Sunday 18. 05. 14 Busy last day here. After breakfast did a 2-1/2 hour walking tour and then revisited State library to see Ned Kelly exhibit and then on to the Potter gallery to see another Piranesi show. After hot pie lunch went to an excellent indigenous show at the Museum of Melbourne. Took free streetcar back to hotel.
Saturday 17. 05 .14 Had breakfast again at the market and then took a cruise down the Yarra river into the harbour. In the afternoon went to the Immigration museum – again an excellent exhibition.
Friday 16. 05. 14.Started to explore Melbourne today. Went to Queen Victoria market for breakfast, saw a Piranessi show at the State Library, the Aboriginal galleries at NGV and some installations at the ACCA. Was struck by the similarity of the mark making of Piranessi and the aboriginal bark paintings.
Thursday 15. 05. 14. Went to another Biennale site yesterday – Cockatoo
Island. An old convict prison and shipyard. The site was more interesting than the installations! Also did the superb Barracks Museum showing early convict life in the colony.
Tuesday 15. 05. 14 Today went to Museum of Contemporary Australian Art and the NSW Art Gallery. Both excellent. Also stumbled across the Australian Biennale which was really good too.
Monday 12. 05. 14 arrived here yesterday at 7.30 in the morning after 14 hour flight from LA. View of harbour from hotel.
Monday 05. 05. 14 Here are all the usual suspects celebrating Carole’s 70th last Saturday. Her actual birthday is Wednesday.
Monday 05. 05. 14 Went to organ recital with Daisy on friday celebrating the 100th birthday of the church organ. Afterwards we enjoyed the cake. Yesterday went with Poppy to the Cabbagetown Forsythia Festival where she was in the parade.
Sunday 04. 05. 14 A bright sunny day here today altho a bit cool. Yesterday we celebrated Carole’s 70th birthday chez Jason with an English Tea Party in the afternoon. Dot’s 70th was also celebrated in Plaissan yesterday too and I can now finally show the painting of the Pont du Gard that John commissioned from me
Monday 28. 04. 14 Had lunch today at Les Platanes here in Clermont. The hors d’oeuvre was a poached egg on a bed of mashed peas – very tasty!
