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<\/a>First stop was in Melbourne to explore a potential business opportunity. \u00a0I hadn’t spent much time in Melbourne so I took advantage of getting in a day early to explore the city and get a feel for what it would be like to live there. \u00a0I stayed in a nice hotel on the Yarra River with great views of the city.<\/p>\nI also managed to have my first beer back in Australia in a pub on the waterfront.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next was a trip to Brisbane where I got to spend Australia Day with Grant and Luke – very cool! \u00a0I also caught up with Peter and Nereis and the team from myDIALS – hard to believe it’s been ten years since Peter and I started that company!<\/p>\n I stayed in another nice hotel in Brisbane – this time on the Brisbane River with more great views.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The trip home was uneventful. \u00a0I connected through Vancouver and it was made more special by flying over ‘Alice’ and Fremont on the short flight from Vancouver to Seattle.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I had the pleasure of heading to Australia last week. First stop was in Melbourne to explore a potential business opportunity. \u00a0I hadn’t spent much time in Melbourne so I took advantage of getting in a day early to explore the city and get a feel for what it would be like to live there. … Continue reading Australia Day Downunder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Brisbane has grown up a lot since I went to University there, but it still has the feel of a large country town. \u00a0I saw this old pub that had been updated as the “Koala House”, ironically now housing a Japanese restaurant!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n