Meeting, Companion Tour and Gala Dinner

I was actually off earlier on the Companion Tour before Kelly’s meetings started. Bus picked us up at 8:00 to go to the Blue Mountains. Our first stop was at Featherdale Wildlife Park in Sydney, a spot similar to the farm Kelly and I visited on our Saturday trip. So lots of kangaroos, koalas, birds, and other animals to observe. Then back on the bus to the Blue Mountains. Today’s trip was different from two days ago where we looked across and down into the mountains. We took a cable car across the deep gorge and then got on the world’s steepest funicular to go down deep into the mountains. A short walk deep down and then another cable car back up. A beautiful lunch at an old hotel and then a 2 hour bus ride back to Sydney.
Upon returning to the hotel I immediately crawled under the covers and slept. These long days have me feeling like a cold is coming on.
Tonight was the Praxity Gala Dinner. We were treated to a lovely meal on the Starship Sydney as we cruised through Sydney Harbour.
In Australia they acknowledge the Aboriginal people at the start of all events as the Aboriginals are the original caretakers of the land, and they pay respect to the past, present and future elders.
An Aboriginal elder opened our meeting and he was lead in by a member playing a didgeridoo. The member then played the instrument for 15 minutes. He was excellent.Baca lagi