点评:I titled this "a perfect start" as we managed to have beautiful weather to sit on the VIC verandah and enjoy our tea/coffee/water and biscuits and little cakes for morning tea. There were 38 us from the Yeronga Probus Club. I had made arrangements with Sarah over a few emails and she was most helpful and we met her on the day. In fact all the staff were very friendly and accommodating. We were made to feel so welcome.
We would have liked to stay longer and spend time in the enticing looking shop, however, we were running half an hour late due to our tour bus being caught up in shocking traffic in Brisbane on the way to picking us up.
So we had to hurry along because we had arranged for Sandra (a VIC volunteer tour guide) to hop on our bus and take us on a tour of many incredible heritage homes and buildings. She arranged for us to view inside St. Mary's Church, built in 1874. We all enjoyed her tour immensely and were very impressed with Sandra's vast knowledge of Ipswich.
After dropping her back at VIC, we proceeded to Ipswich Little Theatre (also referred to as the Incinerator Theatre) for a delicious home made lunch followed by a short live presentation in the heritage listed theatre. I shall put some comments down separately re this destination. It is a real "gem" in Ipswich and strangely not enough guests knew about it. The heritage listed Incinerator used to burn waste from 1936 but decommissioned in the early 1960s. Saved by the Little Theatre in 1969. It is renowned for being the only building in Queensland designed by Walter Burley Griffin who also designed the city of Canberra.
Big thankyou from our Club to both these destinations.
We will be back!!! Bronwen.
翻译:我称这次旅行为“完美的开始”,因为我们在天气晴朗的时候坐在维多利亚的阳台上,享受早茶的茶/咖啡/水、饼干和小蛋糕。我们一共 38 人,来自 Yeronga Probus Club。我通过几封电子邮件与 Sarah 进行了安排,她非常乐于助人,我们当天就见到了她。事实上,所有员工都非常友好和乐于助人。我们受到了热烈的欢迎。
我们本来想多呆一会儿,花点时间在这家看起来诱人的商店里,然而,由于我们的旅游巴士在布里斯班接我们的路上被堵在了交通拥堵中,我们晚了半个小时。
所以我们不得不赶紧出发,因为我们已经安排 Sandra(维多利亚志愿导游)上我们的巴士,带我们参观许多令人难以置信的古迹住宅和建筑。她安排我们参观了建于 1874 年的圣玛丽教堂。我们都非常喜欢她的游览,对桑德拉对伊普斯威奇的渊博知识印象深刻。
送她回维多利亚州后,我们前往伊普斯威奇小剧院(也称为焚化炉剧院),享用美味的自制午餐,然后在列入遗产名录的剧院观看简短的现场表演。我将单独就这个目的地发表一些评论。它是伊普斯威奇的一颗真正的“宝石”,奇怪的是,没有足够多的客人知道它。列入遗产名录的焚化炉从 1936 年开始焚烧垃圾,但在 1960 年代初退役。1969 年被小剧院拯救。它因是昆士兰州唯一一座由 Walter Burley Griffin 设计的建筑而闻名,Walter Burley Griffin 还设计了堪培拉市。
我们俱乐部非常感谢这两个目的地。
我们会回来的!!!Bronwen。