On Sunday, my hosts and I went to an evening performance of a musical comedy set in a certain school for wizards, but featuring the lesser students (as all those famous names are copyrighted!)
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On Sunday, my hosts and I went to an evening performance of a musical comedy set in a certain school for wizards, but featuring the lesser students (as all those famous names are copyrighted!)
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Monday was a nice quiet day with a trip to see a movie and then to meet up with my nephew and his wife for dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant.
I gave the phone a rest!
We had originally planned to go for a hike in a rainforest reserve on Mt Glorious, but it turned out to be closed for track maintenance. So we had a nice lunch in the local cafe. The road up to MtRead more
On my final day, we went to the "new" botanical gardens, which are on the slopes of Mt Coot-Tha. After walking around through the many acres of plantings arranged by geographic regions of the world,Read more
Traveler Num! Num! Iced coffee as it should be--poured over ice cream and with freshly whipped cream on top. The friends I was staying with joined us for lunch, as well. That's Pete's fair dinkum Aussie Akubra hat behind the baseball cap my great-nephew gave me!
Traveler From the cafe, we walked back to catch the Bulimba ferry into the city. On the way, we passed the local cricket ground, which is edged by pandanus trees. The aerial roots have been protected with PVC tubing, which the community has then decorated.
Traveler Just one of the many pubs we walked by on our city stroll. They have large windows that open into the street.