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QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
– Sunday 17th to Saturday
23rd October 2004
Perambulations of the ‘Round-the-Worlders’
Leonard SYMONDS
(54A) & his wife Brenda
[Reporter & ‘Ead
‘Itter: George MILLIE]
Day Six – “The
Chocolate Cottage”
Friday 22nd October
A
change in the weather produced the first typical Queensland day for our visitors who awoke
to a clear sky devoid of cloud and the blinding sunshine promising a very hot
day. The first item on the agenda was grocery shopping, a must under the
circumstances, and then having deposited it at home and placed the
perishables in the fridge or freezer we drove out along the Cabarlah road to
“The Chocolate Cottage”, a quaint establishment embodying a café, large
garden where one can sit and take refreshment, and several shops selling
bric-a-brac and souvenirs.
Len,
Brenda and Marion
taking refreshment in the garden [photo: George Millie]
[photos: George Millie]
Being
the eve of departure we spent the last hours of the day at home – Len and
Brenda did as much of the packing as possible in preparation for the morrow.
Day Seven -
Departure
Saturday 23rd October
Having
to be at Brisbane
Airport three hours
prior to the time of departure necessitated a very early start to the day. We
rose at 5 am, had a
staggered breakfast, and with the final packing done Len and Brenda departed
promptly as planned at 6.30 am.
Shortly after their departure we received a ‘phone call from Brenda
enquiring: “Have you forgotten anything?” and I immediately recalled having
left my Disabled Parking Permit attached to the inside of the car windscreen.
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Leonard & Brenda
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Marion & Brenda
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[photo: George Millie]
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“We shall
return”
Published: October 2004
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