Our group of Red Hatters travelled by train to Brisbane city to visit and have a tour through the city Hall. Several of us met at the train station and we picked up others on the way, we have a loose arrangement that we will be on the third carriage.
It was a lovely day and we alighted at Central station and had a short walk down to the hall. I had been outside it before but didn't realise what the building was, definitely need to work on my adopted states history.
Morning tea was the first thing on the agenda and we had booked tables for nineteen of us at The Shingle Inn which is in the bottom of the building and it has been operating for years. Very nice with old fashioned wooden booths, food and drinks were very up to date though. I chose a passionfruit mousse cake to go with my coffee. Yum, I did not need lunch.
At eleven thirty a guide met us in the lobby and as well as giving us a tour of the hall also gave us a history lesson, much of which I had not known. He also requested from the Mayors office the opportunity to go through the hallowed doors and so we found ourelves in the reception romms whee they hold press conferences. There was a massive mirror over a fireplace where the Mayor gives his speeches.
The tour ended with a visit to the Hollywood costumes display which have been there for a few weeks and due to close soon.
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