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WWI cars at Cronulla
Last Sunday there was the annual car and motorbike display in the mall at Cronulla. The motorbike, unbelievably, a Harley!
Spectacles
Bushwalking
Visit to the ABC studios-Ultimo
The Sydney Bush walking Club organised a city walk, including a visit here. We were shown around by a volunteer and saw the make-up and wig room, special effects room, live studios with Wendy Harmer on air and a separate one with Richard Vidler. There was a studio where
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Shire Band Halloween night
Not a fan of Halloween, but the Shire band practice tonight required a 'dress up' so I went as the more innocuous Gandalf! After the break we played games instead of music . I won the 'knock the bottles over with a ball tied to your head with
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Town Hall concert
Last night we attended a singing concert at Sydney Town Hall--an annual event which combines adult and children school choirs from around the State. Mary normally participates but had been around for enough rehearsals this year. The organ in the hall is a magnificent beast and was, at the
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Newtown Street Art
While Mary was 'scanned' today, at RPA hospital, I walked down the high street with my camera-'phone. For those that don't know this inner city suburb, it's a rich mix of cultures , aboriginality, students, art shops, period architecture and cafés.
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Anniversary
An unwelcome 10 year anniversary of the Cronulla Riots, unfortunately well advertised by the press, attracted a potential far right demonstration group. A court order banned them, but a rival anti-racism march took place, with baclava clad protesters looking surprisingly menacing, carrying banners stating that only dead racists are
Music
Band Performance
Recently our 'New Horizons' band performed at John Paul Village. It was a very enjoyable occasion for us and we think the audience liked it too!
Music
Fundraising BBQ for the Band
Each year the band does the BBQ for a big bike rally at Loftus. I was on 'eggs' and worked solidly for nearly two hours, slaving over a hot BBQ in my new 'Bear Grills' apron.
Family
Vivid Sydney 2015
Just before leaving, daughter Caryl and I visited the Vivid light show in Sydney. It was varied and spectacular, especially the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Waste recycling and les Miserables!
In the morning, Roger and I had booked space on a recycling tour in the Shire. An amazing hole, 200 metres long and 20 metres deep, will contain all the landfill for the next 7 years. Previous landfill operations have been bored and fitted with extraction tubes to yield methane
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Meeting with Mark Scott -CEO the ABC
Yesterday I met Mark Scott at a talk he gave . His insights into the National Broadcaster were very ernlightening. Mark has a background in teaching, political research, a degree in public admin from Harvard, was a senior editor at the Sydney Morning Herlad from where he moved to the ABC
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Boral cement truck
Living near an industrial estate, there's always the risk--and today a Boral truck loaded with 20 tonnes of wet cement, rolled at a corner, squashing two parked cars flat, while their owners sipped coffee in Percy's Café! No injuries. It took two rescue trucks about