Judy & Brian Tour Oz

Judy just had to get her hair cut today, so i spent the time walking along the beach. with our chores out of the way, we finally went back to the cafe at the Art Gallery and Museum. Some say, that you should never go back. This was our third time back in Darwin and we decided we would anyway. Its a nice spot, the food was good. Compared to say the Trailer Boat Club, it is a bit pricey so perhaps we will keep it for a special lunch next year. They are slowly but surely loosing their view however, so just to remind you, here is a snap or 2 Headed back to Palmerston to get a few necessities from the shops before heading out to "Jenny's Orchid Nursery". We parked the car and was immediately accosted by we assume "Jenny" to let us know that we could look in the shop for free or pay $7 each to look in the shade houses. Seeing there were more orchids in the shop than the shade houses we opted to ogle those in the shop and keep our hands in our pockets. After oohing...

Wandered about today. Starting to panic, so many things we aught to do so little time to do them. Went back to the Museum  and Art gallery and spent an hour or two looking at the artefacts and criticising things we know nothing about. Our theme, as has been the last few years, is based around the existence of the aboriginal art. Now in this gallery, most of the stuff they have is old, well old for today, having been collected in the 70s and 80s. The point is, the 'art' as we see today, didn't exist prior to the 1970s, so why is it held in near religious reverence? At least the pieces in the museum purport to document some of the stories as opposed to the current pieces being produced. The long and short of it is that its just art when its produced in the form of a canvas or a convenient sheet of flattened bark. They have no history of art in this format. They only painted their possessions such as spears, shields and ceremonial items. The interesting items are the burial ...