Hello All,
Bill had a day off (two actually) so yesterday (Sunday, 11/2 - they write the date "backwards" here) we drove to Launceston ("lawn'-seston")for a festival. It seems like may towns have festivals on weekends this time of year. Launceston is about 90km away from Latrobe and has a population of over 100,000. There are lots of beautiful old buildings built on a hill overlooking the town and the confluence of the Esk and Tamar rivers. The town is the home of the best Tasmanian beer brewery - Boag's.
As soon as we entered the festival, in a picturesque park in the middle of down town, we heard Neil Diamond singing and saw macaques(little primates with pink faces-- in a zoo type setting). Well, OK, it wasn't really Neil, but a guy that looked and sounded just like him, but the macaques were real. (This guy's claim to fame was he had a hit song in 1968 that bumped the Beatles out of a number one spot for 6 weeks). He must have sung every song Neil ever wrote and made 3 wardrobe changes. Maybe some of you Diamond fans know, did he make lots of wardrobe changes? Jen Hansen, did he?
Bill had a day off (two actually) so yesterday (Sunday, 11/2 - they write the date "backwards" here) we drove to Launceston ("lawn'-seston")for a festival. It seems like may towns have festivals on weekends this time of year. Launceston is about 90km away from Latrobe and has a population of over 100,000. There are lots of beautiful old buildings built on a hill overlooking the town and the confluence of the Esk and Tamar rivers. The town is the home of the best Tasmanian beer brewery - Boag's.
As soon as we entered the festival, in a picturesque park in the middle of down town, we heard Neil Diamond singing and saw macaques(little primates with pink faces-- in a zoo type setting). Well, OK, it wasn't really Neil, but a guy that looked and sounded just like him, but the macaques were real. (This guy's claim to fame was he had a hit song in 1968 that bumped the Beatles out of a number one spot for 6 weeks). He must have sung every song Neil ever wrote and made 3 wardrobe changes. Maybe some of you Diamond fans know, did he make lots of wardrobe changes? Jen Hansen, did he?
In the spirit of Festivale, we sampled some of the food offerings and consumed a bottle of locally produced pinot gris. Interestingly, the Festivale had many wine booths as well as food booths, with wine to be purchased by the glass or by the bottle, to be consumed wherever, i.e. no beer garden. Imagine that at Pig Out in the Park. We got to try some locally produced organic cheeses and had a meal with Tasmanian smoked salmon. Ellary, our family's vegetarian, doesn't seem to like Tasmanian smoked salmon, salmon being the last dead animal food she would eat.
The girls were later enthralled by women and girls of varying ages(and one boy who danced solo) doing some amazing Irish dancing. Risa of course did her best to mimic their moves.
The girls were later enthralled by women and girls of varying ages(and one boy who danced solo) doing some amazing Irish dancing. Risa of course did her best to mimic their moves.
We also got our first primer on cricket in a pub while having coffee. The bartender tried to tell us the rules of the game and for the first 90 seconds he had me(Nikki) and then he started saying something about 20's and 50's and he lost me. He didn't saying anything about a sticky wicket, which is what interests me.
Lots of fun.
I'll try to post pics with this.
Thanks for checking us out.
Love,
Bill, Nikki, Ellary, and Risa (BNER)
Lots of fun.
I'll try to post pics with this.
Thanks for checking us out.
Love,
Bill, Nikki, Ellary, and Risa (BNER)
1 comment:
Hi Guys- FYI- Neil Diamond didn't do many wardrobe changes while in Spokane. In his early days his glitz rivaled Liberace. Grrrrrrr! We are glad you are having fun. We miss you!
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