WE HAVE BEEN TO AUSTRALIA FAIR
That is a statement in itself. A situation intense enough to drive me to taking my lunch in a corner of the Coffee Club – an experience I have never succumbed to before – other than sitting with Reggie before he died at Coolangatta Coffee Club and doing early morning meetings in Brisbane CBD. But I have never been DRIVEN to eat their food or sit quietly in the designer created corner – but I did today having tried Robina Town Centre first and finding that They had removed the Centre. Which was a shame because I had it in mind to try to hit the golf ball into the middle of the lake but I couldn’t find the lake or the Golf Balls.
So we went on to Australia Fair – Kati B had called en route to Robina to tell us her chiken had had babies. Two babies and Kati B and IMM had built an A Frame for them to live in. What she actually said when she called was – You are a grandmother – news that startled me.
Then on to A.F in Southport. Iz thought we might have been taking the picturesque road into Southport from the M1. HaHa. Picturesque ! Ah well. Southport it was and I wasn’t holding out much hope but I like to take some time and see places. There has to be reason - sound reason for people liking places and it tantalises me when I can’t see the reason. Once before I went to Southport and found a shop which sold tie dyed baby clothes and that endeared me a little. the other times I have been to Southport have involved traumas of various kinds so today was an emotionally neutral research expedition and it was interesting. Not interesting enough to take any fotos – but interesting.
Today’s foto wich was NOT taken today is – from early August 2007 – one year ago. We were then living in Red Hill in Brisbane.
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We had encountered IKEA at LOGAN. We were truly IKEA virgins and haven’t been back for a second encounter. We purchased a bed and a lounge and odds and ends which we assembled as per instructions and set up in the Glassey Gully flat. Note the Tuscan influence in the tiled floors. “Tuscan influence ” was a frequently used expression in the Brisbane real estate rentals sector. WHY ? |
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I think Izzy was recovering by then from his cardiac incident , working at Austlit and playing music in Bilambil on weekends. Now he is NOT. The lounge is on the front porch of the Cottage and we live together due to being PARTNERED. |
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This was the driveway of Glassey Gully. Steep. The street was so steep we struggled to walk out. Struggled to drive out. The driveway was likewise. And it was a block of brick flats. I am not well suited to brick flats despite living for 5 years in Department of Housing in South Coogee. |
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Nevertheless we had some good times down in the Gully and in Paddington and Red Hill. I had never known Brisbane before and I fell in love with it. I stayed in love with Brisbane , so I did. The Jasmine bloomed on the brick walls and the scrub turkeys roamed the streets only a few kilometres from the City Centre. |
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