Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life. The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
Like River I usually run with a theme. I am returning to Enlighten this week. We did go back again and enjoyed ourselves. And on our final visit there were balloons - a teaser for the Balloon Spectacular which started yesterday. Tomorrow morning will be heading off well before sparrow fart in the hopes of seeing them take to the skies.
As is often the case, a LOT of photos follow.
This was one of the illuminations on our National Gallery - and comes from one of Sid Nolan's Ned Kelly series.
Then on to the National Portrait Gallery. As an aside the Portrait Gallery which opened some ten years ago will be shut for six months next year for repairs. What has happened to our construction industry?
Next stop Questacon.
Not only are the buildings in the Parliamentary Triangle illuminated for this festival, many of them stay open for much longer than usual. We headed up to Old Parliament House (which the powers that be have renamed the Museum of Democracy). I wasn't as impressed with the illuminations here, but on our second visit we wandered inside and I loved the political cartoons on display.
The top one will probably mean nothing to non-Australian viewers. Barnaby Joyce was our Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Nationals Party until some less than stellar behaviour forced him to resign recently. He won't go quietly though.
The others are true the world over, though you will probably need to embigggen to read the captions.
Then onto the National Library.
And some more random fun from our wanders (including another look at the jellyfish).
The line behind the crinolined ladies is the queue for the Night Noodle Markets. Sigh. I really don't like queues.
It really is a delightful festival, and a lovely prelude to the Balloon Spectacular which is my favourite festival of all.
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life. The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
Like River I usually run with a theme. I am returning to Enlighten this week. We did go back again and enjoyed ourselves. And on our final visit there were balloons - a teaser for the Balloon Spectacular which started yesterday. Tomorrow morning will be heading off well before sparrow fart in the hopes of seeing them take to the skies.
As is often the case, a LOT of photos follow.
This was one of the illuminations on our National Gallery - and comes from one of Sid Nolan's Ned Kelly series.
Then on to the National Portrait Gallery. As an aside the Portrait Gallery which opened some ten years ago will be shut for six months next year for repairs. What has happened to our construction industry?
Next stop Questacon.
The top one will probably mean nothing to non-Australian viewers. Barnaby Joyce was our Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Nationals Party until some less than stellar behaviour forced him to resign recently. He won't go quietly though.
The others are true the world over, though you will probably need to embigggen to read the captions.
Then onto the National Library.
And some more random fun from our wanders (including another look at the jellyfish).
The line behind the crinolined ladies is the queue for the Night Noodle Markets. Sigh. I really don't like queues.
It really is a delightful festival, and a lovely prelude to the Balloon Spectacular which is my favourite festival of all.
