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The festive season was in full swing in the Brisbane office with social events, new starters, and a Christmas appeal.

The Brisbane team enjoyed their annual Melbourne Cup long luncheon at The Port Office Hotel which has become a tried and tested venue to host. Unfortunately, unlike last year no one took out best dressed prizes but that doesn’t mean we weren’t all serving great looks!

The Brisbane team celebrated the end of year visiting Hijinx Hotel. Hijinx Hotel is a venue which is made up of multiple challenge rooms designed for teams to work together and score points. 

To create team rivalry beforehand, we also tasked teams to come up with their team name and outfits. 

The Candy Cane Crushers did in fact crush their competition and scored big points on the day. They also had ultimate bragging rights and were rewarded with movie tickets as their prize.

Honourable mention to The De-Light-Fuls who were unofficially awarded with best dressed team. Their shirts were literally lit up with lights that synched to music!

After the team activities we then had a delicious Italian feast at Casa Cibo.

Annually we hold a shared Christmas BBQ with the other companies in our building. It has become a great way to get to know each other and makes us feel like one big team. Besides the epic BBQ feast we also play festive games and ‘Bad Santa’.

A big thank you to James and Brendan who were our festive chefs.

Our Christmas Nutcracker advent calendar was back in full swing this year. Staff were allocated a day of the month in December and when your day arrives you get a riddle which leads to a fun gift hidden around the office. A lot of planning goes into it with the gifts hidden around the office every day but it is definitely a fun way to finish off the year. Thank you to Melissa who did a great job organising this for the month of December!

Each year, a very important community give back program for us is participating in the Queensland Community Trust Annual Christmas gift appeal.  Gifts are targeted for children and women and distributed through Queensland Community Trust to the Lady Musgrave Foundation and Queensland Women’s Legal Service. We know from previous years how much these gifts are appreciated.

In the December quarter we welcomed three new staff to the team.

Graduate Accountant – Hannah Bridge recently graduated from Ulster University and worked at Toast Accountants as a Graduate Accountant. After leaving Ireland, Hannah spent four weeks travelling overseas before settling in Brisbane. In her spare time, Hannah likes to go to the gym, pilates and going for coffee (and an almond croissant!). 

Accountant – Vijeta Arora joins us after recently relocating here with her family from Darwin. Vijeta had previously been working as a tax accountant in Darwin for six years. Vijeta joins us after taking a break from work to grow her family.

In Vijeta’s spare time you will find her travelling and exploring Brisbane and spending quality time with her husband and two lovely children. 

Graduate Accountant – Anjana Poudel completed her Master of Professional Accounting at Charles Sturt University in August 2023. Prior to joining Accru Rawsons, she worked at a Brisbane café as a team leader and had previously been a bank credit officer in Nepal where she looked into client appraisal and financial documents to assist with client credit limits. 

In Anjana’s spare time she loves to travel with great company and visit new places. When she is not adventuring, Anjana loves to cook, read books, and catch up with family and friends back home.