Friday was Australia Day...more or less commerating the "discovery" of Australia by Captain Cook. It is not without controversy; some call it "Invasion Day". Similar to the arguments against celebrating Columbus Day in the USA. In any case, since it was a holiday, most of the relos (relatives) had the day off work, and were able to attend a pot luck dinner hosted by Virginia at the Justina Street house (Wadan and Joan's house). About a dozen relos attended...with lots of great food...Fijian, Chinese, and Maltese. The star of the show was Zara, Sid and Candice's daughter...only a few months old.
Candice, Yi, Zara, David, Sid
...and lots more family...
Only a few more days before we return to California, so we took advantage of another visit to the City. We returned to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) /Ian Potter Centre to see more Australian Art.
The collection has everything from Aborigine art/artifacts to Australian Impressionism to Surrealism, and Contempory artists/installations.
Yvonne Audette's abstract expression "Journey to Light"
Frederick Robert's "The North Wind"
Tom McCubbin's "Shearing of the Rams"
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