Some things that have happened recently are:
Vintage Fair at Canterbury Racecourse - huge fair of vintage clothing, homewares, accessories etc - loads of stalls and lots of fun to look around! I fell in love with an antique pearl and silver ring but at $450 it was a bit out of my price range :(
Der müde Tod - I know I mentioned this before, but to elaborate: this was part of the Sydney Silent Film Festival, for which somehow we managed to gain free tickets for a showing of our choice. We chose Fritz Lang's 1921 film Der müde Tod, called Destiny in English-speaking world for some reason. The greatest thing about it was that it was with live musical accompaniment from a pianist, which was awesome. It's actually a really good film, really spooky and with really good special effects considering the time it was made! It's the story of a young couple, who are very happy until Death comes to take the man. The woman bargains with Death and he says that if she can save just one of three people from their fate of death she can have her lover's life back...
Opera House open day. On a Sunday of horrendous torrential rain we battled on over to the Opera House for their doors-open day, in which you can walk around the whole place - all the venues including backstage areas - for free.
We made sure we sat in all the seats we wouldn't normally be able to afford (haha) and it was good to see inside the Opera Theatre!
The Opera stage is set for the Mikado.
In the Concert Hall.
Wicked
OH MY GOODNESS Wicked was amazing!! I had to think about whether I could afford to go, but it was SO worth the money. It's such a fun story and it's fun to spot all the references to the original Wizard of Oz story (including the origins of the cowardly lion, tin man and scarecrow).
In the bar, they were serving 'Oz-mopolitans' in light-up green glasses!!! We could not resist.
Katherine and Caroline, my Wicked companions.
Melbourne Cup. Tuesday 3rd November.
Australia is properly into racing season, and the biggest event of the season is the Melbourne Cup, which is possibly also one of the biggest sporting events of the Australian calendar. At 9.30am I found myself in a betting shop, with Karl and Sally helping me to place the first proper bet of my life - $10 on a horse named C'est La Guerre. I then entered the sweep at work and got Master O'Reilley. Unfortunately, neither horse even placed! What a fail. And thus ended my short-lived gambling addiction.
That Tuesday was also an insanely hot day. It hit 37 degrees in the city and was really unbearable. It was windy and the wind was hot, exactly like standing in front of a huge fan heater, if you can imagine such a thing. This unfortunately coincided with two non-air conditioned, rush-hour trains breaking down on the Harbour Bridge and being stuck for 40 minutes. This created quite a kerfuffle with a lot of criticism of CityRail for still running the 30 year old, non-aircon trains in excessively hot weather during rush hour, as it obviously creates a health risk. There were a lot of people arguing that they should have evacuated passengers from the stuck trains. I went home on a non-aircon tin can train, not in rush hour so it was empty, and I still felt ill after 10 minutes, so I can't imagine what being stuck for 40 minutes was like.
That is all for now I think. I just went to check to see if I've been paid (I've been living on $10 since Sunday..boooo) and found my tax return had...returned!!!! AND I got $1500! Brilliant! Rich beyond my wiiiiildest dreaaaaams!!!
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