Thursday, September 09, 2004
Free food, free drink and the Premier of Queensland
I never really realised how much I missed pavlova until last night when I ate some. That is good stuff. So was the free roast Australian beef and free triple-distilled Smirnoff Vodka. It almost made listening to the Honourable Peter Beattie, Premier of Queenlsand, Minister for Trade waffle on about QLD-Japan relations, give some serious plugs to a few select investors and generally give me a reason to throw back the screwdrivers.
It was some kind of annual do that the QLD Government trade arm throws on to encourage further investment in 'The Sunshine State'. Mr. O gets invites to tons of these things, and figured that as he was out of the country, and I was a Queenlander, I might like to go in his stead. To me this translated at "free food and drink" and I was sold.
I was even lucky enough to meet the premier and shake his hand. He is a lot shorter and more rotund than I had previously though. Like a cross between Mr. Plod of Noddy fame and a Babushka Doll - only with a little more hair.
Without the speeches, it would have been a fantastic night.
It was some kind of annual do that the QLD Government trade arm throws on to encourage further investment in 'The Sunshine State'. Mr. O gets invites to tons of these things, and figured that as he was out of the country, and I was a Queenlander, I might like to go in his stead. To me this translated at "free food and drink" and I was sold.
I was even lucky enough to meet the premier and shake his hand. He is a lot shorter and more rotund than I had previously though. Like a cross between Mr. Plod of Noddy fame and a Babushka Doll - only with a little more hair.
Without the speeches, it would have been a fantastic night.
# posted by Nils @ 4:45 PM 
