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dormouse1953) wrote2010-09-17 11:12 am
dormouse1953) wrote2010-09-17 11:12 am
Eels
Of course, one of the places I wanted to visit was the Opera House. This is situated on the tip of a peninsula to the north of a park that includes the Government House, the Conservatorium of Music and the Royal Botanic Gardens.
There are some ornamental ponds in the park and notices explaining that there are eels in the ponds, which sometimes can be seen attacking small birds, etc. It is pointed out that the eels were not put there by the park, but are wild. They breed up in Indonesia and swim all the way to Australia where they then jump the harbour wall and cross the grass to get to the ponds. Park staff at night have sometimes seen them wriggling across the grass. I find that impressive.
Incidentally, I did suggest to the people running the London in 2014 Worldcon bid that maybe at their bid parties in future, they should serve food associated with the East End of London where their site is, such as jellied eels.
I got to the Opera House eventually. About the only thing they had on that week was The Pirates of Penzance. I'm not a Gilbert and Sullivan fan, so I wasn't interested in going to see it. And I was too tired by then to consider doing the back-stage tour.
There are some ornamental ponds in the park and notices explaining that there are eels in the ponds, which sometimes can be seen attacking small birds, etc. It is pointed out that the eels were not put there by the park, but are wild. They breed up in Indonesia and swim all the way to Australia where they then jump the harbour wall and cross the grass to get to the ponds. Park staff at night have sometimes seen them wriggling across the grass. I find that impressive.
Incidentally, I did suggest to the people running the London in 2014 Worldcon bid that maybe at their bid parties in future, they should serve food associated with the East End of London where their site is, such as jellied eels.
I got to the Opera House eventually. About the only thing they had on that week was The Pirates of Penzance. I'm not a Gilbert and Sullivan fan, so I wasn't interested in going to see it. And I was too tired by then to consider doing the back-stage tour.