While Stan worked at PwC, employee incentives would be either a bonus ($$), dinner somewhere posh, alcohol (which is lame since we are non-drinkers) or redballoon gift certificates. Red Balloon is a company that puts all the "things to do" in Australia/ New Zealand under one umbrella; basically it is a marketing/ advertising company that has created a web site where you can book an experience. You book with them (redeem your gift card) and they pass the booking onto the designated company in Sydney. It is great for tourists and ex-pats like me because it is a quick answer to the question "what can you do in Australia?"
Some examples of thing you can book are sky diving, sleep-over on a yacht, cooking classes, massages, chocolate tasting....you name it. Anyway, we had three gift certificates all about to expire in the next two weeks so I booked some things we could do as a family. Which by the way was a HUGE sacrifice on my part for not checking myself into the spa while everyone was at school :-) First off, we went up to Penrith to put-put golf. We got the second game for free because we booked through red balloon (score). The kids did well but Thomas was terrified by most of the exhibits. i.e. haunted houses, ghost towns, alien invaders etc...
Technique!
Check out his grip!
Pirate section
Thomas scared to death!
Alien invasion section
Miss Mary
Pirate section
Egyptian/ mummy section (when your ball goes in the hole a mummy comes up).
Jungle section
Stay tuned for a few more red Balloon activities in the next little while.
Ps. YES, I am going to work here some day....Can I say perfect fit with my educational background? AND...as an employee you "try" out experiences so my family would pretty much have Saturday/ party day set for the rest of their lives!! http://www.redballoon.com.au/
2 comments:
Looks like fun, fun,fun. Wish we were there to share in all this family fun. OLIVIA, MARY, AND THOMAS we miss you soooooooooooo much! We miss Alisha and Stan too!
And, of course, you know we love you all too!
I'm glad Tyson's not the only one who's scared of stuff! We took him camping and he kept pointing to the grass and saying, "SCARY!" I can't wait to see you soon!Love you!!
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