Ready, Steady, Go!

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Most of you know that Eileen loves tea so we began our travel with a tea party, the Mad Hatter's tea party. We flew from New Zealand to Brisbane on 3 April to see Blair Wood, Eileen's son, perform in the Queensland Ballet season of "Alice in Wonderland".

The audiences, young and not so young, expressed their appreciation for Blair's portrayal of the character with resounding applause. The biggest and proudest fan in two performances was Eileen as she watched her son take his first principal role in a full length production. Bravo Blair!

On Easter Friday we relaxed with Blair, laughing at amusing backstage stories and we heard about the Company's next production, Don Quixote. This left Eileen dreaming about how she might be able to return for Blair's next exciting role.

The next morning we faced our first challenge of the trip; how to get everything back into our new suitcases in less than 20 minutes. Before we left New Zealand it took us two attempts and two hours the first time we packed the bags so the pressure was on. After some wrestling and rearranging of awkward items e.g. a water pump and Leigh's three pairs of tango shoes to Eileen's single pair, the job was done in 30 minutes. We are determined to get better at this! And so now we head off to Buenos Aires.

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Photos

Rachael Walsh and Blair
Photo by Ken Sparrow, Australia