For my overseas friends, who may not have heard, our strawberry industry has been sabotaged by some, as yet, unknown *%#*. Numerous punnets of strawberries, have been found to be contaminated with needles, but the public have been most responsive in getting behind the farmers. ‘Cut them up, don’t cut them out’, has been a slogan people are taking to heart.
Our meeting point for this week's walk was King George Square, which turned out to be a fine place to start the day. A fund raising event to support the strawberry farmers was underway with strawberry sundaes for sale. The sundaes have never gone beyond the Ekka showgrounds before this, so there was great excitement about. Of course we had to do our bit to help the farmers and in the process had a few minutes of fame on radio and TV. We heard later that by mid-afternoon on Wednesday, the pop-up stall organised by the Prince Charles Hospital Foundation in Brisbane's King George Square had sold out of sundaes, selling more than 14,000, and using up 700 kilograms of strawberries. For my overseas friends, who may not have heard, our strawberry industry has been sabotaged by some, as yet, unknown *%#*. Numerous punnets of strawberries, have been found to be contaminated with needles, but the public have been most responsive in getting behind the farmers. ‘Cut them up, don’t cut them out’, has been a slogan people are taking to heart. After ice-cream we began our city walk and headed first to the Roma Street Parklands to enjoy the spring blooms. Then it was on to Paddington to enjoy some city views, some lovely old Queensland homes, quaint shops and interesting art galleries. Paddington is located on a number of steep ridges and hills. It was settled in the 1860s and many original and distinctive Queenslander homes line the streets. Quite a few have been converted to shops or art galleries. After lunch we walked back to the city via the Suncorp Stadium and through the Barracks, peeking into a few dress shops on the way and posing with heroes or as heroes. All in all, those leisurely 10 kilometres we clocked up today were most enjoyable.
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