I've made it to the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) for TechEd 2007. Just back from the opening party where I caught up with a bunch of people.

My initial thoughts:

• A great start to the event
• The Technology Showcase is by far the best booth (I spent half the night there)
• Having the Technology Showcase at the same location as the bull riding was unfortunate (because the bloke MCing the bull riding was way too loud :-( )
• There was stacks of high quality food
• I met a heap of new people (by wandering up to tables and sitting with complete strangers and even jumping into taxis with other delegates -they've all been friendly :-)

[The full album of photos (in proper size) is available from my TechEd 2007 Web Album]

But, in summary, here's the view from my hotel window:

Here's the bloke who made it all happen this year (Andrew is on the right)

And here's a shot of some bloke about to fall off a mechanical bull

More to come...