Saturday

PARK RUN

Rocks Riverside parkrun results for event #642. Your time was 00:42:38.

WORK

FIST FULL OF DOLLARS

MARKS PARTY

Sunday crash

ERG

Nothing special. Just did it. 

COACHING

The real [embarrassing] Sunday story was for the first time ever, a parent fell out of my tinnie.  It all happened so quick that I may have the facts wrong.  

The story began 5 minutes earlier when Tanya and I discussed who was taking which tinnie.  I asked her to throw the floor mats from her tinnie to mine for Magnus.  They ended up in the front 'well'.  

As the parent was getting into the tinnie, I asked him to send the mats back.  I think I spoke too soon such  that he was now trying to both get in and sit down and move the mats. The tinnie tipped a bit to the left and I think he grabbed the hand rail of the pontoon and that pushed the tinnie away and he dropped in. 

The universe had not finished with me though. 

Having gotten the man back into it tinnie and given him a dry vest, we motored off to our crew which incidentally was safe in the capable hands of an adult coach in the bow seat. I switched off the motor and that was the end of that. 

The motor would start but any attempt to load it or increase the throttle and it would die. The dad and I then paddled back using the emergency oars.

While he went to have a shower, another parent and I got a second tinnie.

FRIDGE

The universe was not finished with me. Last night the fridge had tripped the earth leakage. 

Zipped home to investigate but the thing a miraculously started to work.....

Until 8pm when it tripped it all again. 

3 Nights In Stanthorpe

FRIDAY

Pack and Drive.

BBQ Burgers. 

SATURDAY 

Parkrun.

Help Lewis & Clare

Volleyball 

BBQ

SUNDAY

Bacon,Eggs, zucchini, pineapple.

Storm King dam

Icecream

Soup off

MONDAY

Pack

Walk to the rock

PEOPLE

Paul & Cybele, Sam, Ellie,

Phil, Fiona, Asher & Jasmine

Gary, Peter, Ben

Melissa,

Marpa

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FRIDAY

2PM drove out and around the block. Back to pick up blankets for Mags.

SATURDAY

I faced a dilemma. I wanted to do Parkrun. Phoebe and I slept in the car. 5:30 and Phoebe is still asleep. I consider just closing the back and driving. Phoebe had purchased some ground coffee and brought the plunger. I walked down to the hut and put the kettle on. Quietly offered Phoebe a cup of black. 

Parkrun was lovely. 

The original plan was to have a coffee and go back to the cottage. A change of plan as Phoebe announced she'd like to visit a country market at the railway station. About the same time received a message from Lewis advising they were already in Warwick. 

After the market,  headed to Warwick. 

SUNDAY

Bacon and egg breakfast

Visit storm king dam

Ice cream

MONDAY

Woke to observe a few drops of rain on the roof of the tesla. Could hear very light drops on the tarps.

Toiket stop, make coffee, back at the car and Phoebe sat up in bed and we shared time together with me sitting in a camp chair and Phoebe sitting in the car with the door open. 

Walked up the the rock. 

Observed the neighbour had put up signs. Wondering what makes people become so insular. 

Sat on the rock and looked at the view. 

Mags is relaxed

Stanthorpe Park Run

Stanthorpe parkrun results for event #588. Your time was 00:37:07.

Congratulations on completing your 86th parkrun and your 1st at Stanthorpe parkrun today. You finished in 89th place out of a field of 129 parkrunners. 

St Mary's Kangaroo pt

This morning Phoebe and I went to church at St Mary's Kangaroo pt. What a lovely experience. They seem to be able to smoothly integrate current identity ideas with traditional Anglican rituals in a way that, in my view, would make everyone feel welcome. 

 

There were two times when inclusivity was mentioned: 

1. firstly the fellow did what I thought was a very nice little commentary about welcoming everyone including those of different sexual orientation or identity, different race or just difference. He went on to talk about not just welcoming people but to listen to them. It was done in a very benign matterofact way that I don't recall much of the detail. I just liked it.

2. Secondly, in the lead up to communion he said everyone is welcome to take communion. 

 

This acceptance of the new was balanced by saying that they should be proud of Anglican tradition and he explained an old Anglican tradition of the priest breaking some of the bread he was about to consume in the communion service and dropping it in the wine.  He noted with a grin that no one has been back washing. 

 

I liked the old world stone and lightness of the blue roof in the sanctuary area.

A view of the entrance. On a sunny day like today it's very peaceful. The city is over my left shoulder.

Outdoor morning tea included coffee, chocolate slice And very refreshing egg sandwiches. The city is in the background.

Foresight by the architect, designing presumably in the 1800's. To thoughtfully include these ledges on the buttresses.

Round the back, actually the front. A bell tower, a wall of plaques of deceased parishioners and some benches to relax.

Zoom in to see dates in the 1800's

Cirque du soleil Kooza

https://www.cirquedusoleil.com

Cirque du soleil

As Phoebe and I drove home from the Gold Coast, she received a call from her Nephew offering 3 free tickets to Cirque du soleil.  

Initial thought was to invite her kids as her eldest's birthday is next week.  No takers. Decided to invite friends Robin and Chris. They accepted. That was great.  It's so nice sharing an experience with interesting friends. 

We met at Robin's house at 5pm and shared a drink. 

Shared my car with the intention to cruise racecourse road Hamilton and find a restaurant. Choose the Hamilton hotel.  It was loud with excitement as people had gathered to watch the AFL grand final and Brisbane had won.

Interestingly Phoebe and I both ordered a burger and beer. One of us commented that it had been a while since they'd had a burger and the other said a burger is associated with a pub meal. Maybe we've grown into each other. 

Onto Cirque du soleil and we parked outside on the road pointing east. I wanted to avoid the $20 parking charge. 

On the way in we posed for a photo infront of a sign.

Inside, on my part,  a mix of feelings:  on the one hand a wow factor associated with three strength and skill of the performers. 

The staging was great.  Some wow factor with a three level construction with performer entrance at the bottom, live musicians in the middle and occasional performers appearing on the top level. 

A few negatives that I felt detracted.

Cirque du soleil pitch themselves as top shelf as distinct from those old tired travelling circuses that set up in a suburban parks. 

In the end though the show was a series of discrete acrobatic performances by skilled people.

AND or? BUT

The chairs were plastic, 

A bit too narrow,

packed too close both side-side and also 

minimal space to the row in front.

The AC was too cold and blew on the back of my head. It would have been great on a hot daytime performance but not at night. 

They had swanky VIP rooms visible on the way in but inside it felt like VIPs sat on the same squashed plastic seats. I thought they should have had some kind of swanky seating. Maybe like a corporate box.

The performances were ok but I felt the production lacked the wow factor support such as was a part of the magic show I went to with Daniel. (The incredibles?)

Music and lights were subdued and maybe add a master of ceremonies(ring master haha).  The MC could also have helped to tell the story that strings the various performances together. 

Parkrun

Main Beach parkrun results for event #750. Your time was 00:38:31.

I'm getting slower. 

Had to take a few short walks.