Breaking Routine

March is such a wonderful month in Canberra with many exciting things to do like the Balloon Spectacular (which we missed), Skyfire (too busy for that too), Canberra Day (we were painting)...well you get the idea lots on and we can't seem to fit any of it in!! Except we did venture (a weekday night!) to Enlighten - a first experience for the whole family.

We converged at the National Library - Andy and the girls in the car and me on my bike coming straight from work. It was a gorgeously warm evening to enjoy dinner at the Night Noodle markets. We sampled a variety of yummy dishes. Highlight was the waffle on a stick with chocolate sauce and ice cream.

Walking through the marble cutting that links Reconciliation Place to Commonwealth Place, we arrive at Lake Burley Griffin as the sun is setting. Casually we head east along the lake edge making our way to the National Gallery, the furthest point from the car, for the 8pm light up. We timed it perfectly only pausing for a minute or so before the building lit up with the first image.

Centered around the iconic buildings within the Parliamentary Triangle, selected artists translate or transform their work into architectural projections and sometimes animations. Each building has a clip of images on rotation taking several minutes to view.

The National Gallery -

The National Portrait Gallery -

Questacon -

The National Library -

The photos of Old Parliament House were a little blurry as we were too far away and we didn't bother doing a drive by Parliament House. All in all a lovely late night and glad we avoided the crowds by going mid week. Another event to look forward to in 2017.