




Having taken the photos, we headed back into the city to find a thank you pressie for Cheryl and Matt, who have been marvellous hosts and a pleasure to be with. Tom did his usual navigating bit and we ended up at the Queen Victoria Building where the shops are wonderful. Firstly though, we had to have our coffee and sticky, and we also drank a couple of large glasses of water to rehydrate after our exertions – it’s a long way round the bay then back into town.
Suitably refreshed, we explored the QVB, where there are four storeys of shops, all very nice and some very expensive. Eventually, we found a lovely French shop where they had candles of all sizes and colours but no containers. However, the concierge of the building sent us to Myer’s department store where we found exactly what we wanted – lovely glass containers just right for the candles we had bought.
(The décor of the interior of QVB is fantastic – all the floors are beautifully tiled, in different patterns; there are stained glass windows at each side of the main staircases, and there are two huge, ornate clocks hanging in the centre atrium. It’s all airconditioned and a pleasure to be in after the heat of the street).


Having decided earlier with Cheryl and Matt that we would have a bbq at home for our last evening, we all went out to choose our meat and Tom and I also shopped for a few basic provisions for our journey. The evening was a mixture of laughter and a few tears as we were really sad to be leaving. We have had such a good time with them and feel we have known them for a lot longer than just over a week. I know we’ve met Cheryl before on several occasions but this is the first time we’ve got to know her – they were such great hosts. The candles and holders were a success and looked very good on the patio table.
And so to bed before the next stage of our great adventure……..
1 comment:
Love the photo of the tiles! Glad you got there at last.
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