Sights & Sounds

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Staying put

National Film & Sound Archives

Academy of Anatomy

Bringing back memories

Guess who?

Courtyard

Australian National Library

Fountains in front of Library

Today we experienced a Canberra frost and fog – with thick frost on the ground before the fog rolled in shortly after day break.  Once again, Cat took up his usual position in front of the heater and refused to budge!

The morning consisted of a bit of housekeeping – namely laundry, with the winter wardrobe getting a bit of a workout – then a visit to Westfield Belconnen for a new photo card for my camera and a few necessities.

Then it was off to the National Film and Sound Archives for some lunch in their lovely coffee shop before exploring the exhibits (well, only three actually).  We spent some time in the “Front Room,” a recreation of a 1950’s lounge and dining room, complete with typical furniture and a large Kriesler television.  We spent some time watching clips of early television performances before heading to the Art Deco theatre.  We would have loved to spend more time in this theatre (if only we had known about it earlier!) as films of life in major Australian cities in 1964 were playing.  Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to wait for Launceston and Hobart to come around, but the films we did see certainly brought back many memories of life in the early 1960’s.  We continued on to the National Library of Australia to inspect their current exhibition – World War 1, of course.

By lunchtime, the fog had lifted and we enjoyed a fairly mild, sunny afternoon.