"VIVID LIGHT" show around Sydney Harbour

What an amazing night Dave and I had, as you can see by the photos how Sydney City was changed with an absolutely great light show called "VIVID".  The show is done by a German company.  After me frantically getting as many photos as I can the battery went flat we decided to have dinner under what we call the "Toaster",(units) it was a fish resturant, I had spagetti with spanner crab, done with white wine and herbs, Dave has a seafood pie, then dessert persian date brulee, very yummy, sitting on the edge of the harbour.  Photos below are just a small amount of the ones I took, happy snappy.

Above the Opera House like you have never seen it before, Brilliant

Beautiful Harbour Bridge

(Below)

Custom House Circular Quay

(Below) The Museum of Comtemporary Arts

AMP Building, the first high rise office building in city Sydney.

The above is an interactive piece so people can have a go at doing their own work, looks impressive.
(Below the extras around the Harbour)

This display was a really original one, peoples' voices would come out of it and then the flaps would open and close, one was a child screaming and all the flaps would open.

After dinner we then made our way home on the Manly Ferry and bus, which was waiting for us when we got off the Ferry.

Bye for now

Dizee!!

 

"SORRY DAY" in Narrabeen

Dave and I decided to go the celebrate SORRY DAY at Billarong Reserve Narrabeen, it is something we have done the last couple of years. We have make some lovely Aborigine friends.

Lois & Nancy really friendly women. 

( Sorry for the blurring from my cheap mobile).

Bob Waterer can trace his heritage back to Sarah (Biddy) Wallace a member of the Broken Bay clan led by Bungaree.  This is a book he has written about his ancestory.

Bob's great grandmother Catherine Bens (1838-1920) who was Aborgine was know to the locals as Queen of Scotland Island.

Susan is from Ireland but fully supports the Aborigines Sorry Day

People were encouraged to have their hand prints put on the table cloth.

I think this poster says it all!!

Enjoyable afternoon by all.

Bye for now

Dizee!!

Ladies' Day Fundraising at the Local School

The School where my Daughters two boys (our grandsons) go decided to have womens' stalls for fundraising.  Elise and others had a flower stall, there was a High Tea stall, Jewelery stall, Clothes stall, in which I purchased a lovely blue jumper, of course blue is my favourite colour, Tupperware Stall and many others.   Just a couple of photos to show you.

Elise and Louise at the "Flower Stall"

"The High Tea Stall"

My Lovely Jumper looks great on.

I haven't heard how much money they made but I'm sure they did very well.



Bye for now

Dizee!!



Volunteers' Night Awards

My Husband and I went to the volunteers night in our area, it is one of the nights I love to go to.  I take my hat off to these people who give up their spare time to help others. There was an extra award this year for the longest serving volunteers fifteen years and over, quite a group.  One in the group was a sports teacher at the local High School I went to.  She asked me my name and I told her and she couldn't believe it, she remembered me and my twin sister. Sad to say I only remember the other sports teacher who we had Coralie Allsop.

The teacher was a Miss Sunny Lee, but she is now Mrs Sunny Bidner

The wonderful volunteers Sunny on end of front row.

Doug and Sandy Menzies are a remarkable couple, they are Surf Lifesaving volunteers and they also help the disable to surf.

Three Cheers for the Volunteers

Bye for now

Dizee!!

BLUE MOUNTAINS

Busy Busy, now a trip to the Blue Mountains, a friend of ours asked if we would go up there with her for the day as she hasn't been there for over 20 years, and of course we said yes, even though we have been lots and lots of times.  While driving to Katoomba we decided to stop for a coffee, next door was a Mens' Shed, they recommended us to go to "Wentworth Falls" so off we went but we decided to detour to the "Norman Lindsay Gallery".  I am so glad we did, every time we were going to go it was closed, not this time.  You will see by the photos below what lovely it place is, all the statues at the Gallery we done by him.  What an amazing Artist.

This statue has a shower head for the fountain, must have into recycling.

Norman Lindsay's art studio, left the excactly the same when he died.

Beautiful Autumn Trees

Left to right:  Bill Kelty, David, Diana & friend Dianne having lunch at the gallery.

And of course one of Norman Lindsay famous book "The Magic Pudding".

Wentworth Falls

What a fabulous view you get from the lookout for the "Wentworth Falls".

Bye for now

Dizee!!



3 Billy Lids Birthdays

Each year we have 3 of the grandchildrens' birthday together, this year it was held at Billarong Reserve on beautiful Narrabeen Lagoon. What can I say, it was a wonderful day, most of the family were there. It was our grandchildren Thomas turning 4 Layla turning 3, and great nephew Remi turning 4 years. The Mums made incredible cakes for each of them.

Layla's cake

Thomas's cake

Remi's cake

Very excited kids waiting to have cake yum, yum.

I think the sunglasses have it!

It is time to run off the cake, even the little ones are too. The cakes were delicious.

 Bye for now

Dizee!!