymoon next year and I made sure to let him know Queensland is

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-43124794446973399612008-12-18T11:48:00.008+10:002008-12-18T13:04:51.174+10:00

At Disney World there are four different theme parks. Each have a different theme and unique attractions and shows. Today we visited EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow, or something like that). The park has two parts, the first has quite a few rides and is like a traditional theme park, whilst the second part is like a World Expo. Today we only did the first part, tomorrow

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-88465610211449286232008-12-15T20:44:00.004+10:002008-12-15T21:10:46.426+10:00

Disney do a great job of theming up their parks. The attention to detail is marvellous and I guess that's how they make their money, by putting people in a different place and making them think - even if only for a second - that they have been moved to another time or place.Now, I wasnt around in the 1950's, but last night we got a taste of it! We had dinner at a place called the Prime Time

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-38619009236771512602008-12-15T12:04:00.001+10:002008-12-15T12:18:45.197+10:00

Cruise UpdateOur 7 night Caribbean cruise which visited the US Virgin Islands ports of St Thomas and St Marteen and Disney’s own island of Castaway Cay was incredibly relaxing. It was a great change of pace from the previous couple of weeks.Jackson loved the kids club and would have spent the whole cruise in there if wed let him. I’m sure some kids do spend nearly the whole cruise there, but we

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-19528820592713816892008-12-06T22:12:00.003+10:002008-12-14T23:02:45.979+10:00

Hi ya! Please excuse some of the mixed-tense you will find in this post, it was written over a week and a bit, so is a little mixed up!I've got some of Jacko's video updates to come too and will post them to the blog soon. We've got some great can-can action to show you all ;)This post started on the “verandah” (or whatever they call them on ships) of cabin 7122 of the Disney Magic. We're now

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-57608055929963395162008-12-03T21:40:00.004+10:002008-12-03T22:34:15.634+10:00

New York.We've managed to cram a lot in during our stay in New York. Since the last update we have done so much more and the days tend to slip into one another. I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch yesterday, let alone four days ago, so I'm going to drop down here a few notes on the main things we've been up to.First and foremost, Kylie has done a lot of shopping while we've been

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-35180493161129086342008-11-29T12:58:00.008+10:002008-11-29T22:57:08.237+10:00

New York....Lots to report on today’s happenings, what a great day!The day after Thanksgiving Day, the stores go on sale here. They call it “Black Friday”. I’m sure there’s a really good reason for it, but I haven’t a clue and can’t be bothered looking it up right now. Some stores open up at 5am for eager beavers to get in and snap up the early bargains. There is another group of people who

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-1417201788112166752008-11-29T11:23:00.002+10:002008-11-29T12:55:12.204+10:00

New York City, New York.Thursday was Thanksgiving in the US of A, so we had a couple of special activities planned. The first special activity was a sleep in! After not getting much sleep the night Wednesday night we slept in until about 7am.The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade was on Thursday. The plan was to get a cab up past where the parade started and then find a spot along Central Park West to

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Day 4 was (as Jackson now loves to say) boooring. We flew from San Francisco over to New York. No vomiting this time! American Airlines were kind enough to sit me on the opposite side of the aisle to Kylie and Jackson (I jest) so I had to be content in reading my book, while Jackson caught up on missed sleep (it was a very early start) and Kylie passed the time by keeping Jackson entertained

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-11904711377244124442008-11-26T21:54:00.005+10:002008-11-26T22:01:35.081+10:00

While travelling around I'm keeping my eye on the various marketing messages for ones of interest. The ones which have caught my eye so far are:A large billboard in San Francsico by the Israeli Tourism Board encouraging visitation by pronouncing "A Different Israel from the news". Interesting.... This would be my favourite so far:I did also see a billboard on the way to the airport in San

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-17765861044626544802008-11-26T12:56:00.005+10:002008-11-26T21:09:14.416+10:00

Day three was a great day. It was a long day, but a great day. We’d booked onto a tour to the Yosemite National Park with a company called Extranomical, who were recommended on tripadvisor. The day was to start about 620 am and we’d be on the tour for about 14 hours, which included 3 and a half hours travel in each direction plus a half hour stop in each direction at a large grocery store for

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Hi all,We had a great day on our tour to San Francisco’s wine country, which included stops in the Napa and Sonoma Valley's.Saturday night we went out for dinner at a little Italian joint around the corner from the hotel. Jackson fell asleep at the table and I think if we’d have stayed much longer Kylie and I might have fallen asleep at the table too! We were all asleep by about 730pm and

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-54287912986420324722008-11-23T12:20:00.003+10:002008-11-23T12:43:09.707+10:00

What a long day....Our flight left Brisbane a little late (thans Ju, Will and Pat as well as Kylie's Mum and Dad for coming to the airport to say goodbye) and then there was a little bit of bumpy weather around Sydney, so we were delayed a bit getting into Sydney. By the time we got from the Domestic terminal over to the International terminal we had about 2 hours between flights. BUT, our

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-77051751042635654182008-11-21T10:52:00.001+10:002008-11-21T10:52:10.568+10:00

Gumdale, 21/11/2008Originally uploaded by ckjchambersThe bags are nearly all packed, Kylie is at her last day of work and the cat is now at the "Cat Cottage" having his holiday!Only one more sleep and we're up, up and away.Chris

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-82564572178621752012008-11-02T06:05:00.003+10:002008-11-02T06:23:29.187+10:00

I've started to notice some really interesting sites. This is probably because I am now subscribed to a lot more RSS feeds, emails and other news sources. I thought I'd post a few here.I regularly have a word on the tip of my tongue, which I just can't quite remember WHAT the hell it is I am trying to say. I know it's a very, what's the word...? pertinent thing to say, but I just can't....

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People are probably sick of hearing about our holiday and we havent even gone ON it yet!!! (too bad!)I am going to take the computer again this trip and use it to keep updated with the goings on on our holiday. This trip around though I will also be taking a few other gadgets with me to help keep updated. I'm looking forward to this and playing with some new sites and gadgets and toys to keep

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-85053045208447782172008-10-31T05:13:00.003+10:002008-10-31T05:30:00.071+10:00

We're nearly down to three weeks until our holidays. Earlier in the week I wasnt feeling so stressed about that, but now I see the mountain of work to pile through before we are on the road and the butterflies are in the stomach now. Ah well, once we get on that flight we'll be very relaxed.Jackson had his orientation day at prep yesterday. He did so well, I was very proud of him. It's true,

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In the end it was not even close. As expected during the course of today we heard many, MANY, mummy's, daddy's and "I just wondered if"'s.The end tally was:Mummy's 89Daddy's 52I Just Wondered If 31The main burst of activity happened over a stunning one hour period in which Kylie was barraged with Mummy's as Jackson pleaded to go for a swim.Jackson will be going to sleep in about 30 minutes. I

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-86805390936173293142008-10-26T07:56:00.002+10:002008-10-26T08:05:43.459+10:00

Today I have kicked off an experiment which I have been wanting to do for a while. Jackson says "mummy" or "daddy" (or variations of) A LOT! He also says "I just wondered if...." a fair bit when he wants to as something he knows we're likely to say no to.So, I've started a tally of how many times Jackson says "mummy", "daddy" and "I just wondered if" through the day.At 801 local the tally was"I

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-91061291528092492572008-10-19T06:42:00.002+10:002008-10-19T06:45:13.072+10:00

Everyone loves a list. Right? So, the other day I was cleaning up the garage and came across some old photos and it prompted me to think of some of the cool things I’ve done in my life. I love stats and spreadsheets, so it made sense to start some lists! Lists of memories….. I have no idea of how often I will post these, or when I will post the first one, but they’re coming soon.Our trip to

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-63308993685181104882008-08-29T19:23:00.006+10:002008-08-29T19:55:08.284+10:00

from nearly 12 months ago...So, this week I finally got into getting some of the videos from our US holiday LAST year transferred into a format which allows me to share them.This video is from the balcony of our apartment in Hawaii.... ah the serenity and what a sunset! Cannot wait to get back there later in the year. This year we'll be joined by Meema and Big Al (babysitters!!) just kidding.

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-76615794272520173082008-08-23T07:00:00.004+10:002008-08-23T07:22:09.453+10:00

Life continues to scream past! It's now August and coming into September.I went on an overseas trip, to the USA, for work earlier this month. I won't go into the details here (in case some other STO is watching in) but it was a very succesful trip. I have some great ideas to work through and the meetings which were the main reason for the trip went really well & I'm looking forward to

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-61970337490436105542008-07-19T05:42:00.003+10:002008-07-19T05:47:35.673+10:00

Kylie, Jackson and I are heading off for a night in the city today. I'm really looking forward to spending the day looking around SouthBank and doing the things we've got planned. We're going to check ot the Picasso Exhibition at GOMA, have dinner at a restaurant at SouthBank, check out the KungFu Panda movie and stay at Rydges SouthBank.Tomorrow we'll have a yummy breakfast somewhere and

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-35416565394220010032008-05-16T05:22:00.002+10:002008-05-16T05:26:59.071+10:00

TQ has just launched their new branded media player, it features video and photography from the TQ library and the opportunity to submit your own Queensland holiday photos and have them shown too!http://eyeonq.queenslandholidays.com.aushow us your holiday snaps!! You could win a $10,000 holiday voucher

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-36890704320291487562008-05-12T17:42:00.002+10:002008-05-12T17:45:38.366+10:00

The Chambers clan are heading back to the US of A at the end of this year for another family "vacation". We're heading back to some of our favourite cities to enjoy some new experiences and repeat some of the ones we really enjoy.Our itinerary is like this:22 Nov - leave Brisbane for San Francisco. We're in town for three nights and will be doing a Napa Valley tour and heading to Yosemite25 Nov

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-11846137771404640502008-04-05T06:00:00.000+10:002008-04-05T06:01:15.655+10:00

How good is this?

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-29592461647093205642008-02-28T05:18:00.002+10:002008-02-28T05:36:49.113+10:00

a few quick hits...the other day I was messing around on the 'puter and have found this site www.tripit.com. It's pretty nifty, allowing you to send confirmation emails of travel arrangements to it and then it somehow sucks all the information out of the confirmation and places it in a neat itinerary! The itinerary can have maps, notes, lots of details and allows you to also reference sites

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-54943329010097516182008-02-26T07:45:00.001+10:002008-02-26T07:49:48.927+10:00

I’m a punting tragic, at least I know it.coxy and I have been working on a doubles betting "scheme" - can you really call donating money to centre bet a scheme? (it's not tax deductible)Today’s bet is in the NBA…. We’re taking the Spurs into the Mavericks, 40% of the balance ($186), for a possible collect of 234. Go teams!

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-42696829213698908792008-02-23T18:54:00.003+10:002008-02-23T19:06:30.158+10:00

Brisbane, 23rd Feb, 2008...Today was HOT! Not a lot doing today, the hot weather was a good excuse to keep a low profile and do not a lot of much. Highlights of the day;* swimming in the pool! love the pool...* playing star wars on the wii, i think Jackson has his first addiction. The first thing, and I mean within 2 minutes of waking up this morning, Jackson asked for was to play star wars

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-8727274347704499532008-02-17T06:28:00.004+10:002008-02-17T06:43:38.157+10:00

the year has started off with a real bang.... Lots going on in the Chambers household!A few of the things which have been happening;* Jackson started pre-prep. Pre-prep is like kindy. He's going to a community kindy which is close to Kylie's mum and dad's house and near to the school we will book him into. He's loving it - he's really enjoying getting to play with kids all his own age and

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-53767710501521623392008-01-19T06:36:00.000+10:002008-01-19T06:41:12.505+10:00

For Christmas, Jackson and I got a Nintendo Wii.... We do share and Jackson does get his fair share of play time. He is developing quite a knack for the ten pin bowling game, but isn't all that crash hot on Guitar Hero. That does not stop Jackson rocking along to the tunes and playing the part...here's proof that I do share the Wii and that Jackson enjoys the game

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-74407768875143315232008-01-06T05:54:00.000+10:002008-01-06T06:13:26.484+10:00

hello and happy new year. Hopefully your new years resolutions are still intact and you're invigorated for a fantastic 2008. It's been pretty quite on the blog's western front, life goes on and things happen... like Christmas and work.I hope you had a great Christmas. We did. We had family come visit at our house, we had Nicole and Harrison come stay with us and about a dozen or so people

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-114522509757865932007-12-15T04:57:00.000+10:002007-12-15T05:33:27.624+10:00

This posting was started early Saturday morning.... I am a tad weary and hoping that the headache I feel starting in the back of my head goes away. Last night Kylie and I had Christmas parties and Jackson stayed with my mum and dad (thanks!!).First thing's first. Photos from our LA stay are up and live on the information superhighway. You can find them by clicking on this hyperlink, right here

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-83056627595594079702007-12-09T07:08:00.001+10:002007-12-09T08:02:58.095+10:00

We've been back a week now and after a technology scare, during which I thought we had lost ALL our photos, we are happy to say that the photo's are starting to make their way on line!Forget the old link in the blog navigation, I'm setting up pictures in a much better way and will be posting links here as the photos come on line.The new photo albums allow you to view the pictures in a whole stack

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-31752751739110588522007-12-05T17:40:00.000+10:002007-12-05T18:34:27.691+10:00

Well.... We're back in oz, Kylie and I are back at work and Jackson is back to spending time with his grandma's and grandpa's... The holiday is over, but the memories will not die!!We haven't written much of our time in San Francisco and Hawaii - which I will do. We've started to sort through all the photos and there are some great ones there. I promise to start posting some over the coming

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-51458406729830380592007-11-27T01:19:00.000+10:002007-11-27T01:51:07.309+10:00

aloha from hawai'i...we're thawing out in near 30 degree temperatures (not that it was that cold in San Francisco) and loving our apartment here in hawai'i. The view is awesome...

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-68061640616805655612007-11-25T01:39:00.000+10:002007-11-25T23:33:08.480+10:00

A bit of a wrap up of Vegas first....We did a walk up and down the strip on the Wednesday. There are a lot of interesting things to take in on a walk up and down the strip and we went into quite a lot of casino's and walked through them to have a look at the slot machines and gaming tables and we went into their stores (some have malls!) and the special attractions they have. Yes - we took

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On one of our vegas days, I had organised a Ford Mustang rental through Hertz. The plan was to get the car and do a drive through the desert and check out the scenery and sights and stop in at an outlet store shopping centre outside of Vegas. This turned out to be a fantastic day out. We all got in a cab at about 8am to go out and get the car. The cab driver we had tried to scam us into a big

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-51023773081042866762007-11-21T22:54:00.000+10:002007-11-23T23:31:47.683+10:00

While we were in Vegas we did a helicopter tour to the grand canyon. I've only been on a helicopter once before. It was a while ago and this tour was very different and was amazing, I think everyone should come over here to do it! It was without doubt a highlight and I know Kylie and I will remember it for a long time, Jackson might not because he's obviously not going to recall a lot of the

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Our "transfer" from Port Canaveral to Las Vegas was a LONG day! Everyone is told they should be off the ship by 8:30am'ish - our breakfast sitting was at 645am. We had our carry-on baggage with us and trundled off to breakfast, leaving the cabin for the last time. After breakfast and expecting lengthy waits in customs and airport check-in lines, we decided to get the day started and were off

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On Thursday we checked out of the Polynesian Resort and headed off on our Disney Cruise. Disney make the process of transferring from the resort to the chip very easy. We'd packed up our bags the night before and had them tagged and inside our room by 8am - went off for breakfast and when we came back they had taken them off to transfer them to the ship. We did not have to haul them to

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-55099064826317287322007-11-20T12:10:00.000+10:002007-11-20T22:42:26.592+10:00

We all had a great time at Disney World! The resort was great and the parks were a lot fun. We think daily updates might get a bit boring, so we’re going to do a few different posts on some of the things we’ve enjoyed about our holiday here at Walt Disney World. Theme ParksMagic Kingdom We spent most of our time at this park. I have lots to write about, but will come back to do this bit

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-24811366676516930792007-11-19T23:11:00.000+10:002007-11-19T23:12:57.593+10:00

in vegas.no time for blogging.mum; send more money.chrisps - we have free wifi in the hotel and are looking forward to a restful afternoon / morning or evening soon - so we will post a more comprehensive update soon.

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-47477755923233951872007-11-13T22:19:00.000+10:002007-11-13T23:42:55.816+10:00

This update comes to you from the future. I'm talking about day 2 of our holiday at Disney, but we're really on about day six. This scene is titled "The Ham in action".I think the sign of a true holiday is when you forget what day of the week it is - that happened a while ago, but since being at Disney, despite everything we've managed to do, we have really had a great time and enjoyed watching

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-79045086204039501282007-11-12T19:57:00.000+10:002007-11-12T20:28:48.262+10:00

Hi everyone! Disney hasn’t had the free wireless which we had in New York, so the updates haven’t been as frequent from here. Besides that, if we thought New York was very busy, Disney World has not provided much let up! We are having an absolute blast here at Disney - the weather has been very kind to us, with maximums around 26 or so and the evenings the temp drops down to about 10 - 13'

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-21492995666523872572007-11-08T11:42:00.001+10:002007-11-08T19:54:05.152+10:00

Kylie and I have both had a head cold while here in New York - Kylie has powered through it and mine is just starting to "warm up", but not even a cold will slow us down. It's now 420am and I can't sleep so I figured I'd round out our New York stay....Tuesday the 6th of NovemberI think we wore Kim and Ian out a little..... Our itinerary has had lots of things to do in it, so Kim and Ian had a

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-53165745573517325592007-11-04T08:15:00.000+10:002007-11-08T12:04:40.053+10:00

We leave New York in about 12 hours, flying to Orlando to begin the next part of our holiday. New York has been fantastic!! - we've been out and seen stacks of sites, cuaght up with friends and done our share of shopping.We've jammed a lot into the last few days. I'll add some photos to the blog in the next few days hopefully, but I wanted to keep the updates rolling through here in the

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-22931516903008862062007-11-03T21:28:00.001+10:002007-11-03T22:01:08.753+10:00

Yesterday we took our guided tour of the city, with Marc from PhotoTrek tours. This was a great way for us to see a few of the more frequented spots on Manhattan and get some family shots of all of us together. It was COLD yesterday - we were well rugged up, but the wind felt like it was coming straight off the Antartic and Artic poles, at the same time. It was 12 degrees, but that did not

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-18151691463962144782007-11-02T05:41:00.001+10:002007-11-02T13:43:22.841+10:00

We've had a fun day today.We slept in until 8:00am this morning and by the time we got Jackson out of bed and everyone was ready for the day it was 9:30am when we got to a diner for breakfast. There's a few places within a block or two walk which will be good to go to for a quick meal. This morning's breakfast took only 8 minutes to be served after we'd ordered it. ( I dont make a habit of

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-70116324810372307892007-11-01T16:15:00.000+10:002007-11-01T16:42:09.551+10:00

Our visit to NYC has not started as well as it could have - no major dramas, just not right on track.Our flight over was fantastic - the morning went well, the cab arrived right on time, we got to LAX in good time and used curbside check-in. I LOVE curbside check-in - you basically get out of the cab, a guy gets your bags out of the boot of the car and checks you in for your flight, giving you

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-52391792810076865252007-10-31T22:32:00.000+10:002007-10-31T22:34:39.197+10:00

We've now added a few of the LA pic's to the slideshow. We have more photos, but these are the ones we've had time to add. more to come.

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spead-outed-ness? someone told us that the population of LA county is 28 million - 18 million legals and 10 million illegals.... vs 21 million for all of oztraylia...So far we're having a blast.The flight over was.... long. It wasnt too bad, except for the people in the row in front of us who insisted on putting their seats all the way back so that they were nearly sitting in our row. The food

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Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-26995556913228616512007-10-27T03:58:00.000+10:002007-10-27T04:27:33.785+10:00

d (departure) day...I've added a couple of things to make it easier to find the pictures and videos we post.1/ in the right hand navigation there's a whopping big picture with an american flag and the words "Click for photos of our USA holiday 2007" on it. If you click that you will see.... photos of our USA holiday. (for those of you who prefer visuals, the picture looks like this:)2/ in the

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we're only 2 sleeps out now... ;) About time we posted exactly what we're up to.27th Oct leave Brisvegas27th Oct to the 31st Oct, Los Angeles31st Oct to the 8th Nov, New York City8th Nov to the 15th Nov, Disney World15th Nov to the 18th Nov, Cruising the Caribbean18th Nov to the 22nd Nov, Las Vegas (thank-you very much...)22nd Nov to the 25th Nov, San Francisco25th Nov to the 30th Nov,

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-65924624332407583522007-10-22T22:03:00.000+10:002007-10-22T22:08:08.430+10:00

ok, so pretty soon we're off on our US holiday. If you're here for updates, you're too early - we don't leave until the 27th. Or, click this link (http://ckjchambers.blogspot.com/search/label/us%20holiday) to see what's gone into planning this holidayi'll also readily admit that this post was partly about stopping the most recent post including a photo of my double chins.... (AMI awards was a

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-37836885706906325512007-10-20T04:36:00.000+10:002007-10-20T05:11:00.106+10:00

I "reported" earlier in the week that I would be going to Sydney for the Australian Marketing Institute Awards for Excellence. TQ had three finalists, the Where Else campaign for "brand revitalisation" and the "multimedia and interactive" awards and the whitsundays 74 islands campaign.We won the multimedia and interactive award! This was for the site we developed as part of the "where else but

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-83281192742819817102007-10-16T18:29:00.000+10:002007-10-18T05:45:29.574+10:00

only 9 more sleeps!!so, a busy couple of days coming up.... Later today I am off to Sydney to go to the Australian Marketing Institutes's Awards. Myself, Jill Holloway and Tara Eller will be there with some of the fine folk from Clems. We're up for three different awards and I'm looking forward to a good night out. a list of the finalists is available on the ami's site: www.ami.org.au/

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-28112904994896099682007-10-16T05:25:00.000+10:002007-10-17T05:08:47.561+10:00

a few quick updates, on nothing terribly exciting....1/ on the weekend we cleaned out the fish tank. we put in some faux plants (i got sick of the "real" ones not growing). I cleaned out the filter which was disgustingly dirty and cleared out most of the "duck weed" which was growing in the tank. it looks 100% better & the fish are much happier.2/ my post on boxedup appeared on technorati and

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the subject of this post bears no resemblance what-so-ever to to the topic at hand... however! it does sound better than general weekend update.not much going down this weekend. Kylie went into town with Mum yesterday to buy some comfortable walking shoes for the 5th ave assault.Jacko and I hung out at home and did a lot of nothing. When I say a lot of nothing, I mean we did a lot - but not a

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-46547000026645100692007-10-14T05:51:00.000+10:002007-10-14T05:59:03.373+10:00

do you ever get bad presents? (not me.....)How's this for a cool idea? As you are surfing around on the web you just happen to come across that Retro 1989 Raiders jersey you have ALWAYS wanted... You can't believe you've found it. But, it's an off pay week, or you're saving for a big holiday, or you think your wife would think you're a loser for buying a lime green coloured football jersey AND

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-50777596357326739302007-10-12T05:36:00.000+10:002007-10-12T05:42:55.803+10:00

So, we're hiring this mustang in vegas and we thought we better go for a drive in the desert and have a little look and see.I've plotted out in google, a map of the drive we're going to take.click here for the google map of our driveof course the drive includes a shop at a shopping spot for kylie to have a break from live on the road - fashion outlets of las vegas, right on the california /

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-61619258458081154392007-10-12T05:09:00.000+10:002007-10-13T04:50:52.300+10:00

so, we're driving home Tuesday. We're just off the freeway, coming up to the Gabba and Jackson starts crying - screaming in fact. He's obviously in pain and it takes only a few seconds for him to tell us that a sultana is stuck up his nose! OUCH - wouldn't that hurt.... !?So, Kylie is driving and I'm in the front passenger seat. Jackson is howling.I spin around in the seat and I can see a

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-66103679476310267922007-10-07T04:57:00.000+10:002007-10-07T05:38:33.247+10:00

couple of quick hits...1/ last night we went to a teppanyaki restaurant down at Raby Bay, imaginatively called the "Teppanyaki Bar": http://www.teppanyaki-bar.com/. As far as our, recently, regular Saturday night restaurant visits goes, this one was ok. The meal was definitely entertaining - Jackson thought it very funny when the chef threw a bit of cooked prawn for me to catch, in my mouth (

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-23220831251109744532007-10-07T04:39:00.001+10:002007-10-07T04:56:24.715+10:00

i love stats.... there, i admit it! but that's no surprise to anyone.as a kid, I use to play "test match", the cricket game, and would write all the scores into a note pad and then generate player averages for players batting and bowling performances. I admit, I did show favoritism to some of my preferred players. (Do not tell that to the ICC). If you do not know what "Test Match" is (shame

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-87934975434163853332007-09-29T08:22:00.001+10:002007-09-29T08:22:09.201+10:00

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Andrew Sinclair posted the text version of the eulogy he delivered as a comment on my post about my memories of Pete. I wanted to make sure people read & saw it. Thanks Andrew.Prepared & delivered by Andrew Sinclair with the support of Peter's family and mates.Good morning Ladies and Gentleman.I am very honoured to have been asked by Jane Webster to speak today.I know that Peter would want me

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-83365427899018213572007-09-24T07:41:00.001+10:002007-09-24T09:50:32.731+10:00

Pete Webster was a top bloke. Pete Webster was a top bloke and a fantastic mate of mine. He passed away over the weekend.Our sympathies to Jane, Samara and Jesse. Pete will be missed by many, but none more so than his family. If there is anything we can do to help you now, or any time in the future - of course, you know to only ask.What made Pete a great guy was his relaxed view on life, his

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-52656894579834715372007-09-21T05:28:00.000+10:002007-09-21T05:37:13.960+10:00

you've gotta be kidding me...It's only 36 days until we go on the "tour de usa". Thirty-six!If I really wanted to freak myself out - I would look at the calender and know that there is only twenty-three work days [23!], which doesn't count a couple of days out of the office.Google maps..... i've started messing about with a google map for our US holiday. I'm not too sure about where this will

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-59429502210938580162007-09-20T22:06:00.000+10:002007-10-27T04:41:58.772+10:00

us on youtube.... we'll update this as we get more video

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-56242946982687665212007-09-20T21:29:00.000+10:002007-09-24T07:12:44.911+10:00

my grandma, Madge Folker, who was my mum's mum, died earlier in this year.Both my grandfather's died when I was much younger, but I'm lucky to have two great grandma's and I spent a fair bit of time with both of them during school hols when I was younger. I remember one time when Dad's mum was "fortunate" to have me at her place over a week when I had the measles, or mumps, or chicken pox or

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-29338618445557631392007-09-16T05:39:00.000+10:002007-09-16T05:46:51.216+10:00

howdy,a friend of ours, Kimmy, who has been living in the states for many years now and tripping back and forth a little - has recently launched a new web site and great idea called "jack cards" - a new greeting card business. You can find out how it works: how jack cards works. basically, you set up a calender of important dates and you can subscribe to receive cards of your choice posted out

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Quite weekend so far...We had a nice dinner over at my mum and dad's last night to celebrate Dad's birthday.Today we zipped over to carindale to do some shopping. We talked to kimmy this morning to sort out some details of our NY stay and Kylie has honed the itenerary a little bit more. We found a very nifty service by AMEX, where you can order your travellers cheques online and get them sen

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-31039357923073110802007-09-09T14:56:00.000+10:002007-09-09T15:14:44.862+10:00

This morning we headed in to town to the Gallery of Modern Art (link), to look at the Howard Arkley exhibition. It's a great exhibition, with an absolute stack of works and we had a great morning out. The gallery provides a little something to keep the kids occupied, in an activity sheet which the kids need to find the pieces in the exhibition and see whether they can match up things from the

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-72948347646267689102007-09-09T04:52:00.000+10:002007-09-09T05:27:30.998+10:00

the numbers don't lie.... It's been nearly a month since our last entry, which is a little mad. So, what have we been up to!?Lot of planning for our trip to the US. I feel sorry for those shops in Manhattan, Kylie has maps, she has plans, she has goals - she's really looking forward to it. I am too - Kylie's found some great shops for me too.Lot's of work Both Kylie and I have been very busy

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-46978770931920608192007-08-15T07:57:00.000+10:002007-08-15T21:11:34.511+10:00

Today was a public holiday here in brisvegas! :) The "Ekka", which is our exhibition, is running at the moment. The ekka has the all the usual stuff, including agricultural displays and other agricultural related "stuff", side show alley, showbags, etc etc. I was going to go to the ekka one day with Jackson, which I wanted to start doing with him each year as a father-son thing - but with the

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-91874622699700605822007-08-13T19:38:00.000+10:002007-08-13T19:45:36.581+10:00

August 12th is Charles Blackman birthday - happy birthday Charles!

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not much on the horizon for this weekend. the savings for the us holiday continues, so we won't get up to anything too dramatic.We'll go and see Kazu. Kazu and his family arrive to stay with Kylie's mum and dad this weekend. Kazu stayed with Kylie's family when he came here from Japan on an exchange program when he was younger. They are here for a week or so, which I am sure Jackson will love

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-76293030805820518552007-08-02T17:32:00.000+10:002007-08-02T17:47:13.981+10:00

Isn't it amazing what you find on the internet! All types of good stuff out there... Like this site seat guru, which lets you look up where your allocated seat is on a whole stack of airlines.example is we can look at this layout of the QF 747-400 and know that our seats for our BNE-LAX flight are "ok" (or at least they arent labeled as bad) and over the wing.Unfortunately, the site doesn't

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howdy,So, another weekend passes by and we had a fun weekend! i (chris) came back from a three day trip to Sydney for the ATDW board meeting and other ATDW meetings Friday night. I arrived back in on Friday arvo, Kylie met me at the airport, and we went down to Victoria Pt to pick up Jackson.... Of course, all Jackson wanted was the present which I bought home for him. That, apparently, was

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-79876694541596878882007-07-22T06:23:00.000+10:002007-07-22T06:55:55.190+10:00

Kylie, Jackson and I went out for dinner last night to a a very nice restaurant at Wilston, called "Citron". Jackson thought it more entertaining to call the restaurant "Johnny Neutron" which is a cartoon character.Thanks for the tip off to Citron and the voucher Sue Walsh! The food was very nice, the pinot (Massale) we had was nice and Jackson was well behaved (occupied for part of the night

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-61810044397566795902007-07-21T04:52:00.000+10:002007-07-21T05:38:55.462+10:00

This weekend we'll not be up to too much, but last night I (chris) went out to the Normanby for a few drinks and dinner with some of the digital marketing team, this morning we're off to the post office to lodge Jackson's passport application, tonight we're off to dinner at citron at west end (thanks Sue Walsh!) and tomorrow morning (8am!!) we're off to the taxman to see whether we can get some

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Tonight and today I messed around a bit on this blog and got a flickr slideshow set up to feed through to our blog, I set up a similar feed for our YouTube video's and I also changed the layout, colours and added an RSS feed and subscriber counter. It took a fair while, but I am happy with the result, especially with the flickr slideshow which we can now use to load photos to our album on flickr

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-830862306925580312007-07-05T05:24:00.000+10:002007-07-05T05:40:23.044+10:00

Just last week, or the week before, we bought ourselves a new gadget. I've (chris) wanted a video camera / handycam for a while now. Our holiday to the states later in the year seemed like a great excuse to get one.We ended up going through the fine folks at retravision, thanks John! we got ourselves a SONY sr300e handycam. This thing is great, it has a 6 megapixel stills camera, it's small

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-43513380216857352092007-07-05T05:15:00.000+10:002007-07-05T05:23:46.274+10:00

Later this year Kylie, Jackson and I will be heading off to the states (only 114 days to go.....)We've made a slight change to our itinerary recently, to have an extra day in new york, the itinerary now is:27th Oct Leave Brisbane27th Oct to the 31st Oct LA (santa monica)31st Oct to the 8th Nov New York8th Nov t0 the 15th Oct- Disneyland Florida15th Nov to the 18th Nov- Cruise the Bahamas18th Nov

Chris Chambersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3663107542861620255.post-91754287375795672302007-07-04T05:39:00.000+10:002007-07-04T05:42:06.189+10:00

After only a short stint at "travelpod" I (chris) have made the executive decision to move from there to this blog. Apologies for the inconvenience.... The travelpod blog was good - but I didn't want "just a travel blog". These pages will be able to capture all the fun and games of our holiday to the states later in the year, but also all of the other stuff we get up to.

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ahem... is this thing on? testing - testing. 1 - 2 - 3. check 1 - 2, check. did you get the check? This is a test only, please disregard any alarms, i repeat this is a test only.... or as they say in the classics: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pellentesque ante erat, dignissim eget, elementum at, lobortis in, dolor. Aliquam cursus purus malesuada ante. Quisque

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