Last wednesday Annamarie and I joined a mini bus full of Tourism Noosa members on a visit to Parliament House in Brisbane.  Our local State MP Glen Elmes hosted the day with a bbq lunch at Parliament House followed by an inspection of the historic building.  We then sat in the visitors gallery for question time.  A very interesting day out and certainly something different.

Annamarie in front of the speaker's chair in the former Upper House Chamber (the red room).

Yesterday I attended the Noosa International 7's rugby tournament at the Dolphin's oval, Sunshine Beach.  It was a warm sunny day.  The atmosphere was very colourful with lots of food and drink, live bands and entertainers (even a strolling Carribean steel drum band). There was a true international flavour with a number of teams from the Pacific (Fiji, Tonga and Cook Islands).  There was also a women's competition won by the Australian Pearls.

In the final of the men's competition, the Stan Bisset trophy was won by Newstar Sports (a composite team made up of a number of contracted ACT Brumbies development players and elite club level players) who upset favourites and last year's winners the Aussie Thunderbolts (the Australian IRB representative team).

In its second year this event can only grow bigger.