Happy Queensland Day!
From Wikipedia:
Moves towards statehood began with a public meeting in 1851 to consider Queensland’s separation from the Colony of New South Wales. As the push for separation gained momentum, Queen Victoria was approached to consider establishing a separate colony based at Moreton Bay. The Queen gave her approval and signed the Letters Patent on 6 June 1859. On the same day, an Order-in-Council granted Queensland its own Constitution. Queensland became a self-governing colony with its own Governor, a nominated Legislative Council and an elected Legislative Assembly.
While Queensland Day is not a gazetted holiday in Queensland, many states and territories are observing the King’s birthday on Monday this weekend. Notably, Queensland and Western Australia do not have a gazetted public holiday on Monday. It’s been flat-out at work, with multiple incidents happening at once. I’m grateful not to be on call this weekend. That said, there have been messages to handle today.
How I observed Queensland Day
To celebrate Queensland Day, I went for a drive. I’ve recently got new tyres and new brake pads, so I wanted to go for a drive in the hills. I like windy roads and going up and down steep hills. It was wet and foggy, so visibility was poor. There were also cyclists on the road, who posed a mobile obstacle on quite narrow roads with a reasonable amount of oncoming traffic. It all made for a really enjoyable drive. On the way there, I listened to 1980s Australian hits, and on the way back, I listened to my favourite band, Celtic Worship.
My destination was a bakery that workmates had said had good coffee and excellent sausage rolls. I enjoyed a mug of coffee and a delicious cinnamon scroll. On the way out, I bought a pork-and-fennel sausage roll and brought it home. I had it for lunch. It was a very, very good sausage roll.
For dinner tonight, I had a pork knuckle with some sauerkraut and peas. The pork knuckle had been slowly cooked and then refrigerated. I finished it in an air fryer tonight.
