Down to only three hikers this week, but we still seized the day and took an art focus for this week's outing. We began with coffee in the city after a stroll around the Jan Powers Farmers Markets to select a tasty morsel for morning tea. Then it was a hike over the Kurilpa Bridge to the Queensland Art Gallery, where we joined a free tour of a Picasso exhibition highlights. Pablo Picasso's 'Vollard Suite' is a set of 100 etchings, engravings and aquatints created by the artist in the 1930s and named after Ambroise Vollard, his sometime art dealer and publisher. The exhibition is on until the 15 April and tours are available at 11 am each day. Another display in the gallery at present is on Thai art of the 1990s. I found this particularly interesting as we spent a great deal of time there in the early 90s. Kamin Lertchaiprasert’s 'Problem - Wisdom' made of papier mâché (from recycled Thai newspapers) was especially fascinating. After we had our fill of the art gallery we again crossed the river, this time via the Go Between Bridge. We followed the river towards Toowong, enjoying more art on the way, mostly on bridge pylons. By now it was very warm, so we took a ferry to the University of Qld before crossing the river yet again, this time via the Eleanor Schonell Bridge.. We had a late lunch at one of our favourite cafes - Cafe 63 - and were pleasantly surprised to discover that Margot had been carrying a bottle of wine and a heavy block of ice to keep it chilled in her backpack all day. The commitment of this hiker is truly astounding. This went down a treat with lunch, but made the final few kilometres back home hard to hike. All in all, we felt 14 kilometres a worthy effort for the day.
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