Museum

Be ye pirates at the The Melbourne Aquarium…

Posted by MelbournianGirl on Jan 8, 2012 in Activities, Melbourne, Museum, Tourist | 0 comments

Anyone else worried about my current obsession with the Melbourne Aquarium? In less than a year I have returned to this fishy underwater oasis in the middle of Melbourne to potter with the penguins, have fun with the fish and skulk with the sharks.   On Friday night Dee and I decided that a trip to the Melbourne aquarium would be a perfect summer outing (temperature controlled and dark) although I recall using similar logic justifying a winter trip lat year...hmmm I often marvel at my ability ... Read More

By hook or by Cook….

Posted by MelbournianGirl on Nov 27, 2011 in Activities, Museum | 2 comments

Can you think of a more perfect way to spend a Sunday morning than with a friend, good coffee, a muffin, a beautiful park and walk and a visit to Cook's Cottage? Well this is how I got to spend one of my Sundays a few weeks ago with Sim. We met at Cumulous at an inhospitable hour of the morning (pre 10am on a Sunday) and picked up coffees and scrumptious muffins and headed through Treasury Gardens to Fitzroy gardens. We sat on a park bench and caught up and chatted with the odd tourist passer by ... Read More

Who’s a big kid now…

Posted by MelbournianGirl on Nov 21, 2011 in Events, Melbourne, Museum | 2 comments

Scienceworks Big Kids Night!I had my love of science and technology reaffirmed, when tweeting about my London Science Museum Lates visit I got a response for Museum Victoria letting me know that Scienceworks here in Melbourne was doing a similar inaugural event "Big Kids" in just a few weeks. Naturally I was in. So Dee and I headed over to Spotswood and to Scienceworks to get our geek on. Or should that be nerd? I really like Scienceworks but when I went a few months ago, one weekend, the place ... Read More