pilkster.com » Australia http://pilkster.com SEO & marketing scrapbook Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:58:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Australian Accountant/Tax Advisor Wanted http://pilkster.com/australian-accountanttax-advisor-wanted/ http://pilkster.com/australian-accountanttax-advisor-wanted/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:37:53 +0000 pilkster http://pilkster.com/australian-accountanttax-advisor-wanted/ I’m looking for an Australian Accountant and/or Taxation Advisor to work alongside my existing UK Accountant to help create a tax efficient structure for my UK company and Australian employees.

Ideally the Accountant would be a pom who qualified in the UK and has subsequently moved to Australia.

Please drop me a line or just reply to this post if you know anyone or can recommend a firm. Thanks :)

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This summer I have been training for my Surf Life Saving Australia Bronze Medallion with a squad at Narrabeen Beach surf club.

On Thursday we went to Manly surf club and joined up with Manly Bronze Squad for our written exam and practical tests in first aid, CPR, signals, radio operation etc. We all breathed a sigh of relief as everyone passed the tests, and focused on the skills test on Sunday.

On Saturday I went to the club for our regular training session to find that the conditions were quite tough. Yesterday (Sunday) they were even tougher! The Manly guys came to our beach to do the water test, their faces were a picture when they arrived and saw the size of the swell :)

We all managed to pass the tests (except Joss from Manly was unfortunatly hospitalised whilst trying to carry out a board rescue) .The run-swim-run was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do! Three months ago when we started training I wouldn’t have been fit enough to complete it.

Joining up with the surf club has been great for me – I have got fitter, become safe in the water, learnt some useful first aid skills, and most importantly made some great new friends. I’m looking forward to my first day in the uniform out on patrol. Watch out for the pics of me in my purple budgie smugglers coming soon :)

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Well I’m back from my holidays. Did you miss me? The funny thing about living in Narrabeen and going on holiday is that it is difficult to find a better place to be. We visited some areas in on the South Coast of NSW that we hadn’t been to before, some truly beautiful places down there.

Whilst on holiday I even got to visit a cheese factory, where all the cruddy Australian cheese comes from (Ozzies can’t do cheese like the British, or tea ~ I got a cream tea in Kiama and they served the scones with SQUIRTY CREAM OUT OF A CAN!!)

Not much seems to have gone on t’internet whilst I have been away, apart from the return of Esrun! Welcome back Stephen. If you have an interest in rally driving or teaching yourself to paraglide I suggest you get over there and have a read of Esrun’s blog.

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]]> http://pilkster.com/back-to-work/feed/ 4 WordPress Scheduling: WP-cron Functionality in WP 2.1 http://pilkster.com/wordpress-scheduling-wp-cron-functionality-in-wp-21/ http://pilkster.com/wordpress-scheduling-wp-cron-functionality-in-wp-21/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:05:50 +0000 pilkster http://pilkster.com/wordpress-scheduling-wp-cron-functionality-in-wp-21/ Glenn Slaven has posted a detailed look at scheduling in WordPress 2.1. This functionallity replaces and builds upon the WP-cron plugin by Skippy – the main application I have for this function is correctly publishing posts that you have written in advance (including the ping). Via Ryan Boren.

Mr. Slaven is an Aussie and he has brought the country forward a little with his handy google maps AU firefox plugin. Feels good that Australia is finally on google maps :)

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]]> http://pilkster.com/wordpress-scheduling-wp-cron-functionality-in-wp-21/feed/ 1 Happy Birthday SEOidiot http://pilkster.com/happy-birthday-seoidiot/ http://pilkster.com/happy-birthday-seoidiot/#comments Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:45:28 +0000 pilkster http://pilkster.com/happy-birthday-seoidiot/ My pal SEOidiot hits 33 today. He’s done a cartoon on his blog of a SEO/spammer workstation… I’m not sure whos it is (it can’t be Pauls cos the guy in the toon has got hair), but it looks an awful lot like mine:

my desk
That’s pretty tidy for me (afterall I have only been here a month). Anyway, Happy Birthday Paul… next time I’m in Preston the beers are on me.

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]]> http://pilkster.com/happy-birthday-seoidiot/feed/ 1 Shout out to the Snagman http://pilkster.com/shout-out-to-the-snagman/ http://pilkster.com/shout-out-to-the-snagman/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:39:17 +0000 pilkster http://pilkster.com/shout-out-to-the-snagman/ Most butchers in Australia only produce beef sausages, which are ok I guess, but not as good as proper pork sausages. We visited our local award-winning butcher The Snagman yesterday ~ he turns out sausages in many different guises and he is truely proud of his produce. We had a few of his pork snags on the barbie yesterday ~ very nice indeed. Looking forward to collecting our Christmas order on Friday.

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So today I took my first swim at North Narrabeen Rock Pool. It’s about 5 min away by bike, and is really popular with the locals first thing in the morning ~ I can see why too, its a great way to start your day. The water was a bit chilly (one thing about being a pom is that you’re used to heated pools). The pool has a sandy bottom and stays shallow all the way out. I’ve promised Anne that I will take her for brekkie at one of the several great looking cafes along Ocean Street if she comes with me tomorrow :)

Another hot day coming…

Originally uploaded by ozczecho.

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]]> http://pilkster.com/north-narrabeen-rock-pool/feed/ 0 This one’s for you Pete http://pilkster.com/this-ones-for-you-pete/ http://pilkster.com/this-ones-for-you-pete/#comments Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:50:50 +0000 pilkster http://pilkster.com/this-ones-for-you-pete/ [fa:p:id=312547434,s=m,l=p]

Check out our new barbie! As everyone knows, Aussies are the kings of bbq. This is the biggest, baddest stainless barbie I could realisitically put on our balcony – it took two of us to carry up the stairs and nearly a day to assemble. As well as having four burners and two different plates it has a large ‘wok-burner’ hob built in to the right-hand shelf. I even have a matching apron and utensils (more photos to follow).

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]]> http://pilkster.com/this-ones-for-you-pete/feed/ 1 New domain resolutions :) http://pilkster.com/new-domain-resolutions/ http://pilkster.com/new-domain-resolutions/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:47:39 +0000 pilkster http://pilkster.com/new-domain-resolutions/ bbq.jpg

Well, not new domain (although I might take the .com.au), but new home/house/life…

  • Sort out a (good, original) theme for the blog. ‘Enhance’ the structure.
  • Revisit some neglected sites rather than spending on new projects.
  • Exploit to the maximum some of the advantages I have.

Offline resolutions;

  • Spend less than an average of 12hr/day driving the tube
  • Get some exercise (and lose the two stone I gained over the last two years)
  • Eat fresh! (thanks Subway)

When we find our place in Oz I will have these things in mind:

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]]> http://pilkster.com/new-domain-resolutions/feed/ 0 Woooo! We’re off to Australia http://pilkster.com/woooo-were-off-to-australia/ http://pilkster.com/woooo-were-off-to-australia/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:28:42 +0000 pilkster http://pilkster.com/woooo-were-off-to-australia/ Wayhey! Thanks to Jenny, Anna and Lee of STA travel in Preston we are now proud holders of electronic tickets to fly us from Manchester to Sydney via Dubai and Bangkok. We leave mid October, and arrive in Sydney 12 days later.
Deciding on a route has been a real tough process, and deciding whether to book a return or not was even tougher (we ended up tossing a coin!) so it feels great to have the decision made. Monday should be fun giving notice on my engineering contract and also formal notice on the lease!

Please forgive me if I am a bit slow with emails and payments over the next couple of months, I’m gonna be too busy having fun!

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