QEII and Anna Bligh on the Brisbane River.

During the week Queen  Elizabeth cruised the Brisbane River. Her guide was Anna Bligh. I viewed snippets of video of Her Majesty waving to the crowds gathered on the riversides (not much in the way of a riverbank there, it's all built up!).

The crowds returned the wave to The Queen, and  then Ms Bligh began waving, too. I couldn't believe it. This was real shouting at the TV material.

"What are you doing, waving  at the crowd you failure? They're waving at The Queen, not you!"

I couldn't find any video of this, but I did find this still:

Image found here.

More idiocy (heard on the news)

An RSL member, a veteran, and a helper, have been looking after the Cotton Tree Park Cenotaph, making sure that the grass is mowed and raked, and the gardens are watered and all is kept neat and tidy. The Local Government Council decided that these two blokes weren't OH&S trained and so they shouldn't be doing the work. (Hey, I don't see the council intervening when we mow our "nature strip", which we don't own, but we must maintain!!!)

The Daily reported on its front page this morning how the pair spent each Tuesday morning tidying up the Cotton Tree Park Cenotaph, lest the council forget.

Yesterday, though, Prickles and his sidekick ran into strife when Sunshine Coast council workers confronted them, saying they were not permitted to clean up the Cenotaph site.

Prickles, who is 81 and served in the Royal Australian Air Force for 23 years, said he started tidying the Cenotaph a year ago. Michael saw Prickles at work and decided to lend a hand.

and then

UPDATE: THE Sunshine Coast council has “unreservedly” apologised to Neal “Prickles” Longden and his sidekick Michael Powell, after the helpful pair were told by council staff they could not do maintenance work around the Cotton Tree Cenotaph.

Prickles, an 81 year old air force veteran, and his mate Mr Powell, have been voluntarily maintaining the site for a year, disappointed with the council’s maintenance regime.

More here.

Rumours are around that the Brisbane Festival Celebration which is held every year in September, may be finished because of "environmental issues". They're bloody fireworks and it's once a year.

I don't know what's going to replace this now that the F111 looks to be retired... I hear the FA-18s flying around tonight!

Morons just want to suck all the joy out of life!