Glebe Fair

Sunday 18 November

 

 

Claude has been asking me to planned our week end.

So far we went to quite a few fair.

But I think this is it.

It was fun but a bit the same.

 

 

 

We arrived in Glebe just in time for lunch.

We went to a Mexican beer garden.

 

 

 lots of stalls, I bought a dress in one and a top in another.

I was going to buy a hat but the guy was serving

everybody around me but not me. So I left. No hat.

there was 3 stages.

we stopped and listen a few time.

 

 some young men were running jumping over people

 it was a bit scary to watch

and more people down

 when the jumping crowd went

the dancers arrived

 

 We went to have a look around.

We spotted our next lunch destination.

 

Nice day, very hot but windy.

Next week Claude is choosing the outing

 





Newtown Festival

Sunday 11 November

 

My sister Alice birthday

 

 

We went to Newtown for their festival.

 

There was a HUGE market, so many

things to see and buy.

Lot of food stand too.

A huge children area with all different

rides and activities.

And 3 stages with live music.

 

 We saw this Huge car in the street of Newtown

 The festival in

Camperdown memorial rest park.

(yes next to the cemetery)

We sat on the grass eating our lunch

some Turkish stuff, nice.

The music was nice but we got too hot.

so we moved to the next stage under the shade cloth.

this was at the second stage

The kids were very good

It say on the program: Expect the unexpeced

A brilliant line of local acts.

something that I have never seen before

(I don't go out much.)

a little trailer with and ATM machine.

The queue was very long, this is what made

me look what they were queuing for.

 

 

3rd stage

People everywhere you turn to.

Every one was having a good time.

The park was heavily patrol, you were not allowed

alcohol in but they were selling some.

The bags were search at the entrances.

Also there was a ban on the sale of

bottle water, they had "water refill stations".

And for once I did not take a picnic so

I was quite thirsty by the time I found something

to my liking.



Melbourne cup lunch

Tuesday 6 November

 

Eleven of us met at the Manly Bowling club

for a Melbourne cup lunch.

 

My first Melbourne cup lunch since I retired.

 

 

My friends use to go every years.

I use to be very envious as I had to stay back

to look after the children whose mothers

were enjoying themselves

 

 our table

pre-dinner drinks

L-R Rhian, Todd her husband, Ian, Martha and her husband.

We did not know that we will be having a glass of

champagne with a strawberry before lunch was serve.

 Jenny and Anne

Tricia, I love her hat

 

 

me and the chef

 

 cold chicken, ham and pasta salad,( I did not have any)

 rib, I had one and cold beef, did not have any

 

and tomato, I did not have any my plate was full

 roasted vegetables

 potato salad

 the green salad was left intact.

they should have put it at the beginning.

I usually put the salad on my plate and the meat on top

 

there was also a curried prawn

and rice (not photograph, you know what it look like)

enjoying my rib

you bet Claude did not see this photo that Martha took.

she just e mail it to me.

 Tricia and Martha

 

 in the spirit

 

 

Tricia pretty hat.

 

Martha and Camille had big black hats

 

 that remind me, I was wearing this pretty clip

of 3 frangipinis on the left side

Claude took this photo today but I had my hair cut

this afternoon so it look a bit different.