Cloud-covered mountains at the end of Doubtful Sound panorama

Douglas Stebila

Twelve Days of Christmas

December 24, 2009 at 02:43PM     Personal Australia Brisbane Queensland

Our Australian Christmas tree
Our Australian Christmas tree
Merry Christmas Eve from Brisbane! My parents and I are enjoying the holiday season here in Brisbane. Today we decorated our Christmas tree: a palm tree in my patio garden. Hopefully Santa will be able to find us all the way on the other side of the world!

Wandering around town on Christmas Eve, we came across these sculptures in the square in front of Brisbane City Hall, celebrating the twelve days of Christmas. For the past twelve days, a different artist has been decorating each day. Here are Brisbane's Twelve Days of Christmas.

1: A partridge in a pear tree
1: A partridge in a pear tree
2: Two turtle doves
2: Two turtle doves
3: Three French hens
3: Three French hens
4: Four calling birds
4: Four calling birds
5: Five golden rings
5: Five golden rings
6: Six geese a-laying
6: Six geese a-laying
7: Seven swans a-swimming
7: Seven swans a-swimming
8: Eight maids a-milking
8: Eight maids a-milking
9: Nine ladies dancing
9: Nine ladies dancing
10: Ten lords a-leaping
10: Ten lords a-leaping
11: Eleven pipers piping
11: Eleven pipers piping
12: Twelve drummers drumming
12: Twelve drummers drumming