Circus of Sun.

Tuesday 29th November 2016

Our day was a long build up to our special treat in the evening.  The treat was a trip to see a Cirque de Soleil show near to Brisbane Airport.  Janice had wanted to see a Cirque show for a long time and it was an opportunity too good to miss.

During the day we had a long walk up the coast passed a town called Wynnum.  The weather was gorgeous and hot without being unbearable.

We had a sandwich lunch and returned to the hotel for a lazy afternoon.

We had to book taxis for the trip to the Cirque show.  I was excited to see the clowns, the elephants, the bare back riders and lion tamers.  Janice broke it to me slowly that they probably wouldn't be part of the show.

The big top held 2,500 people....

The show was called Kooza.  We aren't sure what it means?

I can try and describe to you what it involved but it won't do any justice to the performance.  There were actually some clown characters who had buckets of popcorn and kept spilling the popcorn over the audience.  There were contortionist women, a unicyclist who juggled a woman whilst riding, a man who built and climbed a stack of chairs.  There were tightrope walkers and probably the best bit involved two wheels that were connected and spiralled around in the air.  Two men ran around inside the wheels and that propelled the wheels, end over end, over themselves.  Then to our amazement the men climbed on top of the wheels and ran around the top with a skipping rope and leaping off the top.  The whole thing was accompanied by live musicians and singers who were really good.   I did say that my description wouldn't convey the magnificence of the performance...sorry.  You can look up a preview on YouTube by typing in Kooza.  I recommend it.  Apparently one of the Cirque performers last Sunday fell from a height and is in Brisbane Hospital seriously injured.  I'm not too surprised.  Sorry we don't have any performance photos, they were not allowed and they rarely show the scene properly with bright lights and fast movement.

We had a memorable night we will never forget.