Tuesday, May 20, 2014

20th May



Brisbane. 25C. pleasantly warm. We had docked before we woke but as we only intended to catch the shuttle bus into town we were in no hurry to get going. About 10am we took the shuttle at a cost of $8 each way. $8 is the standard charge irrespective of the distance and they would not be making money out of this trip because it took over half an hour to travel in. Apparently a ship which has Brisbane as its home port was at the normal terminal and we were out at the grain terminal not that it worried us.
We had a little list of things we wanted to buy which we had left till now to avoid carrying them from home. After we had got all of them we headed back to the ship for a late lunch. Not much doing in the afternoon except to put up all our photos which we bought with us to remind us of home now that we had sufficient small magnets from the Reject shop. (photo enclosed). We left Kenny in charge of the cabin while we were away but we think he slept all the time. ( I must be getting senile talking about a stuffed toy like this)
Entertainment tonight in the Princess Theatre was Patrick Roberts billed as Australia’s Andrew Rieu. Actually if you went there expecting him to be like Andrew you would have been disappointed however he was a very good showman and he certainly can play the violin. The theatre was packed and we had to sit in the front row, not a good position with all the lighting effects he used.

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