Every country has its interesting holidays. They celebrate the queen’s birthday is one example. The Melbourne Cup is a little like the Kentucky Derby, with the exception that pretty near the whole country stops working and watches for a few minutes. Around all this people wear fancy hats and have little parties. We were in Queensland mid-October, where Andrew and I work as volunteers at the Queensland Herbarium. Andrew’s Aunt Pam supplied me with some ribbons and fresh flowers and I made myself a hat.
At the end of the day, I donated it to the Herbarium, where it graced the front desk in the lobby : )
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