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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Fawlty Towers Dining Experience
The family had kindly given me tickets for this and booked for last night at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel in Sydney, Uber transport as well! It took place in the really attractive upstairs 'Cello Room" about 112 people sat in mostly tables of 8 while Basil, Sybil and
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Taronga Park Zoo
The drive there along the M8 and WestConnex roads was horrendous, with all the twists, turns and lane changes. A couple of years ago son Michael oversaw a major reconstruction of the zoo. He moved on to Newcastle before it was completely finished and this was the first time he’
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kayaking , garden and Boree
Recent activities include ducklings in the Camellia Gardens near here, a Probus paddle to SW Arm then Saddle Gully Creek all at high tide, a pic of front garden then the raft built by the scouts on the spot in a race at the Annual Boree Regatta Weather not good
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Overseas
We leave this Thursday early evening, returning Aug 17th early morning. Watch this space. I'll be testing it out from a Viking Ship! Bob
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Vivid 2024
We went by train with Matt and Steph again and ate sushi at the end of Circular key wharf where the main Vivid sign is. I've kept the picture size small to include more to show the changing scenes on each building we looked at. After an hour
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French Market 2024 May 19
A beautiful day, fortunately sandwiched between two poor ones. It always takes place and is organised by the primary school on their large grounds. The school has been bilingual for 3 to 4 years now and is growing well. A very high attendance again (in the thousands) and food stalls
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Ramses II
Yesterday Mary and myself went to the Egyptian Ramses II exhibition at the Australian museum in Sydney.It was also our wedding anniversary so we had lunch afterwards in the Queen Victoria Building (QVB) nearby. It was very well executed without resorting to overwhelming information--a common exhibition fault. The
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Recent activities
Jacqui asked for a day kayaking in the school holidays, so we wen t to Reid's Flat at Audley on the Hacking river and paddled to 'Muddy Creek' which ends in a small rapid and waterfall inside the Royal National Park. It was a perfect day
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Frank Mitchell
Frank was a good mate through scouting. He initiated and oversaw the construction of the scout hall. His sons were all scouts there and recently several of his granddaughters. He was a happy, optimistic, generous man with a great sense of humour, very respectful and polite and always encouraging. Every
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Lunch with Marie
Last Sunday lunch time we were invited to the apartment of a French friend, Marie . Marie is from Paris and is an excellent cook, so we had a very French meal including caviar, salad, meat, cheese and desert plus appropriate wines, all in the 'correct' order. This all
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Choral concert
Mary's choir performed Handel's Messiah at the new Pavillion Concert Hall in Sutherland to an almost sell-out audience. It was very successful--everyone came back after the interval! Here's a pic of her 'in full flight' in her section of the