We didn’t exactly see The Mikado but saw a few things lying around backstage:
Costumes
Props
Opera House Open Day – More equipment
Lots of lighting rigs lying around.
And a mixer that I want to get my hands on.
But the coolest thing is the hydrolics that things from below to the stage.
Opera House Open Day – Equipment
But the best bit was that we got to walk through the bowels of the Opera House. And there’s some serious equipment down there.
Opera House Open Day – Gondwana Children’s Choir
I’ve been in ad-hoc choirs before, even as a kid, but it’s something else to listen to these kids from the Gondwana Children’s Choir. There’s a brilliant energy about them, probably because their enthusiasm is unbridled.
Opera House Open Day – Concert Hall
I’ve been to the Opera House quite often in the last couple of years since they’ve started programming more contemporary acts. But I’ve never stood on the concert hall stage until last week! Man, it was some view…
Beach Wedding – Cake
The cake befits the simplicity of the reception. It was actually a lovely chocolate mud cake.
Surprisingly, it was light and very more-ish, unlike a lot of mud cakes these days which can really be on the heavy side.
Beach Wedding – Food
The spread for this wedding was much more casual that the last wedding I went to. We shared platters of seafood and antipasti for entree and fruit, cheese and mini tarts for dessert. In the middle was a choice of chicken, steak or fish mains. I chose the fish, which didn’t turn out to be a good idea. Not enough sauce, although I had no complaints about the portion size.
Beachside Wedding – Bouquet
Wedding bouquets are usually a standard issue, but I thought this one was rather old fashioned, but nevertheless stunning.
Coogee Beach
A lovely Saturday afternoon at Coogee Beach. Absolutely perfect weather, which is just as well, because 24 hours later it was raining cats and dogs.
A lovely day in the bush
Spent a lovely day walking in Heathcote National Park. It’s somewhere I’ve never been before, even though it is literally across the road from its bigger and more well-known sister, Royal National Park. So it’s not surprising that the landscape is similar – dry eucalypt forests, sandstone gorges and creeks – but it feels much more off the beaten path.
It was lovely to see the profusion of spring wildflowers, which are surprisingly colourful.
And we found a beautiful spot in Kingfisher Pool. You can even camp nearby.
Static and Silence 