Pictures again

Okay, I tried this last night but the pictures wouldn't load. Trying again...

Hello again to all of our faithful readers out there! Life in Australia has actually been relatively calm since our last posting. The "orchestra strike" on Thursday turned into a weird situation with people from the main campus trying to rile everyone up and start a major protest that administration doesn't care about the students. Condoleezza Rice was hardly mentioned at all, although a lot of the students who are being changed demanded to know why the Dean wasn't trying to help them out. I've got my own theories there...Things did get a bit tense for a few minutes and Dean Walker did have to threaten to call security again if they didn't calm down. But somehow everybody shut up after half an hour and we had an orchestra rehearsal after all. !!!

Here are several more pictures:

Two views of the Con; the first being Verbruggen Hall where the orchestra concerts are held, and the other being the main building with classroom and practice rooms.






Here's a picture of the famous opal. Our digital cameras don't have a high enough resolution to get a clearer picture than this, so you'll just have to see it in person!!




And THIS lovely little guy came and begged for lunch crumbs in the Botanical Gardens on Friday. He hopped and scampered and we thought he was much more worthy than all the pigeons!




I leave you tonight with one last photo. It has no explanation!!!




~Ruth Ann