Today has been a long time coming. One of the groups I am involved in is a group centred on parliamentary process and institutions, the Australasian Study of Parliaments group. One year ago I became chair of the Queensland Branch and last week, found myself re-elected to that position for a further term. One of the projects we've been working on for a while is a radio program, Big Ideas, to record a forum about the encouragement of civics education. (There'll be more shortly on the other blog...)
It started with a short appearance on local radio this morning before turning up to Parliament House at 3.00pm to assist in getting the forum going.
I came prepared for anything, especially what to do between 11.00 and 3.00, given there wasn't time to get home and back, really. Camera, texts, emails...anything was possible. In the end, I worked for a while at the library (preparing for a virtual reading group later in the week, more of which later...) and then decided to take the camera through the Botanic Gardens, right near Parliament House where I was to spend a few hours this afternoon.
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| Bloomer* (*A pic I wouldn't hesitate to take in Japan, for example, yet I hesitated here...) |
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| Walter Hill Fountain (detail) |
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| Bamboo groves and...commentary |
...so I came across things I haven't really seen before, and things that were familiar.
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| In sync |
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| Day's endpoint |
Camera : EOS 60D 28-80mm, 2.32-251pm]
