Dec 9, 2007

Carols on South Bank

The Arbour on Brisbane's South Bank Nicole had spotted that there was a Carols concert on at the South Bank and they were showing off their decorated fig tree.

That'll be nice, we thought, and Eloise would probably appreciate it.

So off we set after we got back from the beach, to find ourselves suddenly embroiled in deeply stationary traffic.

It should have taken us twenty minutes on the outside to get there; it took an hour. And then there were no parking spaces.

So we had to park a little way away and, Eloise having developed a proclivity for diving headlong into flower beds, it took a little while longer to get to the Suncorp Plaza where the concert was.

Still we assumed our seats in time for the final song, got out our sandwiches and listened to the Police Commissioner gushing about how well everything had gone.

Then the youth orchestra piped up into a Bing Crosby number. Bum a bum bum.

Eloise then got up and legged it down and forced young girls to dance with her.

And froze in astonishment and fright as the bagpipes began a ruthless sonic onslaught.

Later, we found the legendary fig tree, standing alone with no-one adulating at it. Probably because the decorations on it were a bit rubbish.

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