Breakfast, museum/triennial, craft show, botanical gardens, lunch at Ides and a long walk back to the hotel through the Fitzroy neighborhood and Chinatown.
One thing alone would have made the day worthwhile, even possibly the whole trip to Australia - a titanic work in the Triennia called "Buddha in Nirvana" by Xu Zhen. So, that first.
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| It dominated the entrance hall. |
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| Hercules at the feet. |
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A politically correct characterization of the work ignores the obvious showing of Buddha's superiority, if only by his supreme indifference.
AND THEN CAME A SUBLIME LUNCH AT IDES RESTAURANT
Not in this order. Missing are pictures of a wonderful course in which Emma got Barramundi and I got Kingfish |
Also missing a thin sheet of vanilla chocolate sprinkled with bee pollen, after the desserts. If I were to list the details of each dish, assuming I remembered, it would be amazing.
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| Bread |
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| Baby Romaine (Emma called it "finger salad") |
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| Mushrooms (on stones) |
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| Cucumbers |
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| Baby Corn |
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| Oyster |
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| Tomatoes |
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| Crab |
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| Sparerib |
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| Dessert #1 |
Dessert #2
