Friday, January 20, 2006

Moonlighting

During the summertime months, there are a great many outdoor events and happenings. The Sydney festival is on currently, which has a great deal of theater and concerts to choose from, some of which are held in the parks dotting the city.

There is also a genre of outdoor cinema here, which is put on by no fewer than four different organizations. We attended a free, family show last week outside the Olympic Park, which was nice enough. The night before last, however was a real treat, going to a show in the Royal Botanical Gardens that pulled out all the stops.

My advisor told us that the screen, which swivels on hydraulics when inactive to not catch the wind, was shipped from Europe. The facilities featured a full bar with gourmet catering and picnic options. A small grandstand of a few thousand seats were set up and filled promptly. We saw 'Wedding Crashers', which was funny, but in that environment there wasn't much that we wouldn't enjoy. On the right,the Opera House and bridge in the background, with the full-sized movie screen on pylons in the harbour. On the left was the skyline of Sydney.

Tonight we'll trudge up the coast to Bondi for their version of the outdoor cinema, spreading out on the lawn by the beach.

posted by ncawthon at 2:29 PM