High-society success

BOTTOMLESS cups of tea, tiers of pastries and cakes, and plenty of lively conversation made for a pretty sweet high tea fundraiser for the Australian Inland Botanic Gardens (AIBG).  About 100 people had a taste of high society at the second annual event on Sunday to raise much-needed funds for the region’s iconic botanic gardens.  […]

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