More shu shu

We had another excuse to buy more Shu Shu from the Paddo Markets yesterday as we all prepare for the arrival of Sydney Clare's bub in July. We celebrated over a breakfast Tagine with Sydney Clare, friend Liz and baby Flora at Kasbah on Darling this morning, picking up more pastries from Adriano Zumbo to share with Canberra Claire & family this afternoon for Jeremy's birthday.

We took advantage of warm and wonderful weather in Sydney yesterday, enjoying a long, leisurely picnic lunch in the sun at Balmoral Beach after showing Bobbie her Rodd family heritage at various points (and an island) off Five Dock.

I am reading my Brett Whiteley biography again (written by his sister Frannie Hopkirk) and am taking much more notice of all the lower North shore reference points throughout the text. We'll be exploring Lucretia Ave. Longueville next time we're in Sydney. We passed Longueville on our right driving from Five Dock to Mosman.

I had an exciting week last week: Public Education Week which I formally launched on Thursday in Civic, followed by a big dinner at the National Press Club on Thursday night. I was positioned next to the local leader of the Liberal opposition, Zed Zjelsa (spelling?) over dinner, which was interesting.