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On Friday next week the 14th of October I am atten

On Friday next week the 14th of October I am attending the QACP (Queensland Association of Collaborative Practitioners) Conference at The Island on the Gold Coast!🏖🌞👌
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I just had a look back over the program and I am genuinely excited! The line up of speakers and the topics are practical and thought provoking. Not to mention the chance to catch up face to face both at the pre-conference drinks and at the conference itself! 🥂🤗💞
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Highlights include:
🌟Keynote by Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice "The Dispute Resolution Climate – Kitchen table to court room: How is it changing?"
🌟Two practical "Practice Builder" sessions run by two CP "legends" Clarissa Rayward and Sue Abrams
🌟Dr Anne Purcell presenting on client screening and red flags, and then facilitating an interactive fishbowl with experienced professionals who will try to uncover what lies beneath two client scenarios.
🌟Two "who's who in the neutral's zoo?" sessions to discuss the differences between collaborative coaches and communications professionals (featuring Shelby Timmins and Bobbi Reilly) and the differences between the financial planning and accountant neutrals (featuring Lynda McKie and John Thynne)
🌟I am speaking about the trends and developments in CP and it's expansion into the wills and estates realms! (My all time favourite topic!)
🌟Ethics "guru" and CP supporter Stafford Shepherd is traversing the terrain of collaborative participation agreements and their importance.
🌟Closing Debate "I have the most important role in the collaborative team" a tongue in cheek look at the roles of each collaborative professional in the team.
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Tickets to register are still available (see url in comments below) but the discounted early bird pricing ENDS TONIGHT at 6pm (Qld time)! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃
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If you are a collaboratively trained professional anywhere in Australia (or close enough to make a long weekend of it on the sunny and warm Gold Coast) don't miss out on this chance to reignite and reinvigorate your collaborative practice! 💫💥❤️‍🔥
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QACP events url to register is in the comments below!👇👇👇
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#collaborativelaw #conference #dontmissout #qacp

Coming back to our Brissy life and our Bille girl.

Coming back to our Brissy life and our Bille girl.🐶
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It is so great to be home. 🏡
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Unpacking the suitcases. Sleeping back in our own beds. Listening to the possums thumping across the tin roof. Waking to the more familiar warbles of local birds. 👜🛏🦜
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Getting back to our weekend routine. And enjoying yet another (and our last ever) Queen's Birthday long weekend! 👸
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Slowly easing back into reality! 💗
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#homesweethome❤️ #homeiswheretheheartis❤️ #homeiswherethedogis
#brisbanelife #longweekends #weekendreset #queensbirthday
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#mumslife #happymum #happylawyer #creativeentrepreneurs
#dowhatyoulovelovewhatyoudo #livecolourfully
#catchingthecurveball
#resolveestatelaw #brisbanelawyer #brisbanelife #brisbanebusiness
#probate #compassionatelawyer
#choosecompassion #bekindalways
#zintaharris

When I was in 5th grade I did a project on the Quo

When I was in 5th grade I did a project on the Quokka. 🐱🐀🐱
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It was waaaaay before #quokkaselfies were a thing. It was waaaaay before selfies were a thing! Heck it was before internet was a thing! I used an actual encyclopaedia to do my research! 📚📑📚
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So when the fam agreed to flying over for a family holiday after I ran my Perth training - Rottnest Island was a non-negotiable destination for me! 🛫🏖🛬
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I HAD to meet a Quokka! 🥰🤩🥰
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I made my hubby pull down an old box of my school stuff before I flew to Perth and was delighted to find that I had kept my Grade 5 project!! The A1 poster sized cardboard was yellowed and dotted with rust like spots but my unrecognisable primary school cursive, cool bubble writing and drawings I remembered - were all there! 🤣👩‍🏫🤣
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So yes - I took some Quokka selfies! I was one of the "annoying tourists" I wrote about! My disgusted teen daughter Teja took photos of me making an idiot of myself and Zigi just wanted a soft Quokka toy! But my hubby Craig got into it with me! Particularly after we worked out that by turning our cameras upside down the Quokkas looked like they were smiling! Even the babies!! 📸😁📸
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So forgive me for jumping on this craze - but I just HAD to get a pic with my all time favourite Australian animal! 🤗🐱😘
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#quokka #quokkalove #quokkasofinstagram #quokkas #quokkaselfies #quokkasmile #rotto #rottnestisland #rottnest #wadjemup #wheniwasakid #schoolproject
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#lawyersofinstagram #lawinspired
#mumslife #happymum #happylawyer #creativeentrepreneurs
#dowhatyoulovelovewhatyoudo #livecolourfully
#catchingthecurveball
#resolveestatelaw #brisbanelawyer
#probate #compassionatelawyer
#choosecompassion #bekindalways
#zintaharris

Our picture perfect last day on Wadjemup (Rottnest

Our picture perfect last day on Wadjemup (Rottnest Island).💕
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Craig trying out his new "toy" drone catching me taking a solo walk up to the lighthouse.😚
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Teja minding Zigi so Craig and I could take a short hike up the headland dividing the Basin and Geordie Bay.👫
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Watching the fam dive in and out of the natural reef pools spotting fish and picking up a beautiful abalone shell! 🐟
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Finishing off another stunning Cullen wine! 🍷
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It has been hard to pack up our bags.😘
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#Wadjemup #rottnestisland #pinkybeach #thebasin #godscreation #lastdaysofholidays #chasingthesun
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#catchingthecurveball
#resolveestatelaw #brisbanelawyer
#probate #compassionatelawyer
#choosecompassion #bekindalways
#zintaharris

Heart-starting, spine-tingling, breath-taking! The

Heart-starting, spine-tingling, breath-taking! The days were the warm and sunny BUT the water was FREEZING cold! 🌞🌊❄️
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That didn't stop the kids and Craig dipping in - and after warming myself up on the rice white sands even I couldn't resist those aqua hues! 🏊‍♂️🏖🏊‍♀️
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Watching the blue skies of the day tranform into the golden glow of peach, watermelon and tangerine was lke watching God's own hand paint the sky! 💙💛🧡💜
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Seriously - if you have never been here - start planning your trip! Wadjemup (Rottnest island) is far more than Quokka selfies!😹🥰🤩
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#wadjemup #rottnestisland #islandholiday #waholiday #aquascapes
#godscreation #wonderfulworld #sunsetmagic
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#catchingthecurveball
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#probate #compassionatelawyer
#choosecompassion #bekindalways
#zintaharris

Sunrise or sunset, or slap dab in the middle of th

Sunrise or sunset, or slap dab in the middle of the day Wadjemup (Rottnest Island) wowed us with her awe and beauty! ☀️🌅🌞
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Her indigenous name means 'place across the water where the spirits are'. The Island is considered to be a place of transition between the physical and spiritual world and the spirit of the deceased is believed to travel to Wadjemup during its journey towards to the afterlife.💫🏖💕
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It sure did feel like a slice of heaven on earth! 🌊✨️🌈
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#rottnestisland #wadjemup #islandholiday #sliceofheaven #heavenonearth #waholiday #islandexploring
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#resolveestatelaw #brisbanelawyer
#probate #compassionatelawyer
#choosecompassion #bekindalways
#zintaharris

When this has been the view from our glamping tent

When this has been the view from our glamping tent for the last 4 days it is easy to understand why I have been off the gram! 🤩🤣🤩
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By the grace of God we have just had magic day after magic day here on beautiful Rottnest Island! 💫🏖💫
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Originally we planned to start our holiday here but someone else booked our preferred Yallingup digs ahead of us and so we flipped things around to end here - and boy are we glad! With 27 degree plus sunny days we feel like have hit the jackpot! 🌞✨️🌞
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We chose to glamp it up and with a bit of sweet talking Craig had us moving in to the bomb tent right on the ocean! 🌊⛺️🌊
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The team at @discoveryparks Rottnest (particularly Jacqui who I practically kissed 💋) looked after us like VIPs! 🥰🤗🥰
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More pics to follow! Avert your eyes if you must...or close them and picture yourself here! 😍🙈😍
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#rottnestisland #rotto #islandvibes
#waholiday #glampinglife #islandholiday #natureisbeauty #godscreation
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#catchingthecurveball
#resolveestatelaw
#probate #compassionatelawyer
#choosecompassion #bekindalways
#zintaharris

Farewell Freo! 👋 . Our last day was golden! ✨

Farewell Freo! 👋
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Our last day was golden! ✨️☀️✨️
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The sun finally warmed things up and we made good use of the rental car heading out to the Swan Valley to lunch on the lawn of a beautiful riverside winery.🌞🍷🌞
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Then we stopped in to see the last tour of the day at the Perth Mint where Zigi got the closest anyone has to "holding" the newly poured gold bar worth $500k! The other two clowns made do with the fake nuggets! 🪙🪔🪙
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We were then treated to our last golden sunset over South Beach - leaving us happy to pack our bags for our last WA stop! 🌅🌞🌅
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#freemantle #waholiday #freolove #swanvalley #perthmint #sunsetoverwater
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#dowhatyoulovelovewhatyoudo #livecolourfully
#catchingthecurveball
#resolveestatelaw
#probate #compassionatelawyer
#choosecompassion #bekindalways
#zintaharris

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