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One of the things I've been really excited to see in Sydney is Powerhouse Museum, which is their design museum. While I tend to dislike flat art, I like stuff (sculpture, objects, how they work, etc), and I've been keen on this particular thingy. And then today I was reading the Sydney Morning Herald and found out the Lord of the Rings exhibit some of my friends in other cities have seen is going to be there when I am there. So keen and happy. http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/ You can even go to the exhibit on weekend evenings and wander about with a glass of wine. Drunk hobbity things!

Also, I've found two restaurants in Darlinghurst I'm just mad to try, and one is even cheap. Also psyched about checking out the pubs that all argue about whether they are the oldest one in Sydney (and they all have excellent, ridiculous names right out of the age of sail (you know Lord Nelson this and Lord Nelson that)).

And the Australian National Maritime Museum has two exhibits that should amuse me to no end -- "sailor style" which, yes, is about sailor uniforms in art, film and design and a thing about clocks and timepieces and stuff. Muahahahaa.

The magical intersection of my obsessions seems to be in full force yet again.

There's so much stuff I want to do, I'm going to have to startmaking a list and trying to figure out how to fit everything in, what with being busy every day from 10 - 5.

It's beginning to dawn on me what an incredible orgy of geekery this trip is going to be. Boats, horses, costumes, Lord of the Rings, acting -- just, woah... dude. /keanu off.

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[deslea.livejournal.com]

You'll love both Powerhouse and Maritime. I *think* the Museum of Contemporary Art also has non-flat artworks - double-check on that, though, I haven't been there in quite a few years.

If you like animals and wildlife stuff, skip the zoo and go to Koala Park or Featherdale Wildlife Park, where the animals are less enclosed (ie, paddocks and other semi-open, mostly-accessible enclosures rather than cages) and you can mingle with them. There's also Butterfly Farm at Galston and Forest Of Tranquility at Ourimbah. Some of these are longer trips and you kind of need a car for them, but they're the sort of thing Zach and I like, so feel free to ask me and we'll go and you can tag along.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Brilliant. I'm totally creeped out by butterflies, but the others are a very real possibility. Right now, I'm having to be very loose about my plans because I don't know how much outside of claroom time my class is going to demand, but once that gets figured out, I shall get in touch.