As often happens on these trips, I went to bed early last night then woke this morning around 2 am. Good thing they were showing Star Trek episodes on TV at that time because I didn’t head out for a walk until sunup a few hours later.
I walked to ‘the docklands’ via the main train station. It was quite early and the streets were empty but it was a good walk. A few hours later, after B woke, we headed out to be tourists…
The first place we visited was ACMI, a museum/gallery dedicated to the ‘moving image’, which means film, TV and video games. This was on a tip from AW and his description – “a treasure trove” – sums the place up well. It’s a fountain of nostalgia for those of us that grew up in front of Oz TV and the video came additions only sweetened the appeal.
But best of all was a display of ‘trick’ cinema techniques which included a dark smoky room with a projected laser tunnel. It was in there I got the lovely silhouette of Bernard shown above.
The ‘B’ in ABC was for Botanical Gardens. It was (only) ok but far more impressive were the views from the 88th floor of a nearby building called Eureka.
And right next door was an art gallery which we also stopped in to and were quite wowed by a few exhibits.
The ‘C’ of course was for casino, where we met PB and where Bernard won cash money and where I also managed to again win the ball-drop ticket jackpot from a redemption machine.
I’m insanely tired right now; absolutely struggling to stay awake. It’s been a long and active day (~32k steps) but it’s only 6 pm. For some reason the jetlag seems worse this year….