G'day,
I awoke from a good nights sleep ready to pack and leave the south island to fly to Wellington. The people at the home stay gave me a lift to the airport before jumping on the plane for a short journey to Wellington. I say short journey but it was quite a bumpy ride due to a lot of wind travelling over the water and sometimes felt like the plane was travelling sideways.
We eventually landed and I collected my bags, I now needed to look for Matt O'Mara from Wellington City Council, with only a picture to work with I wondered round the airport. It was however Matt who found me first and we jumped in a taxi to hotel Ibis where I would be staying to drop my bags off.
Then back at Wellington City Council I was able to meet the manager of web content and discovered they use Silverstripe as a content management system and have various e-services such as e-petitions and e-payments. I then moved on to look at GIS and the different map views such as 3D or 2D and scenery such as park view or road view. I was also able to see the e-learning at Wellington used to train their employees, both the face to face training and online learning using Kallidus.
I had a great time at Wellington City Council, it was good to see the technology in the capital and meet new people. Afterwards Matt invited me round to his house for dinner, which was a really kind gesture and it really helped me to feel at home. The food was lovely and everyone was great. After food and chats I went back to my hotel for some sleep and I will see you tomorrow.........
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Friday 16th in Australia
G'day,
Today is my final day in Australia and I went to visit Sydney Downtown Council. Sydney Downtown Council and the structure in place reminds me a lot of Leeds City Council back home so it was interesting to visit them.
At Sydney I got to meet the web team focusing on e-services and the customer focused applications in place such as e-payments. Also discussing the different practises and careers within Sydney Downtown. I then met the project manager and we talked about different management methods and agile development and e-learning. I then met the mapping team who spend time mapping the whole of Sydney such as locations of trees, buildings, roads and cables to aid the teams on the streets with portable computers. This was very interesting as Sydney is such a big place but the models were well constructed. I was also shown the physical 3D model at Sydney Downtown Council created by professional modellers. This looked really amazing and I will put some pictures on for you guys a long with lots of my trip. I will also be doing a presentation and writing an article of my findings so keep your eyes peeled.
So that concludes Australia, tomorrow I fly to New Zealand, so see you on the other side (or the dark side as the Aussies like to call it)........
Today is my final day in Australia and I went to visit Sydney Downtown Council. Sydney Downtown Council and the structure in place reminds me a lot of Leeds City Council back home so it was interesting to visit them.
At Sydney I got to meet the web team focusing on e-services and the customer focused applications in place such as e-payments. Also discussing the different practises and careers within Sydney Downtown. I then met the project manager and we talked about different management methods and agile development and e-learning. I then met the mapping team who spend time mapping the whole of Sydney such as locations of trees, buildings, roads and cables to aid the teams on the streets with portable computers. This was very interesting as Sydney is such a big place but the models were well constructed. I was also shown the physical 3D model at Sydney Downtown Council created by professional modellers. This looked really amazing and I will put some pictures on for you guys a long with lots of my trip. I will also be doing a presentation and writing an article of my findings so keep your eyes peeled.
So that concludes Australia, tomorrow I fly to New Zealand, so see you on the other side (or the dark side as the Aussies like to call it)........
Thursday 15th in Australia
G'day,
Not long to go before New Zealand but today I have a very busy day visiting people in Penrith and Parramatta.
In the morning I met with Kathie Goldsworthy at the University of Western Sydney to discuss the e-learning taking place there. We talked about the content management system in place and different plug ins such as the lecture recorder. This was very interesting as unlike the UK, Australian Councils do not oversee education so it was great to see some e-learning in action.
I then went to meet Richard Hawkins, the web co-ordinator at Penrith Council. Richard showed me the content management system in place there and the issues he is facing. I was also shown the e-services in place before going to lunch, I had the steak sandwich and chips (if anyone was wondering).
I then quickly moved on to meet Professor Peter Phibbs at the Urban Research Centre. Peter helped me arrange my visits today and we had a quick chat about my trip and about my favourite sport, Rugby League (I support Bradford Bulls if anyone was wondering again).
I then returned to Sydney and as it is the last chance I will get to have a few beers I went out for a bit, tomorrow I will be visiting Sydney Downtown Council and packing my bags ready for NZ. See you there..........
Not long to go before New Zealand but today I have a very busy day visiting people in Penrith and Parramatta.
In the morning I met with Kathie Goldsworthy at the University of Western Sydney to discuss the e-learning taking place there. We talked about the content management system in place and different plug ins such as the lecture recorder. This was very interesting as unlike the UK, Australian Councils do not oversee education so it was great to see some e-learning in action.
I then went to meet Richard Hawkins, the web co-ordinator at Penrith Council. Richard showed me the content management system in place there and the issues he is facing. I was also shown the e-services in place before going to lunch, I had the steak sandwich and chips (if anyone was wondering).
I then quickly moved on to meet Professor Peter Phibbs at the Urban Research Centre. Peter helped me arrange my visits today and we had a quick chat about my trip and about my favourite sport, Rugby League (I support Bradford Bulls if anyone was wondering again).
I then returned to Sydney and as it is the last chance I will get to have a few beers I went out for a bit, tomorrow I will be visiting Sydney Downtown Council and packing my bags ready for NZ. See you there..........
Day 8 in Australia
G'day,
Now for my final week in Australia before I head off to New Zealand, I would start the week with a visit to Bankstown Council to the west of Sydney. It took about 40 minutes on the train to Bankstown and then a short walk to the Council.
Bankstown is a lovely city and the Council building is a beautiful blue glass structure. Here I met Tanya Whitton and Stephannie Mikhail. They were both very welcoming and friendly and provided some very nice biscuits and sweets (Not that I'm hinting to any future organisations I visit). At Bankstown I learned a lot about Councils in and around Sydney and how advanced ICT is here. I got to learn a lot about e-services and the future of e-services in Bankstown and in New South Wales.
For lunch I headed towards Bankstown's shopping centre which is a lot bigger than it looks. I managed to get lost and decided the best way back to the Council would be to take the nearest exit and walk around the outside until I reached the part which I entered. For lunch I had Sushi, which I have never had before and loved it so if you ever get the chance head over to Bankstown shopping centre and have Sushi.
Once back at the Council I showed Tanya some of the e-services at Leeds City Council and the e-learning at Leeds Learning Network. I felt it gave Tanya some good ideas and it really showed some of the differences between England and Australia. I had a great time at Bankstown and tomorrow I will be meeting Reem and Darryl from LGSA in Sydney so tune in.....
Now for my final week in Australia before I head off to New Zealand, I would start the week with a visit to Bankstown Council to the west of Sydney. It took about 40 minutes on the train to Bankstown and then a short walk to the Council.
Bankstown is a lovely city and the Council building is a beautiful blue glass structure. Here I met Tanya Whitton and Stephannie Mikhail. They were both very welcoming and friendly and provided some very nice biscuits and sweets (Not that I'm hinting to any future organisations I visit). At Bankstown I learned a lot about Councils in and around Sydney and how advanced ICT is here. I got to learn a lot about e-services and the future of e-services in Bankstown and in New South Wales.
For lunch I headed towards Bankstown's shopping centre which is a lot bigger than it looks. I managed to get lost and decided the best way back to the Council would be to take the nearest exit and walk around the outside until I reached the part which I entered. For lunch I had Sushi, which I have never had before and loved it so if you ever get the chance head over to Bankstown shopping centre and have Sushi.
Once back at the Council I showed Tanya some of the e-services at Leeds City Council and the e-learning at Leeds Learning Network. I felt it gave Tanya some good ideas and it really showed some of the differences between England and Australia. I had a great time at Bankstown and tomorrow I will be meeting Reem and Darryl from LGSA in Sydney so tune in.....
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