Vac Work

I've been busy these holidays doing vac work at Bovis Lend Lease in Brisbane. I'm part of a team that is calling for expressions of interest and putting to tender the preliminary infrastructure stage of a large scale 15 year staged redevelopment project. I've been having a great time learning about subcontractors, tenders and how much a steel Brisbane City Council rubbish bin costs. I've met some other undergraduates and recent graduates who also work there and it's a fun work environment.

I've just returned from Sydney, where I spent Christmas with family. While there we went to Luna Park and took my 3 cousins aged 4, 6 and 8 on various rides including the 'Wild Mouse' and Coney Island. The wild mouse is a gravity-fed roller coaster which is almost 50 years old. Coney Island was constructed in 1935 when Luna Park was first opened and hasn't changed much since. It's a 'funhouse' and has lots of old rides like giant slides, rotating barrels you walk through and moving platforms you walk across. It's great to see that these rides have been preserved!