21st August – Friday
A really exciting morning – cleaned out the frig and freezer and mended the tape on the curtain along the front window.
Today is the first day of the Cairns Festival so we decided to check out the Cairns Indigenous Art Festival at The Tanks. Arts from indigenous communities on Cape York, plus local indigenous artists, were displaying their work – mainly paintings, with some weaving and basket weaving. Like all art exhibitions, there were some works we considered very good and some didn’t really appeal. One artist, in particular, had some exquisitely executed (to us!) paintings on display. Unfortunately, all work was well outside our prize range.
The young collector featured on last week’s “Collectors” was also present with some of his collection and we were fortunate enough to hear him talking to a school group.
We were also lucky enough to be outside when some Aboriginal dancers from a couple of different clans, performed some traditional dancing. Evidently, the different styles of body painting depict the dancers’ clans.
We also took the opportunity, seeing as we were in the area, to have a wander through the Botanic Gardens. There isn’t a great deal of flower colour at the moment, some gingers and helaconias, plus a few orchids and an lovely jade vine adorning the public toilets, but the lushness of the foliage plants was wonderful. It was a welcome relief from the 29 degree heat to wander in the shade through the rainforest plants. I have come to the conclusion that I am definitely allergic to something in the Gardens, as hives immediately appeared on both legs and arms! Scratch, scratch!!!
Don’t understand what is happening with the blog – the last two entries had disappeared, so I have reposted them.
A really exciting morning – cleaned out the frig and freezer and mended the tape on the curtain along the front window.
Today is the first day of the Cairns Festival so we decided to check out the Cairns Indigenous Art Festival at The Tanks. Arts from indigenous communities on Cape York, plus local indigenous artists, were displaying their work – mainly paintings, with some weaving and basket weaving. Like all art exhibitions, there were some works we considered very good and some didn’t really appeal. One artist, in particular, had some exquisitely executed (to us!) paintings on display. Unfortunately, all work was well outside our prize range.
The young collector featured on last week’s “Collectors” was also present with some of his collection and we were fortunate enough to hear him talking to a school group.
We were also lucky enough to be outside when some Aboriginal dancers from a couple of different clans, performed some traditional dancing. Evidently, the different styles of body painting depict the dancers’ clans.
We also took the opportunity, seeing as we were in the area, to have a wander through the Botanic Gardens. There isn’t a great deal of flower colour at the moment, some gingers and helaconias, plus a few orchids and an lovely jade vine adorning the public toilets, but the lushness of the foliage plants was wonderful. It was a welcome relief from the 29 degree heat to wander in the shade through the rainforest plants. I have come to the conclusion that I am definitely allergic to something in the Gardens, as hives immediately appeared on both legs and arms! Scratch, scratch!!!
Don’t understand what is happening with the blog – the last two entries had disappeared, so I have reposted them.
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Where's The Cat? If it was here it would be hibernating as it is snowing again.
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