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School holds Xmas concert

WEST VANCOUVER Secondary Schon! will present
its annual Christmas concert in the schou Ps theatre on
Tuesday, Dec. 15.

Participating in the concert will be the school or-
chestra and stage band, and the Music Theatre
choruses. Various instrumental and vocal soloists will
be featured, including this year’s special guests Kelly
Crook, mezzo-soprano, and Willam Kelly, bass-
baritone. .

. The concert consists of traditional and contem-

porary Christmas music. The audience will be invited”

to join in a sing-along.

It is anticipated that a large: contingent of Music
Theatre alumni will return and join the senior chorus
in its familiar rendition of I’m: Dreaming of a White
Christmas.

Tickets are $3 for adults, $1 for students and
seniors, and free admission for children under six.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m.

For further information contact the school at 922-
3931,

53 - Sunday, December 13, 1987 ~ North Shore News
Historic Queensiand
a visitor’s delight

From page 52
buildings standing today -—— like
the Observatory, a massive tower
standing in Wickham Terrace —
which recall an earlier age. Built in
1829 by gangs of convicts when the
infamous Captain Logan com-
manded the penal colony, it was
originally designed a windmill to
crush corn.

But the contraption didn’t work
and Captain Logan later
transformed the building into a
treadmill. In the 1920s, the tread-
mill was removed and used as a
movie prop and then disappeared.

The Observatory (windmill)
building itself, however, was later
used as a transmission station for
television experiments but is today
closed to visitors.

There are a few other buildings
of note that visitors will want to
see. The National Trust’s Historic
Walks brochure will guide you
around the most interesting of
these early buildings.

The National Trust has their
headquarters in the Old Gov-
ernment House building that was
built in 1862, located at the end of
St. George Street.

Parliament House is in George

Street overlooking the Botanical _

Gardens and dates back to 1868.
The original Parliament building is
in French Renaissance style.

Nautical buffs may want to
travel to Stanley Street in South
Brisbane to take in the Queensland
Museum with its displays of an
1881 dry-dock, working models
and the frigate HMAS Diaman-
tina.

Or postal enthusiasts could try
the GPO Museum on Queen
Street. Bisbane’s trams ne- longer

_ Operate but you ces: see some early

examples at the Tramway Museum
in Ferny Grove.

Nature enthusiasts will want to
visit one or all of the several sanc-
tuaries not faz from the city centre.
Lone Pine Koaia Sanctuary is just
a half hour drive west of City Hall.
Its animal population includes
koalas, kangaroos, wombats, and
emus. : :

Other Brisbane sanctuaries in-
clude the Aima Park Zoo at
Kallangur which hai-a-iarge collec-

Now you can plan your

shopping ahead, and
save more in thé,

Distribution epartneat

The State’

tion of palms and Australian and
overseas wildlife. It's just 28 km
from the city centre.

Or there’s Bunya Park or Oasis
Gardens or the African Lion Safari
at Yatala on the Pacific Highway
which has as its residents lions,
tigers, leopards, bears and
Australia's only ‘liger’ a cross be-
tween a lion and a tiger.

If it’s views you're after you
might want to travel to a few spots
near the city where you can obtain
an impressive bird’s eye view of
Brisbane and beyond. From
Bartley’s Hill, just 5 km away, one
can see the city, the port, the
Taylor Range and in the distance.
the Great Dividing Range.

Mt. Coot-tha — just 8 km from
the city centre — offers wonderful
views.

On a clear day you can see the
distant line of Moreton and Strad-
broke Island, the Glass House
Mountains to the north, the moun-
tains behind the Gold Coast to the
south and Brisbane, with the river
winding through, at your feet.

On Breakfast Creek Road in
Newstead you'll find the head-
quarters of the Royal Historical
Society of Queensland the
oldest home in Brisbane -— built in
1846.

There are also a number of other
interesting old houses aud period
recreations around Brisbane. Early
Street Historical Village on
Mcllwraith Avenue is a recreation
of early Queensland colonial life.

In Bowen Hills is the Miegunyah
Folk Museum, housed in an_ 1884
building,.a fine example of early
Brisbane architecture which had
been restored as a memorial to the
pioneer women of Queensland. °

There are also many places of
interest around’ the. City .of
Brisbane that you might want.to
take in. North of the city, heading
towards Bribie Island and the Sun-
shine Coast, you can visit..San-
dgate, a popular old resort area
just 19 km from the city or the’ec-
centric Shell Bungalow at Decep-
tion Bay which is decorated with
more than-a million shells. __ ;

_East of the city, about 30 km up
the winding Brisbane River,” you
can visit Moreton Island. ©. °~

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