It was great to finally meet @JoelOleson again and I really appreciate he making the effort to fly to Perth to present at the SharePoint User Group.

It was really surreal actually, much like meeting the Brisbane crew a few weeks ago. You speak to these guys on Twitter, read their blogs, add them as a friend on Facebook and yet you still are not sure what to expect when you meet them in person! It’s another joy of being part of such a great community and I look forward to meeting more of the community in coming years!

After the event, myself @PaulCulmsee and @MoSSums took Joel to Fremantle to sample the food at Little Creatures and then onto the Fremantle markets (below).

Then, on the way back to the city we took him to Cottesloe beach. Not the warmest place to be in our winter here in Western Australia, but it didn’t seem to matter to Joel in his SharePoint Best Practices polo shirt whilst the rest of us Aussies froze to death wrapped up in our winter gear! Something to do with coming from Idaho apparently ;-) Not quite sure what he found down there…but he seemed pretty excited by it all and dipping his hands in the freezing cold Indian Ocean!

I didn’t have the time to write an IBIS map to get round this “Wicked Problem” of @PaulCulmsee’s radically untidy car, but figured I’d post the photo anyway just for laughs ;-)