Bought at the QVC in Sydney Australia, more Gumnut Stories

 

On September 3, 1993 we did spot these books with more GUMNUT children's classics by writer May Gibbs and others.

This was at the Banquet, the day before... see link below From Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia

Pieter being very happy after doing that day a summary of the AMGA/ISMS International Workshop and Seminar and that went very well; great applaus from the audience.

Pieter also was a speaker.

These two books, inside a hard case, were traveling home with us... We enjoyed this relaxed shopping experience after all the business was taken care of.

Lovely kitties on the back of each book...

Visions of Fantasy for Volume One and Through the Magic Door for Volume Two

LOVE these GUMNUTS by May Gibbs!

A darling GUMNUT bookmark as a gift!

Other side of the cute GUMNUT bookmark...

To the right inside the 'mushroom shaped' drawing it reads: 

Humans

Please be kind to all 

Bush Creatures

and don't pull flowers up by the roots

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Those were heavy books, but we never shied away from carrying our load when traveling.

Of course, those were the years before the Maximum Baggage Weight...!

~

Soon these will be read to some favorite little girls that we LOVE!

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THE GUMNUTS from Australia and Other Cute Book | previous post by me 

From Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia | previous post by me showing the QVB, Queen Victoria Building

From Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia

On August 27 of 1993, we left Hong Kong at 21:00 on Qantas Airlines and in 8 hours and 15 minutes we arrived in Sydney with a time difference of 2 hours.
We landed at 8:30 and went by shuttle to the Hilton Sydney on 488 George Street. 

We walked to the beautiful Queen Victoria Building on 455 George Street and explored some of its 200 shops.

That yielded a cute WOMBAT and a koala...

Yes, Womby still lives with us!

QVB as the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney is called. Just click the link to learn more about this gem!

Refreshing to walk from the Hilton Sydney to the QVB, it was raining but it was not too cold.

This cute Australian Koala resides on the window ledge in our guest bedroom.

The night flight on Qantas for those 7,300 km went well.

Dinner - Sleeping - Breakfast was the sequence here...

Already in April, husband Pieter got listed as a speaker for the AMGA/ISMS

On Sunday, August 29, the lectures started in the Sydney Convention Centre - Darling Harbour

Sadly I learned that this building has been demolished after 25 years and is no longer...

Click: Darling Harbour Live Temporary SMB 

AMGA AUSTRALIAN MUSHROOM GROWERS' ASSOCIATION

Compost Workshop and Seminar - Sydney

We traveled by MONORAIL
Well, from blogger friend Sami, from the blog: COLOURFULWORLD in a reply comment to me, I learned that the MONORAIL is no more.

So it got taken out on June 30, 2013...

We rode it again on Monday August 30 as the lectures started at 8:30 and Pieter's turn was at 9:00.
By 17:00 we walked back to the hotel and had dinner at 19:15 with Chris and Bob Dumbreck, Marion Lawson and John Rodwell from California at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia.
Elegant dining and very British!
After dinner, we all did walk up to the Opera House for a fantastic view.

On Tuesday, August 31, we went by bus at 6:00 already to the markets; FLOWERS & VEGGIES with plenty of fresh MUSHROOMS as well.
After breakfast, coming back by bus to the Hilton hotel, we were crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. 
In front of us a German couple had fallen asleep... suddenly she woke up, nudging her husband and scolding him for NOT video taping the spectacular view! Priceless.

In the evening we had a standing reception at 20:00 in the Convention Centre.
On Wednesday September 1, we started again at 8:00 and Pieter did a summary of this workshop and seminar and that went very well; great applaus from the audience.
On Thursday September 2, we had one last day of lectures. 

Rounded off with a formal Banquet at the Convention Center.
Pieter got to wear his Burberry tuxedo for the 2nd time within ONE week!

We had a relaxed morning and flew from Sydney to Melbourne where cousin Liz picked us up at the airport by 14:55... stay tuned!

Thanks for your visit and comment.

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