Day 3 in the City

Today Fairy took Flat Stanley along to a lecture she was going to at the Society of Australian Genealogists.











They are in a very old building from 1849 called Richmond Villa in Kent St right near the Bridge in the City.

















Some buildings nearby were so very tall Flat Stanley could hardly see the top, Fairy told Flat Stanley this building used to be where IBM had its head office, but when she and Tony used to work in the City they watched it get changed into apartments with the lovely golden top.

Fairy told Flat Stanley that Family History Week was coming up soon. This is when lots of people share their family stories and treasures, at local libraries and museums as well as schools and around the dinner table at night. She wondered what would be happening in Bega?

When they went inside lots of things were so interesting he hardly knew where to look. Paintings and silver cups and furniture from when the Richmond Villa was built. On the fireplace was this small firescreen made from needlework, one of Fairy's favorite things, the stitches are so small only Flat Stanley could see them.

















She took him upstairs to hear the talk about Newspapers, Books and Journals that can be checked out on the Internet, why they are useful and how to search them, to find interesting things about your family history.

Later Fairy and Nicola took Flat Stanley to their friend Pauline's for dinner and he learnt about making Rhubarb Crumble and home made Risotto. He thought the special wooden spoon which helped make the rice go creamy (rubbing it through the hole in the middle) was cool. The food tasted YUM. Strangely enough, despite eating a bit too much Stanley was till very flat...