Fifa World Cup

If you are a soccer fan, make sure you head down to the Fifa Fan Fest at Darling Harbour some time this world cup! Matches will be broadcast live on giant screens in Cockle Bay and Tumbalong Park, including a floating screen and stage. It is a great atmosphere and always a lot more fun to watch a game when you have others to cheer along with. Even if soccer is not your thing, there is a huge entertainment programme including live music by some recent Australian Idol contestants Wes Carr and Hayley Warner! There is also interactive sports and family fun activities, plus Street Soccer during the day, and heaps of different food on offer. Best of all, its free!!

Even though the Socceroo's didn't make semi finals Unilodge are still celebrating with all our colourful decorations and staff photos.
Don't forget our common room area where you can watch all the action live on our huge television screen, if you miss a game they are shown the following day and if you would like to know the time future matches are on, come and see our friendly reception team who are more than happy to help out!

Jims Joke Corner

Curly is appearing for his University final examination which consists of Y/N type questions. He takes his seat in the examination hall, stares at the question paper for five minutes, and then in a fit of inspiration takes his wallet out, removes a coin and starts tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet - Y for Heads and N for Tails. Within half an hour he is all done whereas the rest of the class is sweating it out. During the last few minutes, he is seen desperatley throwing the coin, swearing and sweating. The invigilator, alarmed, approaches him and asks what is going on. "Oh, I finished the exam in half an hour." he says, "Now I am rechecking my answers."

Angies Zodiac

All about Cancer

Cancer Key Planet: Moon
Fourth House: Home and Family
Cancer Element: Water
Cancer Strength:
The ability to nurture others is your biggest strength.
Cancer Weakness:
Fear of the bygone days coming back to the future weakens you the most.

It's time you were ruthlessly true to yourself and your real desires. Stop making compromises when it comes to complex work or relationship matters! Some problem seems terribly complex, but it's actually pretty simple. It may not have an easy solution, but if you take the hard path, you should feel a lot better very quickly. Resolve to just hang in there.

A warm hello!

Hello Everyone!
If you have seen my face wandering around the place and aren't sure who I am I would like to introduce myself...

My name is Rebecca, and I have taken up the Customer Service Manager role from Quinten who had his last day on the 23rd of June.
I would like to take the oppourtunity to invite you to come down to reception and meet me, and hope that I can provide you with any assistance you need during your stay here.

Just a few quick things about me...

I have just returned from living in the UK, with my partner who is English, so don't be surprised when you meet me that my accent isn't the usual Aussie accent, as it's hard to keep one over there!
You will also see my partner wandering around as well, so feel free to ask him for a game of pool as I am not much competiton for him!

I love pasta dishes, so any sort of Italian food will make my day!
So any recipes you may have please feel free to drop them into me at the desk or email me: csm.unsw@unilodge.com.au, and I'll be happy to swap some with you!

Until next time, take care and hopefully we can all meet soon!

THE FOOD WASTE CHALLENGE!

Do you worry about the amount of food wasted at home and want to know how you can reduce it? Register for the Food Waste Challenge to discover simple changes you can make at home to reduce wasted food.

There are four community workshops looking at the economic and environmental problems of food waste. Topics include food planning, preparation, storage and where food comes from. Workshops are free and available for residents of the City of Sydney LGA.

Thursday 1 July
Shopping, portion sizes and meal planning

Monday 26 July
Food storage and preparation

Monday 6 September
Where does our food come from?
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Surry Hills Library and Community Centre
For further information or to book visit www.nccnsw.org.au/food or call 9279 2466.

Pool Table

Please Remember that whilst you are playing pool that NO DRINKS are left on or near the table as spillage causes alot of damage.
These damage costs will be charged your account, and the table will be out of action until it can be repaired....
So please take a moment of care and think before you put your can of coke down!

Alcohol

It has come to the attention of Unilodge staff that some of you are bringing alcohol into your apartments.
You are all aware that this is a prohibited item and that if you are found to have alcohol in your room, or shared areas a fine of $100.00 will be added to you accounts. This fee is non negotiable.

CSP July Events

Most of you might have been busy, studying hard for the exam. We hope you can take some time off and come down to have a feast on Yummy Thursday and Saturday BBQ (See our monthly calendar at the lobby for dates and time) Apart from these, we have a special school holiday event this winter,we are taking you out to see Toy Story 3 in 3D at IMAX Darling Harbour, the world's biggest IMAX screen!!! It should be a great way to relax and wind down after exams, so anyone interested to join us, please register at Reception as there are limited seats available. Hope you enjoy your holiday!!

Seven Seas

Winter Fire Alarm Reminders

And lastly a Winter Fire Alarm Reminder:

As you all know it is starting to get colder with each day and the thought of a nice steaming hot shower to warm ourselves up sounds like a great idea doesn't it?
BUT... did you know that steam from you nice hot shower can cause the fire alarms to go off?
The fire brigade are more than happy to charge you for their time, and the fee is $555.00!
Not a nice thought is it? So please take a small precaution when you are in bathroom, if you notice alot of steam, slowly open your bathroom door, if you open it quickly all that steam goes straight to the fire alarm.

More fire precautions...
When cooking we ask you to take care also, please open your rangehood and open your balcony door, these small and easy steps will help to ensure the fire alarm does not go off, as again you will be charged from the fire brigade.
And dont forget to keep watch of your food, as something can boil over or burn and both can ruin your lovely meal, and cause the fire brigade to come out.
($555.00 is ALOT of money to pay for such a small mistake but Unilodge are unable to lessen this fine as it has been set from NSW Fire brigade) If you are unsure about any of these details please come and see us at reception