So another short trip comes to an end. Spent a week in ko Tao at the end with Lea, where she learned to dive. I first went to Tao in 2000 with Neil and Pete, and then Neil and i learned to dive, while Pete made sandcastle movie sets. For some reason, 7 years in Tibet is the only one i can remember. Anyway, it was nice to go back, to see how a place like that had/has changed. The place we dived is still there, albeit bigger and slicker looking than before. The beach we stayed at is more developed, complete with own private pool villa resorts. The 7 years in Tibet beach has been built to, on and eventually over as resorts and guesthouses run out of ways to expand inland. The stilt restaurant is still there, but the rickety wooden pylons holding it up have been replaced by concrete. The roads are all paved now.
I expected my nostalgia to be pissed on by the pace and scale of development, but it wasn't. I knew it would be different, but i'm glad i went back. I think that is my interest in asia mostly satisfied, except perhaps Japan. There is meant to be some spectacular diving off Sabah in Malaysia as well, but i don't know if i'll make it.
Telstra announce sponsorship plan
Following on from their early withdrawal of sponsorship of football stadia Telstra Dome and Telstra Stadium, Telstra revealed their new corporate sponsorship direction. At a press conference this morning, it was announced that Telstra would, from January 1st 2009, be sponsoring Melbourne. Naming rights have been optioned for five years.
Full details of the plan are yet to be disclosed, while initial suggestions were that Melbourne would be renamed to "Telstra City", or simply "Telstra", but these were unfounded. It is expected that simply, "Telstra Melbourne" will be adopted as the new moniker. Guide books, maps and other tourist information will have to be updated accordingly. It is also unsure whether the naming rights extend to individual parts of Telstra Melbourne, or indeed whether individual parts of Telstra will be associated with certain suburbs or areas. Events could take place in the BigPond CBD, or on Operations Brunswick St.
Other, similar deals are expected to be revealed in the days ahead, but this announcement has overshadowed Vodafone's proposed sponsorship of St. Kilda. A senior Tesltra manager was quoted as saying "heroin and hookers... they can have it."
Mayor John So hailed the sponsorship as vital for the future of Telstra Melbourne.
Full details of the plan are yet to be disclosed, while initial suggestions were that Melbourne would be renamed to "Telstra City", or simply "Telstra", but these were unfounded. It is expected that simply, "Telstra Melbourne" will be adopted as the new moniker. Guide books, maps and other tourist information will have to be updated accordingly. It is also unsure whether the naming rights extend to individual parts of Telstra Melbourne, or indeed whether individual parts of Telstra will be associated with certain suburbs or areas. Events could take place in the BigPond CBD, or on Operations Brunswick St.
Other, similar deals are expected to be revealed in the days ahead, but this announcement has overshadowed Vodafone's proposed sponsorship of St. Kilda. A senior Tesltra manager was quoted as saying "heroin and hookers... they can have it."
Mayor John So hailed the sponsorship as vital for the future of Telstra Melbourne.
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