Does anyone know if the trees were intentionally planted for comic effect & what is under the circular man-made part of the park?
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Google Boobs
I've been playing cricket in Neutral Bay at Forsyth Park (among other places) but when I Googled the park I saw this on the map view:
Vivid
A return to the better approach of less typing more pictures. We ventured south of the harbour (yes really) to see the Lighting The Sails displays.
There are 43 installations around Circular Quay, with the main one being the illumination of the Opera House. The Opera House bar was surprisingly quiet (and the same price as the Oaks) which was an excellent place to view the light shows from.
A swirly light thing
Some glowing people
The city skyline and Circular Quay were illuminated with some of the colours of the rainbow. And purple.
Opera House of many colours.
This was created by motion capture of people throwing virtual paint balloons.
Direct from the Ice Planet of Hoth - an Imperial Scanner Droid.
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Driving & the North
No posts for a while - Mrs WorldOfDub has arrived, we've been to Newcastle for a work weekend away & less interestingly I've been at work.
This might be a bit rambling, but here goes...
I had my first experience of driving in Sydney a couple of Thursdays ago. I've joined GoGet a car hire scheme where you can hire cars by the hour. The cars (mainly small town cars) are parked at various locations in the city and you use a swipe card to get into them. It is cheaper than owning a car, especially as living 7 minutes walk from work & a short bus or ferry ride into the city makes using a car rather pointless.
Anyway, I successfully got myself to Sydney airport in the hired Hyundai without major incident. As usual I'd allowed too much contingency time so there was a degree of pacing until Mrs WoD pushed her huge pile of luggage through the arrivals channel.
I managed not to bend the car on the return journey in the rush hour traffic, and the rental flat is now much more full of semi unpacked luggage. It is so good that MRs WoD has arrived, the last 6 weeks have been lonely without her.
Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view) our first weekend was a trip to Newcastle (surprisingly similar to the UK version) for a work conference.
The trip up was rather pleasant, past the Hunter Valley & the forests of the central coast (none of which I have pictures of). It was good to see/meet people from the other offices - especially the Melbourne guys who were in the pub by 1pm on the Friday...
The 'work' part of the weekend started at 8:15 on the Saturday, which meant that most people were somewhat struggling as a result of the Friday evening socialising. It seems that most of the 'other halves' used the Saturday to sleep, something I think the staff wished they could do as well.
Anyway, I think I have some pictures of shiny things to sort through for another post so will end the typing now.
This might be a bit rambling, but here goes...
I had my first experience of driving in Sydney a couple of Thursdays ago. I've joined GoGet a car hire scheme where you can hire cars by the hour. The cars (mainly small town cars) are parked at various locations in the city and you use a swipe card to get into them. It is cheaper than owning a car, especially as living 7 minutes walk from work & a short bus or ferry ride into the city makes using a car rather pointless.
Anyway, I successfully got myself to Sydney airport in the hired Hyundai without major incident. As usual I'd allowed too much contingency time so there was a degree of pacing until Mrs WoD pushed her huge pile of luggage through the arrivals channel.
I managed not to bend the car on the return journey in the rush hour traffic, and the rental flat is now much more full of semi unpacked luggage. It is so good that MRs WoD has arrived, the last 6 weeks have been lonely without her.
Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view) our first weekend was a trip to Newcastle (surprisingly similar to the UK version) for a work conference.
The trip up was rather pleasant, past the Hunter Valley & the forests of the central coast (none of which I have pictures of). It was good to see/meet people from the other offices - especially the Melbourne guys who were in the pub by 1pm on the Friday...
The 'work' part of the weekend started at 8:15 on the Saturday, which meant that most people were somewhat struggling as a result of the Friday evening socialising. It seems that most of the 'other halves' used the Saturday to sleep, something I think the staff wished they could do as well.
Anyway, I think I have some pictures of shiny things to sort through for another post so will end the typing now.
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