Concert

19th August – Wednesday

Very hot night – sheet only – and quite a relief to get out of bed.

The morning was spent working on photos and a spot of supermarket shopping. I drove the car for the first time since the wheel rotation and alignment yesterday and immediately noticed the car was very heavy in the steering at slow speeds. Himself did agree it was not just my imagination, rang the tyre company and has to have the car back at their depot by 8.00 am Thursday. Someone is going to have to get up early!!!

Bowls in the afternoon and the weather was still very hot and windy. However, just before we started playing, it rained. Fortunately, the heavy rain only lasted for a couple of ends and we only had a couple more sprinkles during the afternoon. Enough said about bowls, except our Elliott farming neighbours also play bowls.

The evening was spent at a very enjoyable concert by the Queensland Orchestra. No programme available, so it was a bit of a mystery until the announcer gave us the news immediately before the arrival onstage of the conductor. A small piece by Mozart, Beethoven’s “Emperor” and Brahms’ Fourth Symphony were all very well received by the audience who enthusiastically applauded each movement. The advertised soloist was unable to perform and his place was taken by a young pianist named John Fisher, who played the Beethoven. From the reception he received, we gathered he may have been a local.