In the last week Elaine and I bought a new house and put our current place on the market. We’re really excited because we’ll be in there in time for Christmas! Here’s some photos from our latest inspection on Saturday.

Just as an aside, buying houses is heaps of fun. BUT, the process involves working with real estate agents, solicitors and bank managers… not always the most fun professions to be dealing with!

Boys, if you’re struggling to come up with a unique way of proposing to your girlfriend, here’s some inspiration…

EDIT: When it says “My wedding proposal to Sara” of course it’s not my proposal as I’m still quite happily married to Elaine =) …sorry for any confusion caused.

Jason told me the first time he laid eyes on Martine from across the room at work she made him feel all “wobbly” – only a special girl could do that.

On Saturday they celebrated the next step in their relationship with family and friends at St Mary’s Catholic Church in St Kilda East. They had certainly come a long way from their once secret office romance.

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And, here are just a few select images from the photo presentation.

The boys kicked off the day with a spot of fishing.

Another stunning Alan Pinkus creation.

Oi, what’s going on here?

Station Pier.

A traditional Chinese lion dance was organised as a surprise for their guests.

There were a few girls really eager to catch this one.

Congratulations Martine and Jason, I hope you have a great time down the coast in Apollo Bay!

If you haven’t yet heard my sob story (most have by now), my iMate SmartPhone is currently sitting in the shallow waters just off the Kerford Road Pier. Them’s the dangers of extreme wedding photography.

Anyway, today I had time to drop by my local Telstra shop to pick up a new phone.

Pretty ain’t it??

I’m starting to call back the people who have left messages in the past few days. If I haven’t got back to you yet, you can expect a call soon.

It’s been such a busy couple of weeks that I’m sure it must be difficult to follow the timeline of this weblog.

Last Wednesday I went to the Hyatt Regency Coolum for a conference. Not a bad place to be stuck for a few days eh? The conference was really entertaining, and it even included a round of golf on Friday. However apart from that, I was a bit disappointed we didn’t have more time to explore the area.

Around lunch time on Friday, after the round of golf, Elaine arrived on her flight from Melbourne. You see, we had organised a weekend at Noosa with a bunch of good friends who were also at the conference. It was the perfect mix of work and play.

It wasn’t until Noosa that I really dragged my camera from its bag.

A few of us hired two neighbouring apartments on Hastings Street, the main drag at Noosa.

The rooms were spacious, albeit a little inconsistent with the level of furnishings.

Hastings Street.

When we weren’t eating, shopping or at the beach, we were here in the apartments’ pool, spa and sauna.

On Saturday we visited the Eumundi Markets.

With over 500 stalls, it’s definitely the largest market I’ve ever been to.

I’m not sure we managed to cover it all in the three hours we were there.

Elaine, me, Ramesh and Rahul.

Later that night we all headed out to one of the nicest restaurants on the strip, Bistro C.
Right outside there was this sand sculpture, which we thought would make the perfect backdrop for our Noosa group photo.

The Bistro C chocolate tart. It tasted even better than it looked.

Sunday morning consisted of a quick stroll down the beach…

…to eat even more food.

All our friends flew back Sunday afternoon, leaving Elaine and I to head off to the Novotel Twin Waters Resort for a couple more days of R&R.

I’m nearing my self-imposed limit of 15 pictures per post, so the photos from the next two days will have to come later. Check back soon for more images from the Sunshine Coast!