Canberra, my city, is widely regarded as making ditch water seem positively scintillating by comparison. Arguable, but never mind. So when the Enlighten festival started last week we had to go.
We first went last year and loved it. The facades of buildings in the Parliamentary Triangle were illuminated, bathed in colour and in some instance animated scenes danced across them. It was always a given that we would front up this year as well.
There was music, there was food (even if we didn't get any), there were happy crowds. And some of the buildings (like the Art Gallery and the National Library) stayed open for much longer than usual.
Please come with me - and settle in for a looooong ride with a lot of photos. As always photos will embiggen when clicked upon.
We started at the National Gallery. Where I was severely disappointed. The image changed every few minutes it is true, but the only change was in colour. Not a patch on last year's effort.
This year:
Fairly dull - and it certainly doesn't compare with last years effort which looked like this:
I would score this year's effort as a fail.
I was concerned that a precedent had been set and wore my sulkpot Ben Nag Nag hat as we headed towards the National Portrait Gallery. Less than twenty metres further on I threw the grumpy hat away.
Trees along the walk way between the Gallery and the Portrait Gallery were spotlighted with changing colours.
And then to the Portrait Gallery.
Next was Questacon - our interactive Science Museum.
And then to the National Library.
The lights on Old Parliament House failed just before we got there. We waited twenty minutes or so and essentially said 'sod that for a game' and headed home. There are a couple of events scheduled for this weekend we would like to see, and with luck the Parliament House lights will be back on.
On balance I liked last year's festival better, but I am not sorry we went this year as well. And we will line up next year too.
We first went last year and loved it. The facades of buildings in the Parliamentary Triangle were illuminated, bathed in colour and in some instance animated scenes danced across them. It was always a given that we would front up this year as well.
There was music, there was food (even if we didn't get any), there were happy crowds. And some of the buildings (like the Art Gallery and the National Library) stayed open for much longer than usual.
Please come with me - and settle in for a looooong ride with a lot of photos. As always photos will embiggen when clicked upon.
We started at the National Gallery. Where I was severely disappointed. The image changed every few minutes it is true, but the only change was in colour. Not a patch on last year's effort.
This year:
Fairly dull - and it certainly doesn't compare with last years effort which looked like this:
I would score this year's effort as a fail.
I was concerned that a precedent had been set and wore my sulkpot Ben Nag Nag hat as we headed towards the National Portrait Gallery. Less than twenty metres further on I threw the grumpy hat away.
Trees along the walk way between the Gallery and the Portrait Gallery were spotlighted with changing colours.
And then to the Portrait Gallery.
Next was Questacon - our interactive Science Museum.
And then to the National Library.
The lights on Old Parliament House failed just before we got there. We waited twenty minutes or so and essentially said 'sod that for a game' and headed home. There are a couple of events scheduled for this weekend we would like to see, and with luck the Parliament House lights will be back on.
On balance I liked last year's festival better, but I am not sorry we went this year as well. And we will line up next year too.
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