3 June 2014

Had a wander around the City proper and around to New Acton and the London Circuit/Marcus Clarke street area today, all very interesting and so much development it's amazing, buildings have sprung up everywhere and some old hovels that looked like that should be demolished when I lived here some years back have become a refurbished new hotel. Times change I guess and property becomes worth so much that they just have to develop it.

Just a few random shots from the day.

The Academy of Science Building

Is this what you call POP art? It's all popcorn!

Modern Man statue at New Acton

What a shop front awning! New Acton again

I fairly much limited the day to that area and unfortunately didn't get many good photos as the sky was terrible, though at least it didn't rain! YAH! The New Acton area is certainly worth a walk around and there is quite a bit packed into such a small area worth looking at. I went there specifically looking to have breakfast at Mocan and Green Grout as I have heard good things about it, though it was packed with suits at 0930 (what does no one actually work in this town, or perhaps it was a "working Breakfast") as it is only a small space. It is funny you know, I am happy to drive around the country at 80 kilometres and hour, but expect me to wait to get a seat at a cafe and you can just forget it, nowhere is that good that there isn't another place around the corner.

I also want over to the National Film and Sound Archive, wow it has changed there is a huge extension out the back of the building, but the actual display space is about less than half what it was 12 years ago and to say that the whole thing was rather dated and low budget primary school kids excursion spot would be an understatement. Really it used to be quite something special, I guess that times and expectations change and probably more telling so do budgets, you can only do what is able to be paid for when your annual budget is slashed. They must have so much information and objects in storage there, it is just a shame that more people can't get to see it.

Anyway we're hanging with the rich and infamous tomorrow, Yarralumla around all the Embassies and the Parliamentary triangle, lunching at the yacht club and then old and new Parliament houses, followed by a quick drive along the lake edge before crossing over and heading to the War Memorial to see the latest changes since my last visit. Should be a good day, supposed to be fog then sunny! Woo Hoo!