Jessica to be married to Fred

Louisa and I were driving back from addressing the Waste Management Association/Compost Australia in Canberra last week when Jessica called us from the business class section of a Qantas jet about to take off for Paris to tell us Fred Schebesta (her boyfriend) proposed to her and she accepted! Fred was taking her to Paris for her birthday.

Fred is ceo of Freestyle Media, 26 years old (J. is 31), has just sold his first business. He is an Internet guru and Young Direct Marketer of the Year. (I was a judge.) We have known him for 4 years.They met at a young entrepreneurs networking function that Jess ran. Fred shared office space with Louisa and I for several years. Fred became a family friend and a mate of mine long before Jess decided he was the one.
It stunned us when she announced that they were 'going out together', then they moved in together... It has all happened fast. Jess just bought out her partner in her training business.

(Jessica when she appeared in BRW Magazine last year)







(Fred clearing the vegetation from the cemetery in 2005. He has been a frequent guest at "Uamby".)