Museum

On what has so far been our "rainiest" day, we went to the Australia Museum in downtown Sydney.  It was Friday, expected it to be a calm meditative experience.  Inject several hundred school children into echoy old halls and it was bedlam, pure and simple.  In no particular order, here are some photos:

Aboriginal art - most of it modern day pieces.

A sample of a Victorian period collection - smelled very strongly of naptha (moth balls)!

From the skeleton room - "The Bone Ranger"!

Description above - these drums were 8 - 10 feet tall.  Very impressive.

Ancient aboriginal masks.

I wish the light had been better to caputure this 'roo's expression - he had (has?) true attitude!  He stood near the entranceway to a "hands on" room for children.  Frankly, all of the rooms felt like hands-on rooms for children!

There were a myriad of photo-worthy items that I didn't include - strange beasts from this continent (now extinct), bird collections, geological collections, bug collections, reptiles etc.  A wonderful natural history of the continent, and the world.

It was a lovely place to spend a few hours out of the rain.  Even if one's ears didn't get a rest, the eyes enjoyed the feast.