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| Brisbane south bank with Ferris wheel |
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| original Parliament buidling |
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| Lady Speaker in the chair |
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| Treasury building, now a hotel |
The temperature is rising. It's much hotter here than we've been used
to, in New Caledonia it was 25c, in Brisbane we're in the low
thirties and with he ozone layer depleted it's a burning sun. So
with sunscreen applied and hats on we set off to see the sights of
the city; a tour of the parliament buildings, a visit to the Museum
and wandering along the South Bank brought us back to the dinghy dock
early evening feeling like we'd put in the effort. In the Parliament
house we had a full tour as Government has gone home for summer
recess. We were allowed to sit in the chair of the Speaker of the
House for photos but weren't allowed to sit in the Governors chair in
the upper house – that is reserved for the Queen and the Governor,
plebs are not allowed.
The
museum was both informative and a welcome respite from the heat
outside. Wandering along the South Bank was a double memory jog;
with the modern theatre and it's Ferris wheel it was reminiscent of
London's South Bank and I visited Brisbane Expo on this site when I
was in Australia on a working visa many years ago.
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