One of the things I miss most when I'm away from the city (apart from family) is our cinema group. But tonight we're going to try a country style cinema club, with the illustrious title -- The Stratvell Film Society. It involves an hour's drive down the mountain to South Johnstone, dinner first at one of our favourite little cafes, Off The Rails, and then a viewing of the film Elegy with Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz in a hall two doors down from the pub.
It's sure to be a different experience from the Warrina cinema in Townsville with its audience drawn predominantly from James Cook University lecturers.
I'm looking forward to it. Will report back.
Oh, and I had a good writing day today. Got my word count done before breakfast. Love it when that happens. Have had a lovely morning doing housework while listening to the radio. I feel almost normal. Heaven forbid.
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Now I am forced to say 'Heaven Forfend'!!!! I am very glad to hear your are free from the dreaded writers' block. Your evening sounds wonderful, though of course I would prefer LOTR!!! On the East Coast we have/had(Not sure if it burnt down in the last big bushfires) a Curry and Cinema night, where you have a wondrous curry and then a fabulous film!!
The movie was good. Not a happy tale, but with interesting characters and brilliant acting.
Hope the wondrous curry and film nights have survived.
I just love the look of Off the Rails!
Lacey, there's a sugar train that goes right down the middle of the street, carrying cane to the sugar mill, so Off The Rails is literally off the rails. But it's also a whacky little place. The first time we went there it was full of belly dancers, taking a break from their class. So the name works metaphorically, too.
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