In the can!

Exciting news for business! Channel 7's Great South East TV show contacted me to see if they could do a feature piece on the bizo! Um, hell yeah! What a fantastic opportunity for me and a giant leap in the right direction for more exposure, potential bookings, advertorials etc. This is just the opportunity I'd been hoping for since the advertising budget became non-existent and I started making withdrawals from the 'BF' Bank. The day was off to a rocky start. Signage for the vehicle wasn't ready in time, the producer was ill and the Gold Coast weather completely defying it's "beautiful one day, perfect the next" stigma. A few more hiccups along the way and finally we got into our groove.  On board FLASHIMO'S, Sofic Formica and crew in tow and off to our first stop on the tour, Entree's at GLASS Restaurant.

Beautiful Imperial Ice White Moet, Pork Belly, Oysters, Salmon Mousse, Calamari, Scallops and 5 takes on my greeting (still wasn't happy with it)!  Fantastic start!  Let's keep the mojo flowing!

Venture the short walk to OMEROS  Bros. for a gorgeous marina view soaking up the welcomed sunshine.  Moreton Bay Bugs, Prawns, Greek Salad, Smoked Salmon, more Calamari and more Oysters.  Not a usual recurrence on a Taste Tour let me just point out here. . . . but for filming purposes. .  ..  Topped off with the most delicious iced water (thanks to our friendly waiter for the secret recipe!) and reisling and then we're strolling and filming along the broadwater.  Very talented walkers we had in our group too, or so I thought until Woody stood on Juliet's shoe and off came the heel and not 5 minutes later, so did mine.

Luckily, I used to be a bit of a Macgyver fan back in the day so quick stop into the local convenient store for a rubber band and hey presto. .. .. .. . worked for about 3 minutes.    But at least I stayed positive and kept focus.  On with the show!  A minor misunderstanding with the elevator and a small wait for coffee and we were finally filming our final segment with bubbles, cheese and fruits with the most spectacular view on the Gold Coast to behold from SKYPOINT Observation Deck.  Once it was in the can I breathed again hastily followed by what was left of the bubbles.  I couldn't kill the nerves before filming and believe me they were still there with me to the very end and what a blissful drowning they had!

 Strolling hand in hand with my love back to the car, I'm feeling delighted by the opportunities that have presented themselves, responding to my desires to own and run a successful business and think of the wonderful friends that have gone out of their way to help make my dreams come true and in that moment of clear, peaceful, happiness I decide to phone a friend a share.  And as I rummage around in my pockets and satchel that beautiful moment as quick as lightening, shatters all around me with an echo.  Sh*T!  Where have I left my iPhone?  But that's a tale, for another time!

The Great South East feature will  air Sunday 29th July, 5.30pm so tune in to check out a tour in action and spot a familiar face or two. In the meantime, take a sneak peek at some of the beautiful dishes and locations our lucky TV extras got to experience, photos courtesy of Talented local photographer Juliet Cameron at http://www.goldcoasttastingtours.com/ or www.diningtoursgoldcoast.com