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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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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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We visited Jacqui and family for this . I managed 2 pics from the tv of midnight fireworks and one shows a new spectacular colour arrangement they can achieve, the next the Harbour Bridge coming alight
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"Visitors warned that some works may be confronting" So read the sign at entry to a display of "Subconciousness in an exhibition of 'women, feminism and surrealism artworks' I left out the most 'challenging' ones out of respect for your sensibilities! It was
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Because we stayed at nearby Cockcatoo Island, we had time to see a lot more and in a relaxed way. The Botanic gardens were good. Historic Cadman Cottage has a quirky comic strip, as it did last year. The evening ended with a massed drone dsiplay over the water, with
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Today we attended a Sutherland Music Club peformance as part of Heritage Week. It was a great performance and clearly enjoyed by the performers as well as audience. A memorable moment occured when Louis walked up the while singing and as he turned at our rear line of seats, in
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A gallery run by the local council, a few minutes drive away, featured work by year 12 students for examinations this year . I've mostly selected local public high school students . We visited at suggestion of our daughter Caryl and husband Will (designer of this blog software) who live
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A pic of our garden roses again--such a wonderful bloom and several altogether. Our band went about 160Kms south to Goulburn for a performance at the Conservatorium there for two days. Goulburn is old in Australian terms and has several fine buildings including the original Town Hall shown here
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The bilingual primary French school, which Mary and myself had a hand in initiating , is going well after three years and held a 'French Fest' last night . It included French bands and singers ( a bit loud!) and had a small market selling food (of course!) and drinks as
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The community college art class that daughter Caryl attends, holds an annual exhibition at a local school. It is always well attended and there are excellent snacks! Caryl had three pictures on display-including the forest scene below (including inevitable reflection of fluoro lights!) and a sea shell work by
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Not my style to go to a wine bar but for our French friends, 'Nouveau Beaujolais' day, November 16th, must not be missed. About 30 of us went to bar in Cronulla where they had invited a genuine French Sommelier to speak about the wines we were tasting.
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Returning after two Covid afflicted years, the walk from Bondi to Tamarama Beaches offers a thoughtful exploration of concepts and reflections on society as well as the social consequences of Covid. Also some very clever use of materials-metals, plastic, wood.... It's a Friday buty this exhibition ends