The Great Strike, 1917 - centenary exhibition

This was a very impressive exhibition with huge banners hanging in very large spaces.
 It is hard to give a good idea of how big these banners are. There were some art works inspired by the original objects, but really the most powerful elements were the original objects, and perhaps was the key role of the art works, that they made you look at the original works with a different filter.

Atherton Library, Queensland

Atherton Library is a lovely looking library which seems to have had a recent refurbishment.


It was so popular, there were quite a few areas of it I was not able to photograph as they were in use.




It also had this listing of staff - and what you could ask them about.

 There was also a readers' advisory promotion about the website in the library.


This was outside the library.
More photographs of the library are here.

Mossman Library, Queensland

The entrance to Mossman Library had a local studies display supporting a recently released book.
 With some detailed information on display.
 Part of the library was a quiet zone (and it was interesting how this was described).
 I don't usually comment about books sales in libraries, but this was a good one. It was tidy. It was not in the entrance of the library. I don't like to see book sales dominate the entrance to libraries, especially when messy, but even when neat as it detracts from the loan items, and there should be better use made of entrance spaces to libraries.
 You can see more of the library here
 and here.
 

Cooktown Library, Queensland

Cooktown Library is a nice looking library.


There was this welcome outside the library.


Plus an ebook promotion


You can see more photographs of Cooktown Library here

ice cream and social media

I liked the way this ice cream company provided their social media information on site.  It was easy to see, and they were making it easy to share photographs and to follow them. This is more helpful than 'find us on [insert name of social media]'.
   
There were other signs too,  to provide more information about the fruit being used.  I like the way this open air storage had fruit names included.  The ice cream was great too.