Today was Easter Sunday so Zak and I got Easter eggs. We had 14 minis and one large egg each, I was doing very well finding them. The plan for today was to go see Australian Centre For The Moving Image (ACMI) and maybe go and check out Queen Victoria market. After breakfast we headed down to the ground floor and began to walk to ACMI.
On the way we spotted a bridge with locks hanging off it. As we got closer we could see that people had written and engraved their names and messages on them. One lock even had two faces drawn on it. Some of the locks had bows and ribbons tied to them.
The ACMI is a museum of Australian television shows, movies and video games and how they were made. There was a lot of screens showing scenes from various movies, short films and TV series. Most of the video game displays were interactive. There were some screens showing animated films and some screens showing how lighting or sound makes the film better. There were also some computer screens where you could play different games. Dad's favourite part was the shadow screen which showed you your shadow and added things like teeth, eyes and assorted shapes to make your shadows look like creatures. Mum's favourite part was the camera that took photos of you and could be printed as a flip book. My favourite part was the zoetrope with the mouse that jumped into a puddle, the bird that waved, the crab which moved sideways and some other characters which had a moving sequence.
After we had finished looking at the displays in the ACMI we had lunch in the park outside. Mum had packed us rolls and cookies. There were screens in the park showing short animated films for free which we watched while eating. The films were quite funny and we would of liked to stay to watch for longer.
On the way to Queen Victoria market we found GAZI one of George Calombaris's restuarants which we are planning to eat at. When we walked around the corner we found Georges other resturuant The Press Club (we had considered eating there but after looking at the menu we decided it was too fancy for us). The Press Club had very fancy light shades and leather booths. Further along there was a sign talking about experimental evenings. George and his head chef would make something up and serve it to those attending the night and make a decision about wether or not it would go on The Press Club menu.
Next we went on two different trams to get to Queen Victoria market. There were lots of people selling fresh fruit and vegetables, clothing and various trinkets. There were also stalls selling jewellery, souvenirs and lots and lots of t-shirts with Australia on them. Mum brought a new pair of beige slippers. Zak brought a 3d laser etched crystal dragon and a model pirate ship. We also brought a twirled deep-fried potato on a stick, it tasted a lot like fries. Dad and I also had waffle cones with milk chocolate, marshmallows and strawberries. There was a colourful sign that said Melbourne in capital letters. At first I thought it was a sculpture, but when I looked closer, I realised that they were bag tags, which people had written their names on, hanging off the wire to form the letters.
On the way home we spotted a street show going on. It was near the end of the show but the man was about to perform several stunts so that was okay. He juggled two knifes and a torch on fire on a roller-bowler.
Before we went home we stopped at the community centre because we can see it from our apartment balcony and I saw some pretty cool pictures drawn on the concrete. When I looked closer I could see that they were painted on the ground. My favourite paintings were the ying yang flower, the peacock and the extremely detailed mandala after taking a few photos we went home to our apartment.
