Sheila’s Twin Peaks for social understanding in the sisterhood of the travelling bra
December 29th 2007 by Megan Bayliss in Child Abuse
Sheila (from Sisterhood of the travelling bra), spent Christmas day spread between Cairns, Mareeba, Atherton and Kuranda, Far North Queensland. In all her pink glory (pink’s the new red so the young ones tell me), Sheila peaked the Christmas presents, Christmas tables (we had a Christmas lunch crawl) and got to meet dozens of international tourists in the area for a hotted up Christmas. Sheila had such a pink experience in the tropical climes of Cairns that she’s also staying for the New Year revelries (aka we can’t leave Sheila alone in a closed Post Office over the holiday season).
The sisterhood of the travelling bra is a promotional exercise, aimed at raising social understanding and friendship between women. Peaked up by the amazing young Leigh over at All for Women, Sheila has so far travelled from Melbourne to Mareeba (the entry place to the most northern Cape York Peninsula). Where will she go to next?
Do you want to join The Sisterhood of the travelling Bra? Help Sheila travel all over Australia and the world. If you want to put Sheila up for a little bed and breakfast contact Leigh at All for Women and you will be put on the waiting list. Then you patiently wait till your name reaches the twin peaks and it is your turn for Sheila to visit you. Once she arrives, sign her cup then take a picture of the two of you together..have some fun and be creative (we attracted bus loads of tourist to Sheila in the places we took her off to visit - a perfect opportunity for encouraging social understanding and women’s safety issues - Sheila’s photo has gone to at least four different countries: France, Japan, Korea and Germany)! A little BRAvery may be needed to wear Sheila in public but do not overlook the opportunity to extend social understanding between we sisters of the world
BRAvo for Sheila and her travelling ways.
Sheila’s Christmas Day in Cairns began by helping Megan to deliver presents to Megan’s Mum,
Sue Bayliss
(a survivor of breast cancer and a woman who has to wear a prosthetic bra due to a
double mascetomy)
Into the car and on to Mareeba for a family Christmas lunch at Megan’s sister’s house.
Sheila had to mind the presents - apart from Megan’s Mum, everyone else has to wait to open their presents at Aunty Elizabeth’s.
A forty five minute drive up through the rainforest, away from coastal Cairns and we get to Mareeba - a dry farming area and gateway to the Far North of Cape York Peninsula.
Like a pink rag to a bull, Sheila attracted her Mareeba cowboy. Yip yah Sheila (who at this stage wanted to change her name to Mareebra)!
After prawns, smoked salmon, ham and salad in Mareeba, we took Sheila over to Atherton to visit Paul’s family for Christmas afternoon tea.
Time to head home because we cannot possibly eat another thing, Sheila and Megan stop in at the Barron Falls, Kuranda. We got a few laughs and funny looks but good old Paul took up the marketing and told them all about the Sisterhood of the Travelling Bra.
Living on the edge: Sheila hangs it out to dry in the steamy rainforest’s of Kuranda.
Stopping on the Kuranda Range lookout, Sheila and Megan have eyes only for home, Cairns.
The bus load of Asian tourists on the other hand had eyes only for Sheila and found her quite titilating!
Stumble it!
December 29th, 2007 at 10:12 am
Oh Megan, it looks like you and Sheila had a wonderful Christmas! You were a wonderful host, and took her to some wonderful places.
Will add those to the group over the weekend. Will let you know where to send her next Megan.
December 29th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Megan you & Shelia look to be having a ball great photo’s
December 29th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Thanks women. For a couple of old sheila’s, we had a blast! For Sheila’s New Year’s Day in Cairns, I’ve got a day at the beach planned followed by a lounge and champagne in the pool at home.
You will be glad to hear though that Sheila is taking sun safety quite seriously. She has covered up with a long sleeved shirt and a wide brimmed hat today while we were out buying some new appliances for the business.
Bugger me dead though….Sheila stole my Ray Bans!!!! She’s such a nosey parker too - likes to keep abreast of everything that’s going on around her. She probably needed my reef sunnies to disguise what she was perving at!!!!!
December 29th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Too right Megan, two old sheila’s in the same car, travelling the country side! You crack me up Megan. Bring her over tomorrow, should cause a stir!!
December 29th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
You’re on Keran. We’ll get some pics of you and Sheila to put on your new site too.
December 29th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Okie dokie, you’re on Megan, Not sure how the human male species of the household aka Steve (no, not my Plymouth Rock rooster Prince Frederick) will get thru it all, let alone the lovely Paul! Looking forward to meeting Sheila at my rainforest! No doubt Mango and my much loved therapy pup Pabu (my blessed Tibetan ball of fluff) will be thrilled to see Megan and Birdwing with Sheila?? Or will Sandplay be required for immediate therapy? Whatever is required, will be!
PS: Domain done, and your wand of magic now required! Birdwingtherapies.com.au is on its way!! Blessings to the women who empower others to move outside their comfort zone (ie: techno phobic Birdwing) that means you Megan !!! We (Birdwing and Steve) welcome Sheila to Frog Hollow on Sunday!
December 30th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Sounds like a great day (and a lot of travelling!). You certainly showed Sheila some beautiful sights.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:48 am
Sheila is so lucky - her cup is overflowing. You showed some brass wearing her outside as you did - well done.
I am punned out now. Happy New Year
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 am
The bra has had some fun times by the looks. Can’t wait until I get it.
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 am
As a result of a google alert on this article, Sheila and I were photographed and interviewed by The Cairns Post on New Years Eve. I walked Sheila up the footpath (main street of Cairns) over 20 times waiting for the photographer to get the right shot. I’ll post the newspaper article once it is published. Sheila is famous.
January 5th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Wooohoo!!! Go Sheila!
She has covered all my tracks I made in July last year!
January 13th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
whoo hoo…
oh how great is that!! I can see Sheila is having the best time…and perhaps cairns will never be quite the same!!
I hope she enjoys the time with me when she visits… wont be long now
Elizabeth
La Toriana