21 October 2011

Royal Visit 2011.

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We waited by the lake, and we waited, and then the jet skis roared into sight, the motorcade with armoured Land Rover thundered by, and the admirals’ “barge” hove into view.

Apparently the Queen was on board.

Taken a good photo or video of the visit? Email it in to images@the-riotact.com .


Kelli has sent a great set in from the arrival at the airport.

the queen

Her Majesty does not appear to like her flowers:

the queen

Snarky saw them on Dunrossil Drive:

the queen

Jawm got a good look at them as they went past Weston Park:

the queen on a boat

Regular readers will be thrilled to see the police jet skis being put to good use.

jet ski

Matrokr has sent in a few:

the queen the queen at floriade

Thanks to Matthew for a set which included this one:

the queen

The in from Anthony Caffery:

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Here’s the full slideshow.

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I think they are fantastic for their age, coming out here with all the engagements they have done, it would take a lot out of the Queen and Duke.
I saw the Queen in the late 70’s at the Melbourne War Memorial, she actually stopped and said hello to my girls, they were gob smacked, as they were fairly young at the time, she asked the girls their names, I expected one of my girls would say her name was Donal Duck, and she did on many occasions, it made the newspapers, there was a picture of the Queen and my girls.
As for not having a Monarchy, I would rather it stay the same, imagine a Prime Minister being head of Australia, the Americans are jealous of us having the Queen.

Did anyone get pics at St John’s church today? I would love to see some.

Waiting For Godot said :

Apparently that boat was built in the 1930s. I hope it was inspected for seaworthiness before MH got on board.

Um no, they had the caption on the ABC on Tuesday arv & he said it was built in brisbane in 1992.

So now it’s OK to go down to black Mountain Peninsula and hook up with a queen. That is NOT what the judge said last week!

creative_canberran11:16 pm 20 Oct 11

whitelaughter said :

Mr Gillespie said :

I can’t believe the fuss people are making cos the PM didn’t “curtsy” to the Queen I mean talk about snobbish and pompous.

It’s called courtesy. If she doesn’t want to, that’s cool – she’s the PM, she didn’t have to invite the Queen out here. Waiting until the Mad Monk is PM would have avoided the issue.

And of course, it does raise the question of whether dear little Julia knows how to curtsy – or say please, or thank you for that matter.

You realise the Queen spent part of WWII elbow deep in grease servicing engines in the Army motor pool don’t you… this whole pomp and circumstance, Disneyesque Prince and princesses crap is all just branding and she knows it.

She knows it because for years, Cherie Blair refused to curtsey, and the Queen reportedly took it with amusement, not insult.

She knows the pomp is more a measure of brand recognition than genuine belief, much less practical need.

The funny thing about Monarchists is they claim such die hard devotion to an institution they seem to know nothing about. They clutch a warped image of it, and often several pieces of china with their favourite royals but have no sense of it in reality. Hell, the Kate and William rhetoric spouted by monarchists was finger down the throat stuff.

whitelaughter said :

It’s called courtesy. If she doesn’t want to, that’s cool – she’s the PM, she didn’t have to invite the Queen out here. Waiting until the Mad Monk is PM would have avoided the issue.

And of course, it does raise the question of whether dear little Julia knows how to curtsy – or say please, or thank you for that matter.

I thought she was actually out here for CHOGM in Perth, not because the PM invited her here for a holiday. I don’t think it was an elaborate plan by the PM to invite her out here so she could insult her by not curtseying, as you are saying…?

whitelaughter said :

Mr Gillespie said :

I can’t believe the fuss people are making cos the PM didn’t “curtsy” to the Queen I mean talk about snobbish and pompous.

It’s called courtesy. If she doesn’t want to, that’s cool – she’s the PM, she didn’t have to invite the Queen out here. Waiting until the Mad Monk is PM would have avoided the issue.

And of course, it does raise the question of whether dear little Julia knows how to curtsy – or say please, or thank you for that matter.

The Prime Minister didn’t invite the Queen out here, she came as part of her duties at CHOGM. Had the forum been in Fiji, she would have gone there too. And, just so you know, CHOGM doesn’t function by Australian election cycles. I know we’re the hegemony of CHOGM but seriously, waiting for Abbott to be PM (all a bit presumptuous really) isn’t how it works. And lastly, stop crying about stuff you don’t understand. The Queen, for all and sundry who saw this spectacle, extended her hand to the PM.. would you have the PM ignore that gesture and curtsy, just so you can have a spray about that too?

whitelaughter8:44 pm 20 Oct 11

Mr Gillespie said :

I can’t believe the fuss people are making cos the PM didn’t “curtsy” to the Queen I mean talk about snobbish and pompous.

It’s called courtesy. If she doesn’t want to, that’s cool – she’s the PM, she didn’t have to invite the Queen out here. Waiting until the Mad Monk is PM would have avoided the issue.

And of course, it does raise the question of whether dear little Julia knows how to curtsy – or say please, or thank you for that matter.

Mr Gillespie said :

I can’t believe the fuss people are making cos the PM didn’t “curtsy” to the Queen I mean talk about snobbish and pompous.

I don’t think I could’ve endured the humiliation if she had done so.

Thats my mrs in the padle boat with her boss during work hours not a bad day at the office if you can get it

Likely to be the last time she comes… Can we ditch the royalty yet?

Mr Gillespie said :

I can’t believe the fuss people are making cos the PM didn’t “curtsy” to the Queen I mean talk about snobbish and pompous.

Indeed, it really is lamentable. However, had Gillard curtsied .. could you imagine the headline ‘Self-professes feminist curtsies’ .. the woman can’t do anything right. When she went to the royal wedding, everyone screamed about how an unmarried, Republican had no place to be there .. could you imagine the headline had she rejected the invite based on those reasons!! Such nonsense is really tiring.

Mr Gillespie6:11 pm 20 Oct 11

I can’t believe the fuss people are making cos the PM didn’t “curtsy” to the Queen I mean talk about snobbish and pompous.

I was always suspicious of that little wave that she does, it looks more like a way to sneakily sniff your own farts without being direct about it.

Nice boat. Getting off it at 86 and 90 is pretty impressive, with the high freeboard.

Yet more indication of the rules not applying to monarchy. Not only can they discrimminate based on sex, religion and birth but they can also facilitate the use of high-powered motorised boats / skis on the lake.

Yeah, look at the crowd numbers .. clearly, other work-shy parasites turning up to welcome their master.

Waiting For Godot2:04 pm 20 Oct 11

Apparently that boat was built in the 1930s. I hope it was inspected for seaworthiness before MH got on board.

Finally, the jetski’s have been justified.

Looks like plenty of room for cheering crowds, they should have brought bus loads of school kids, to make it look good for the media.
Any photos of flowers from the Floriade?:-)
No? I didn’t miss much then.

More photos from the Queen arriving at Floriade here http://wp.me/p1sjY1-3qd

Dear Sydney,

Thanks for the boat, we’ll keep it.

Regards
Canberra

Ps. Here is a pic of the Queen,

Nice boat.

Big crowd……

I’m on a Boat.

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