tourist in melbourne: exhibitions

i love a good exhibition. and even more i love when i get to explore a new place at the same time. i went to melbourne for the weekend with friends and was mighty impressed by some of the exhibitions on offer.

 first we went to see Tutankhamun which was fantastic. i couldn't believe how many things existed over 3000 years ago, like hinges were on a jewelery box in Tutankhamun's burial room. we didn't get to see his actual mummy as it is still in egypt but it was definitely worth seeing some spectacular and well preserved 3000 year old egyptian objects. if you get the chance it's a really interesting exhibition and isn't in australia too much longer.

the  other exhibition we chose to see featured klimt who is my absolute favourite artist.  he painted my favourite painting, the kiss,  a copy of it hangs in our bedroom. so naturally i went to the Vienna art & design exhibition.  while the kiss wasn't there, i saw some amazing artwork and was pretty impressed with some of the design, especially by Otto Wagner. the Vienna exhibition closes soon but i'm sure will come to other capital cities.

other pictures are of a beautiful building near the museum and a parade of giant dragon babies, also known as the angels-demon parade.

in this tourists opinion, if you're off to melbourne, book an exhibition or two... or three:)

father's day craft idea.

one of the main reasons i love being a primary school teacher is i get to be creative and do lots of fun arts and crafts with my kiddies. i always search for good ideas and thought i'd share a father's day idea that works well and looks great. we made cards for our dads using different types of paper and putting my button collection to good use. simply fold the paper to look like a shirt, decorate and add buttons.
to all those fathers out there , i hope you get spoiled with lots of lovely cards and gifts.

cave stories

I do love exploring a new place and other recent discovery of mine was the Yourambulla caves, three caves which have the best aboriginal cave paintings in SA. They're found between Quorn and Hawker and though it's a pretty steep climb to get into the caves, it's on my go to list of things to see in the area. 

 A great view looking out from the cave viewing platform.

charcoal (above) and red and white ochre drawings.