We went to Adelaide today. The idea was to go to a book signing for Nick Cave's new book. Lib said it was at Dymock's in the Rundle Mall. I didn't like the idea of Gord and Lib going there without their trusty chauffeur, so I went too. Besides, I had a gift voucher from Dymock's Meredith gave me last Christmas that I hadn't used.
As anyone reading this would know Lib was at school at Wangaratta High with Nick Cave. He was her school boyfriend for a while, she even cracked a mention in his first book. I would have liked to meet him anyway but as it turned out there was no event at Dymock's, they knew nothing about it. Lib was disappointed but thankful I made the effort to go with her. She must have got wires crossed. I missed a working bee on the river reserve that I would have liked to have attended but that's OK, there'll be plenty more. The Group's Christmas do is next Sunday.
It wasn't a wasted day. We enjoyed a change of scenery. I bought Tom Keneally's Fanatic Heart with my voucher, and we did a reconnoiter of our hotel we are staying at next Wednesday night when we go to Nick Cave's concert. A violent wind and rainstorm swept through Adelaide while we were walking back to our car park. We had to take cover. I felt very sorry for the few vagrants we had seen before the rain, one sleeping on concrete, another trying to dry a wet blanket. It's very sad that in an affluent society with all these flash buildings and eateries there's people sleeping on concrete with blankets and coats pulled around them huddled in doorways.
I heard Noel Pearson's Boyer lecture today on Radio National before we left. He speaks brilliantly.
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