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A massive thanks to Nat & Jorge for their wonderful donation! It was a big week donation wise last week. I couldn't help myself and chucked in a bit more to get us to the half way mark.
I should now confess that I entered a Qantas competition with a prize that would have conflicted with the mission. I must admit I hadn't thought that one through as to what we would have done if we won it! Jo was in good form having won a Dan Murphy's Valentine's day competition - a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and a bottle of Ciroc Vodka.
Needless to say we didn't win the Qantas competition (congrats M Flynn of Victoria) and our attention is now back onto the mission.
Even though Jo and I have 11 degrees/tertiary qualifications between us (she has 7) I don't think any of that study has helped with respect to this mission. The Nietzsche & Foucault texts that Jo had to study (and made me read so we could discuss them) in her M. Ed. may have come closest.
My grad cert in project management is probably somewhat useful if I am to be honest. Can I get a PMBOK or ISO 31000 anyone? The mission would make for an interesting risk matrix.
We've now booked our hotel in Darwin - we weren't sure whether we'd stay at or near the airport or in the CBD but decided on the latter. Even though we'll be in Darwin for less than 40 hours I have only ever been there for work previously so it'll be good to have a look around.
I should close by acknowledging Qantas' response through their Facebook presence. I had been contemplating letting Qantas know what my plans are and wasn't quite sure the best way to go about it. I merely wanted to advise them of my abnormal flight bookings in this post-911 world we live in. They responded next business day and included a link to their sponsorship application. Nice.
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