A couple of days at the Writers Festival was great, hearing new and established authors speak about their books and their experiences which influence their books.  The only drawback was the crowds of people which this year seemed to have grown.  Missed a couple of sessions due to over crowding which I will be aware of next year.

Over the past week I've been on two walks.  The one with the other group, was from Redfern Station, thru the suburb to Newtown passing three community gardens.  The top photo is in the middle of Redfern which I had pictured and old and run down but it was the opposite in most of the streets we walked.  Charlie who runs one of the community gardens had put up many signs which are helpful for people who are learning to
garden. 
The second walk I was the leader from Huntleys wharf to Meadowbank which I had prewalked with John a few months ago. It was again, a lovely day and 16 of us enjoyed the 10 ks.
I went to the SMSA and heard a talk on searching for gold in the New Guinea in the 1930's, very interesting.  After that I walked down to the Quay to the Dendy and saw the movie The Way.  It was on the Camino de Santiago which would be a great walk from France to Spain, the scenery was fantastic.

A nice bottle opened today.

Happy Birthday Lucy.