Sky Fire
Last night was so much fun!!!
The evening started at about 6:30 when we picked Stephany and Anna up from their college and went to Commonwealth Park. We met Skye there and set up our picnic rugs. It was soooo cold! It had literally been in the 90s two days before and around the lake it was about 50. We were bundled up in sweatshirts and North Face jackets, hehe. It was kind of funny- so much for an end of summer celebration, more like a 'welcome winter!' one! We had all brought something for tea and had chicken caesar wraps and pasta salad and bread rolls and desserts... yummy! We all sat around and talked until about 8:30 when the fireworks began. They were gorgeous, set to a soundtrack put on by 104.7. It included the history of Canberra with some time pieces and contemporary music set to the fireworks. The only bad thing about the show was the crowd it attracted... a lot of younger kids who decided it would be the cool thing to do and walk around while everyone else was trying to watch the show. Anna finally got so annoyed because they were walking right over our blankets that she moved over and blocked their path. One of Lauren's friend Meegan decided to poke them in the back of the knees with one of our umbrellas because they were standing right in front of us. We sort of felt like old ladies, but it was funny.
After the show, Lauren, Stephany, Anna, Meegan, Skye and I went up to Redhill lookout, which is up on top of a hill. It's very cool- I've been there before when I was last here during the day. It's very different at night though- almost as good of a view as from the Telstra Tower. The coolest thing is that it is so quiet up there and dark, you kind of lose yourself in the view. Plus the stars above are amazing. Meegan and I were comparing what we call Orion's belt and what they call the Saucepan. You can also pick out the Southern Cross here, which is the constellation on all of their flags.
After this Meegan and Skye went home and the rest of us went into Civic. Lauren needed to go and meet up with her boyfriend while the three of us decided we were not up for, nor properly dressed for, the clubbing scene. So instead we went and sat in the pancake parlour where Chantelle works. There's this huge chess set that Stephany and Anna started playing. While we were doing that, these three hot Aussie blokes came up and started talking to us. They were so funny, and started calling me CIA when they found out I was from Virginia. Anna got into a heated chess game with two of them, while Stephany and I chatted up the other. It was so fun to interact with some of the locals and show them that not all Americans are stuck up and rude and whatever else... One of the guys is in a class with Anna and I so we'll see if we meet up with him anymore. We stayed their until almost 1:30 when the place literally kicked us out. Then we split from the boys and found Lauren and went home. All in all it was a fantastic night and it was so good to get out and meet people and see more of Canberra!
Well I really should go and start some homework. I'm already so far behind. I also need to start looking at Grad school/Vet school applications. How scary is that!
More pictures (in the Canberra 2005 album)
Love
Lo!
VT kids- ya'll are on break now- I expect emails :-)
The evening started at about 6:30 when we picked Stephany and Anna up from their college and went to Commonwealth Park. We met Skye there and set up our picnic rugs. It was soooo cold! It had literally been in the 90s two days before and around the lake it was about 50. We were bundled up in sweatshirts and North Face jackets, hehe. It was kind of funny- so much for an end of summer celebration, more like a 'welcome winter!' one! We had all brought something for tea and had chicken caesar wraps and pasta salad and bread rolls and desserts... yummy! We all sat around and talked until about 8:30 when the fireworks began. They were gorgeous, set to a soundtrack put on by 104.7. It included the history of Canberra with some time pieces and contemporary music set to the fireworks. The only bad thing about the show was the crowd it attracted... a lot of younger kids who decided it would be the cool thing to do and walk around while everyone else was trying to watch the show. Anna finally got so annoyed because they were walking right over our blankets that she moved over and blocked their path. One of Lauren's friend Meegan decided to poke them in the back of the knees with one of our umbrellas because they were standing right in front of us. We sort of felt like old ladies, but it was funny.
After the show, Lauren, Stephany, Anna, Meegan, Skye and I went up to Redhill lookout, which is up on top of a hill. It's very cool- I've been there before when I was last here during the day. It's very different at night though- almost as good of a view as from the Telstra Tower. The coolest thing is that it is so quiet up there and dark, you kind of lose yourself in the view. Plus the stars above are amazing. Meegan and I were comparing what we call Orion's belt and what they call the Saucepan. You can also pick out the Southern Cross here, which is the constellation on all of their flags.
After this Meegan and Skye went home and the rest of us went into Civic. Lauren needed to go and meet up with her boyfriend while the three of us decided we were not up for, nor properly dressed for, the clubbing scene. So instead we went and sat in the pancake parlour where Chantelle works. There's this huge chess set that Stephany and Anna started playing. While we were doing that, these three hot Aussie blokes came up and started talking to us. They were so funny, and started calling me CIA when they found out I was from Virginia. Anna got into a heated chess game with two of them, while Stephany and I chatted up the other. It was so fun to interact with some of the locals and show them that not all Americans are stuck up and rude and whatever else... One of the guys is in a class with Anna and I so we'll see if we meet up with him anymore. We stayed their until almost 1:30 when the place literally kicked us out. Then we split from the boys and found Lauren and went home. All in all it was a fantastic night and it was so good to get out and meet people and see more of Canberra!
Well I really should go and start some homework. I'm already so far behind. I also need to start looking at Grad school/Vet school applications. How scary is that!
More pictures (in the Canberra 2005 album)
Love
Lo!
VT kids- ya'll are on break now- I expect emails :-)
posted by Lauren @ 3/06/2005 03:36:00 PM
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