I did hear about the Royal Queensland Show/Brisbane Show Day/Ekka last year, but I had no idea what it was. Honestly, I thought it was just a big farmers market. This year, I learned the truth.
Royal Queensland Show (EKKA)
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Purling Brook Falls
I moved to Australia because of the beaches, not gonna lie. But the longer I live here, the more I’ve come to love the hinterlands, the Great Dividing Range, where we’ve so far only discovered a tiny part of all the great trails that exists. Out of the countless national parks, we’ve only visited TWO! We need to change that. But Springbrook is really incredible!
Currumbin Widlife Sanctuary
A day at Currumbin Wildlife Sancturay can never be anything but amazing. When we brought mom there, that day was not an exception.
There was the rainbow lorikeet feeding, pelican and eel feeding, Wild Skies bird show, the new rescued radiated tortoises, very active tasmanian devils, an injured bat in the hospital which had an unusual story, lots of wild bats and water dragons as well as Boss Hog up and about showing off his massive 5 metres and 800 kgs.
Coolangatta
While Mikael was busy doing business, mom and I decided to venture down south. The weather was beautiful in Broadbeach, we put on swimmers and went down to Coolangatta, just to get off the bus an hour later where storming winds were raging!
Candlelight – Tribute to Queen
The string-quartet-in-candlelight-environment idea was just too good to not do again. After Mikael brought me for my birthday to the Rings & Dragons tribute, we decided to take my mom along up to Brisbane to listen to Phoenix Collective play tribute to Queen. We all love Queen, so this was a given!
This concert was by Phenix Collective, a string quartet from Sydney and wow, I am so glad we went to these guys version rather than the same we listened to last time (Paradiso Strings). The lead had such an incredible way of engaging with the audience and his introduction to each song made the experience so much better!
They had very strong opinions on Spotify, so their music is only available in concert format or on CD. I can’t remember the last time I had a computer with a CD reader, so concert format by candlelight was definitely amazing.
At one point, early on in the concert, Mikael leaned over to me and asked if the guy sniveling next to him had a cold or if he was crying. I couldn’t tell, but we later discovered that that guy was a hardcore fan and was crying almost all throughout the concert. It was really good! Goosebumps for some songs, for sure.
Whales in Burleigh Heads
Before mom’s first weekend in Australia was over, she had already ticked off so many animals on her list. The biggest one, and definitely the most anticipated, didn’t come until Sunday afternoon when we went for a walk in beautiful Burleigh Heads National Park.
Continue readingReview of “Dawnshard” by Brandon Sanderson
Title: Dawnshard
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Series: The Stormlight Archive #3.5
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 171
Published: 2020, Tor Books
My Grade: 5 out of 5
Review Summary: If you’ve read Oathbringer and like me, wanted to know more about the mysterious island of Akinah – this one is definitely for you!
Review of “Oathbringer” by Brandon Sanderson
Title: Oathbringer
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Series: The Stormlight Archive
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 1248
Published: 2017, Tor Books
My Grade: 5 out of 5
Review Summary: The Sanderlanche is unreal in Oathbringer.
Harry Potter – A Forbidden Forest Experience
It was the first Friday of mom’s visit down under. It was raining. Tickets had been booked months in advance. They were rather expensive. No turning back.
And what a great evening it turned out to be!
Harry Potter – A Forbidden Forest Experience was definitely cool.
Natural Bridge and Glow Worm Cave
In one week’s time, Mikael and I have explored Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park in full. During the day, in the twilight, and in the dark in the company of glow worms.
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