We arrived at the museum a bit before 14:00 on a Friday. School holidays though. So I took the first parking spot we saw. Which was wayyyyyy up the northwest end of the car park (literally the second last spot). As it turned out, it was the only free parking spot we walked past (there was one other one that was instantly taken by someone). Glad I grabbed the one I did, otherwise we'd have been driving around for ages and ages trying to find a spot.
The Garden of Australian Dreams
Atrium
FJ Holden (1955) and Propert "Trailaway" touring caravan (1956)
FJ Holden Special Sedan (1955)
Muttaburrasaurus
Jewellery made from Australian gold
Garden of Australian Dreams
Bicycle used by Tony Armstrong on his search for extraordinary things
Fluorescent art
The problem with this museum is it's one of those "choose your own adventure" museums which I HATE. Firstly we walked right past the main entrance because we were distracted by the view of the Garden of Australian Dreams. Like how bad is the design when it's possible to miss the main entrance?? So ended up a side entrance. Then tried to find a toilet. Saw a sign that said go downstairs, so had to hunt around for that. Came up back up and went to the Pompeii exhibition which was pretty good. And then we went for a bit of a wander. But we stoopidly didn't pick up a map. Which meant you have no idea if you've actually seen everything or not. Hate hate hate hate hate. Decided not to spend another $40 to see the Kimberley VR movie. And didn't find the ABC van we saw in 2001. The British Museum (the old bit) is still my favourite museum - everything is laid out along lines so it's easy to get around and not get lost and feel like you've missed stuff.
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