Monday 17th November
So what is this,
seen from Pete’s deck, with a bit of help from my zoom lens? A submarine??
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| ZOOM! |
The Derwent is
full of mysterious objects…
And Tasmania is
heaving with Chinese dignitaries – hundreds of them! Overflow from the G20 meeting in
Brisbane. President Xi Jinping will be
in Hobart for a few hours – maybe this submarine-ish object is part of the
massive security?
It is actually all
GO in Tasmania. There are feature films
and TV programs being made, huge foodie extravaganzas at MONA, masses of VIP
guests flying in and out. All quite
breathtaking…
Just as an
example, here is a photo Pete Harmsen took at the huge MONA event on Friday
night…
The snake table
next to Sydney Nolan’s Snake mural.
Sensational!
On Saturday Pete
and I went to see the Christmas pageant in the city centre. Well it is the sort of thing we would
DEFINITELY do in any other city where we are visiting as tourists…so why not
the Hobart parade?
It was all improved
by the fact that we found some children to be with…
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| Felix |
Felix waved his
flag appreciatively for each and every float.
We were astonished
to see that the biggest contingent by far, in between the fairy shop, the girl
guides, the Catholic schools, the pipe bands, was – the Buddhists! Of course!
They had two dragons and many enthusiastic marchers and fan-clappers.
On a much smaller,
quieter note…in Leo’s class the other day I noticed that the teacher has quite
a tongue-twister to contend with…. Five of the students have names beginning
with L:
Leo, Leo, Layla, Leya, Lola!
Aint life grand?
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