UPDATE 18/12/2003: It's all over bar the shouting, folks! Belinda is an articled clerk no more. She graduated with First Class Honours, and was today admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. Photo top left: with Ziggy (Simon) Siganto, a lawyer friend currently working in Dubai who moved her admission.

March 2004: the cap and gown thing: a bit of an anticlimax so long after her admission. Photo top right: Belinda by herself. Bottom left: being presented with her degree by the Vice-Chancellor at Queensland University of Technology. Bottom right: with Jackie, her study partner and fellow lawyer with Allen's.

Family Bulletin Board

January 15 2005: Belinda and Max Strasser announced their engagement to both families after Max  asked Bob's permission for her hand in marriage (isn't that just so sweet?). We had dinner at Norman's Hotel in Buranda to celebrate - the best steaks served in Brisbane, they tell me.

Photo left: the happy couple at the restaurant.

October 1 2005: Belinda Clarke is now officially Mrs Strasser, married today at Pilton Soldiers' Memorial Hall (also the Uniting Church on alternate Sundays). The service was followed by a reception and bush dance complete with live band, also at the hall. Click here to see some photos of the wedding