Lessons Learnt Journal » Sydney http://lessonslearntjournal.com Life with Kids Fri, 30 Dec 2016 05:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 About Sydney: Vivid 2012 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/about-sydney-vivid-2012/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/about-sydney-vivid-2012/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:23:41 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=4091 As our family walks through the streets, there are keen photographers with large cameras in one hand and a tripod in the other. I am a keen photographer with my wannabe-largish camera hanging on my shoulder and a six month old baby girl strapped to my chest. The keen photographers gracefully whisk their way through [...]

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]]> As our family walks through the streets, there are keen photographers with large cameras in one hand and a tripod in the other. I am a keen photographer with my wannabe-largish camera hanging on my shoulder and a six month old baby girl strapped to my chest. The keen photographers gracefully whisk their way through the crowds to frame their shot. I am partially immobilised by a pram to which my two year old son is trying with all his might to wriggle out of. They say you should always have someone else with you when shooting at night, as you will often be looking through the camera and not be aware of what is happening around you. I was not alone, but my “spotter” had his own hands full trying to keep track of our twin four year old sons who were pretty dazzled by the fact that they were out and about in the city way past their bedtime.

What does it take to get a family of four kids under four out into the city on a cold Winter’s night? A giant chandelier hanging over crowds of people. The Vivid Sydney Festival is an annual showcase of lights throughout the city of Sydney. The immense light projections transform an otherwise quiet winter’s night into a roaring night’s trade.

 

 

There are creative displays of light dotted throughout the city. We only caught a snippet of them as we spent most of our time waiting for our dinner. We did finally get our dinner and found a spot to quickly gobble up our meal.

Some tips for future years:

  • The light displays switch on at six o-clock. Plan to get there before six o-clock as parking lots get full very quickly and street parking is near impossible to get.
  • Eat dinner before heading out and bring snacks for the walk.
  • If you’re going to eat dinner upon arrival in the city, make a reservation or BYO.
  • Rug up well as temperatures can drop quickly as the night progresses.

There were brief moments where I could take a quick shot of the beautiful canvas that was the city of Sydney. Our children enjoyed the night; (N&M even saw a huge Batman signal beamed onto a building). We made it through the night. We didn’t lose any of our children in the crowd (or in evelators). We will be back again next year.

N & M: 4 years
E: 1 year, 11 months
K: 6 months

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 June 2012

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]]> http://lessonslearntjournal.com/about-sydney-vivid-2012/feed/ 0 The Australian Museum http://lessonslearntjournal.com/the-australian-museum/ http://lessonslearntjournal.com/the-australian-museum/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:33 +0000 http://lessonslearntjournal.com/?p=2027 Many moons ago, adorned with a gigantic corsage, I walked with my date to my high school formal. We walked up the stairs and entered a dimly lit area filled with Egyptian artefacts. “What a strange place to have a formal,” my date remarked. Little did I know some (many) years later, I would return [...]

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]]> Many moons ago, adorned with a gigantic corsage, I walked with my date to my high school formal. We walked up the stairs and entered a dimly lit area filled with Egyptian artefacts. “What a strange place to have a formal,” my date remarked. Little did I know some (many) years later, I would return with my formal date to this same place with our four children.

Some things are different: the gigantic corsage that once adorned my chest is replaced with a baby tightly wrapped to me with her sleepy wrap; my date’s responsibilities has extended from one young lady, to a lady and four young children.

The place however remains the same –
it is still filled with many strange and wonderful things.

SKELETONS


INSECTS

DINOSAURS

When N&M entered the dinosaurs exhibit they were taken aback (and a bit frightened) by the sheer size of the dinosaur bones. The dinosaur sounds playing throughout the exhibit also ensured they stayed close by.

     

     

They got to touch some dinosaur eggs and also dug up some dinosaur fossils.

DANGEROUS AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

N, M & E spent a long time around a giant bench / touch screen. Different dangerous Australian animals would suddenly pop up and “bite” you.

KIDSPACE
A wonderful area for under 5’s to touch different artefacts and play.

      

M spotted some LIVE frogs!

The place remains the same,
it is still filled with many strange and wonderful things,
and since that first dance with the man who would be my husband,
many wonderful things have happened.

 

N&M: 3 years, 7 months
E: 1 year, 6 months
K: 1 month
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