Anything You Can Do I can Do with More Important People

On Sunday, 2 Oct, Brisbane held an 'Open House' to many of the historical or interesting buildings.  The authorities had to include interesting buildings because, as is the way of Brisneyland, they've knocked most of the historical buildings down.  

Such is the disdain for old architecture in Brisbane, when World Expo was held in Brisneyland in 1988, and the good people of the UK sent a statue from the 16th Century to be displayed, the Expo organisers were bitterly dissapointed and expressed dismay that the UK Government hadn't seen fit to send something that was new.  Anyway - we digress as we remember stunning buildings like The Bellevue Hotel, The Commonwealth Bank Building and Cloudland, that all recieved government sanctioned midnight introductions to bulldozers.  But as the say in Queensland, "Don't Look Back and Never Go Forward."

Because it was heavily advertised and surrounded in mystique we went to see the Freemason's Building in Anne Street.  As we formed an orderley que (Queenslanders are world class at forming orderly ques - queing at bus stops, ferry terminals and even sushi bars) we noticed a shining black car adorned with flags parked in the yellow zone on the roadside.  Queensland must have a world record quantity of official cars, as so much space is set aside and painted bright yellow for them to park in.

Inside the Freemason's temple we came across the Governor of Queensland, Ms Penelope Wensley, who was just as interested to see the Freemasons as we were.

Notice anyone familiar in the background?