On Feb 18th 2013 Stephen headed to Sydney Apple HQ for sales meetings. One activity - a movie exercise - took his fancy. Paulie flew in on Wednesday afternoon when Stephen had to head to Parramatta for the University of Western Sydney's 2 day iPad Summit which he helped organise. 9,000 students were to turn up the next Monday with iPads, so staff talked about technology education.
Paulie explored Parramatta and grew to appreciate it's history and multiculturalism. An interesting coincidence was that Paulie's nephew Toni and his wife Kirsten flew in Friday night to collect their new (old) dog "Jock". They all met up for drinks and sat in a Parramatta cafe watching folks go by, bogan cars cruise by loudly, and drug deals acted out until the wee hours after midnight.
Time to talk about the new at the University of Western Sydney
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The 2 day Summit venue. Oldest multi-storey building in Oz!
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From 1814 it was the Female Orphan school.
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After being an orphanage, it was where the insane (made so by self abuse or lactation it seems) hung out
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Paulie chills by the Parramatta River.
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And inside the Town Hall…
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It's dance time for a large Chinese population
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and table tennis
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Which somehow Paulie gets roped into!
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And thrashed by an 80 year old
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The first Government House
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Meanwhile, Stephen presented to 60 UWS staff
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As did pal Phil Long
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The vibrant Church Street scene
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Back at our apartment by the river. Seems ferries run back to Sydney (an hour)
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UWS Parramatta Campus where old meets new
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… and coexist side by side
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The UWS summit is over… time to chill
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One tired lad, but he reenergised and met Toni and Kirsten for late drinks
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