Spotted this poster on the Community Board down at the ferry terminal 
Free Positive Thoughts
“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes”
Marcel Proust
Having recently written a blog post about travelling on home turf its a quote that I love! 
Cultural exchanges in Australia ~
I was in Brisbane last week ~ And with business done…
Old & New in Brisbane, Queensland
I couldn’t resist popping into the Queensland Art Gallery for a quick look!
Queensland Art Gallery
It fascinates me how they’re able to have such a beautiful big water feature in amongst their delicate art works! For the longevity of the exhibits the building is constantly monitored for atmospheric changes to ensure the works are never too hot nor too humid; so how, I wonder, do they keep humidity in check with all that water in the building?
I liked the juxtaposition of this display composition.
Mixed Cultures
Two interpretations from two different cultures.
Yet all made in the same place at the same time from the same source of materials ~
All the craft-works in this group have been made in Queensland, about the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth centuries, from local timber materials ~
The shields and the woven basket made by the indigenous population,
and the tilt top table made by a migrant Joseph Soblusky.
Queensland timbers, European design
Such beautiful designs and patterns from two cultural perspectives ~
I’m always taken by Margaret Preston’s work ~ I particularly love her renditions of native Australian flora, so this image of Sturt Desert Peas caught my eye.
Margaret Preston
However, the obvious indigenous influences in this work, painted in 1943, has in more recent times attracted criticism of her applying cultural designs without understanding their meanings.
QR Bench
Back out of the gallery and on my way home, I thought this was a nice little detail on the South Brisbane railway station ~ The platform benches with a QR (Queensland Rail) insignia.
Journey Jottings:
Where/When/How ~ What did I See, Hear, Smell, Touch, Taste?
I can barely believe that I’ve now been blogging a year
Last year on May 21st 2009 I put up my first post and from that acorn here I am 150 posts on 
100 Aker Wood and the Acorn
As outlined in my About Us page I love landscape, maps and journaling ~
Landscape, maps & journalling
To this end I have written about the wonderful Australian bush in the region where I live…
Grass Trees
And Scotland where I spent March & April this year watching the spring blossom…
Primroses and Celendine
…from winter’s icy grasp…
Posts with maps in them…
Mud Map
We're here ~ Where are you?
Last September, to emphasis how a journal transcends time, I started a series on September 27th reproducing journal extracts on the day they had been written 131 years previously recounting the voyage of a Mr A Whelan as he sailed aboard an iron clipper called the Hesperides from London, to his new life in Australia, landing in Melbourne December 30th 1878.
As there were a hefty 97 entries, I then pulled out 10 posts that I felt epitomized the trip in aSummary of the Voyage, which included a close encounter with an iceberg, throwing a cat overboard for a good wind, and rough weather where waves washed into the living areas setting their cake afloat around the cabin!
Sailing London to Melbourne Journal
So what stories await the telling for the coming year? Whatever, one thing’s for sure, I’ll be…
...tracking my trails & tales
