Later went popped into a couple of Aboriginal Galleries neaby. I was suprised at the diversity of styles; much greater than I had anticipated. There are some really impressive pieces on show/for sale costing up to $78,000......that was a really good figuritive piece by a very well known artist that has since stopped painting. I eyed a very impressive smaller but simialr piece by a related artist depicting a Barramundi - only $700. A good buy if you ask me. Isabelle liked a style that reminded me of the floral painting on narrow boats - all petal-like with different colours. It looked very impressive on a large scale piece. They were selling smaller ones for between $250 and $400. Unfortunately I couldn't take any photos.
We sauntered on down to the main shopping area on Bourke street for the bra buying task. It proved fruitless; I expected to get really good service in Myers and Peter Jones; the main Aussie department stores, but the staff seemed only half interested and the woman who measured Izzy didn't seem to know what she was doing. So we left empty handed.
We took some nice photos of the old shopping galleries here which have been nicely preserved which are very pleasant to walk around and had a cup of tea there. Then we found a big crafts shop where Rosie made the most of a bead sale. Izzy got some masks to decorate and I found some Batik appliers for Billy.
We ended up at federation square close to dusk where the darkening light brought a different feel to the architecture. Unfortunately the contemporary Australian art gallery there, the Ian Potter centre, closed at 5pm which is a shame - don't understand why they close so early. However just outside it was an ace pub specialising in Auzzie beer. I tried two varieties that were both excellent whilst the girls read and doodled. Also next door was an excellent glass art gallery by Australian artists - I was very surprised at the variety and level of quality.
Got back to the apartments and decided to go for a Korean BBQ at the White Tomato restaurant opposite. The girls loved the novelty of having a BBQ on the table. The smoke was taken away by an extractor that hovered over the table. The restaurant was full of Koreans which seem to have a large community here. We loved the chewy beef that was cooked for us - 4 different cuts with different tastes and textures. Very different to UK cuts and close tot he Japanese cuts and breeds that have heavy fat marbling throughout the meat. Back to the apartment and not too full; BBQ was excellent value for money.
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