Saturday, June 1, 2019

Welcome to Winter

An interesting speaker:
Terrible photo, but this was my view of the Honourable Barry Jones at an interesting and entertaining event this afternoon. Barry spoke on Australia's Prime Ministers. Australia has had 30, Barry has met or known 20 of them. (The current PM is not among the 20.)

After the talk, and afternoon tea, we had a guided tour of the avenue of Prime Ministers in the Botanic Gardens.

Tribute to the recently departed:
Notice the beer amongst the flowers.

Swans enjoying the lush grass:

Our last stop was a tour of the Gatekeepers Cottage, recently moved and renovated as an education centre. I loved this cute bookshelf in the cottage:

6 comments:

Jeanette said...

Barry Jones, what a legend. A great mind and would be interesting to hear on any subject.
Love the tree bookshelf too, have you put in an order for something similar?

Marie Králová said...

It was definitely an interesting lecture. I also like the shelf-tree. Marie

jacaranda said...

Barry Jones has and will always be an interesting man. He has contributed wisdom and intellect to our society.

Pamela said...

How interesting! A lecture, a tour, and afternoon tea.

Needled Mom said...

It sounds like an interesting day. I loved seeing the Black swans.

Sue SA said...

Would have been a fascinating talk, such an interesting chap!