From 2 August till 20 September, the Australian Museum opens its doors after hours every Tuesday from 5:30pm - 9:30pm for some art, live music, drinks and entertainment with an 'adultly' twist.
Jurassic Lounge
For $15, you'll gain entry and a drink!
Pink Drink
Who would want a regular red, white wine or beer when you can get a sweet, PINK drink :D
Next to the bar is the skeleton exhibit where there are humans on horseback...with no flesh :P
Yeeha!
And Elephant
Historical bones not your thing? Well how about live dinosaurs roaming around the museum, trying to steal your bag...
And perving on your leg...
We walked to the Games Room where there are some retro games for us to play. Mr. W and I played a game of Jenga. I must say, we are the best Jenga players in the world as our game still haven't finished when the tower on our neighbouring table collapsed 4 times already.
Jenga
But if you're up for some flexing, have fun on Twister!
TwisterGo a little deeper and you will find a quiet place where the Zine workshop is.
Zine Making
Soon, it was near 7:30pm and we went to find ourselves a nice spot at the Atrium Stage for some Burlesque. I've never watched burlesque before but obviously I expected some kinkiness to happen. The 7:30pm show on the night was performed by Fancy Piece where they uh...did some homosexual SM *cough*.
Burlesque by Fancy Piece
I took a lot of photos but most aren't really suitable for this kid friendly (really now?) blog. The burlesque show was not my thing but definitely very interesting.
Behind the Atrium Stage, you'll find a special exhibit called 'Rituals of Seduction: Birds of Paradise' where they are showcasing an array of videos, images and artifacts of birds and how they use their pretty colours/dance to seduce the opposite sex.
Rituals of Seduction: Birds of Paradise
Moving along to Level 2, you'll be in the Search and Discover area of the museum. There, you can do all sorts of nerdy things till your heart's content.
Geek Alert!
Pretty Shells
This place is not just for the nerds. Bullies can also come here to find their next target to punch or, test out your skills with a kangaroo.
Pwned!
I can't help but giggle when I walked past the silent disco...
Silent Disco
But I got my karma when I was scared shitless in the Short Film Screening Room where they aired short horror clips. No photo because I think the photos will give me nightmares so I deleted them off my camera. >-<
In the Surviving Australia Stage, don't forget to sing a song at the Jurassic Karaoke.
Jurassic Karaoke
If you have a phone/camera and uses social network, please take photos! For twitter users, use the #FINDIT hashtag to join in Jurassic Lounge competitions. Facebook users, please upload your best Jurassic Lounge photos to its facebook wall to win!
I never knew my excessive tweeting habits will win me...
Double Pass to see Beauty Days
I won, I won! I won a double pass to watch 'Beauty Days' from Possible Worlds: 6th Canadian Film Festival. This also include two drinks and pizza. Whee!!
Did I mention that everyone at Jurassic Lounge will also get a copy of the latest issue of Time Out Sydney which costs $4.95 on its own.
For only $15, you'll gain entry to all the fun, a drink of your choice and a copy of Time Out. This is truely too awesome to miss out on. The shows change weekly so check out the Jurassic Lounge website to see what's on.
Winter Festival 2011
Across the street from the Australian Museum is the St. Mary's Cathedral. Mr. W informs me there is a temporary ice skating rink set up so we walked over to see. We arrived and my eyes instantly lit up. There are FOOD! Alpine food to be exact.
I spot lebkuchenherz!
Nawww~too sweet :)
Lebkuchenherz are German heart shaped gingerbread cookies that are usually given to a loved one with a personalised message in the middle written out with frosting. I want one...
Glühwein (Mulled Wine)
The nice people at the stand gave us some hot mulled wine to sample.
As I don't know how to ice skate, nor do I want to embarrass myself by holding on to the railings then falling, I opted to stand and stare at other people having fun while sipping on my wine.
Ice Skating
Why are they all facing the other way? :(
How can I redeem myself as a food blogger when I hardly showed any food in this post...
German Sausages
By a weiner! sausage!
The Bavarian Weisswurst $9The Bavarian Weisswurst with sauerkraut and sweet mustard.
Oh hello...what's this?
Giant Nutella Jar
This baby is super heavy! Imagine all the nutella goodness inside...
Strawberry, Banana Waffle with Chocolate Sauce and Macadamia Ice Cream $12
Crispy waffle topped with super sweet strawberries and bananas from Waffle Bite. Considering the price of bananas these days, that is a very generous serving.
St. Marys Cathedral
Sadly the Winter Festival for Sydney ended on the 11th but they will open for Melbourne peeps on 18 August till 4 September.
Sugarpuffi attended Jurassic Lounge courtesy of Matt Ravier from The Festivalists.
Jurassic Lounge
From 2 August to 20 September 2011
Website: http://www.jurassiclounge.com/
Location: Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney
Opening Hours: Tuesdays 5:30pm - 9:30pm
Phone: 02 9320 6000Website: http://www.jurassiclounge.com/
Possible Worlds: 6th Canadian Film Festival
From 8 August to 14 August 2011
Location: Dendy Opera Quays, Factory Theatre, Australian Museum
Website: http://www.possibleworlds.net.au/
Location: Dendy Opera Quays, Factory Theatre, Australian Museum
Website: http://www.possibleworlds.net.au/
Winter Festival
Sydney from 22 July to 11 August 2011
Melbourne from 18 August to 4 September 2011
Location: Sydney - Cathedral Square
Website: http://www.winterfestival.com.au/
Sydney from 22 July to 11 August 2011
Melbourne from 18 August to 4 September 2011
Location: Sydney - Cathedral Square
Melbourne - between Melbourne Museum and the Royal Exhibition Building
Opening Hours: 12pm-10pm on weekdays, 10am-11pm on Saturdays and 10am-10pm on SundaysWebsite: http://www.winterfestival.com.au/
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19 sugary comments:
I went to the Winter Festival too! So much fun but soooo many ppl. Didn't fall over but suffered from seriously wet socks due to the damp skates =(
I LOVE JENGA!!! Actually going to play some tonite with friends at our poker night :-) it's such a laugh!
Aww, so much fun...! I thought that skeleton was riding a dinosaur... :P
Went to the Winter Festival too! love ice skating... definitely keen to check out the Jurassic lounge though!
I love burlesque! And that Nutella jar-woah, it's almost as big as you are! :D
I want that giant nutella in my kitchen!!!!!
Ice skating's fun fun fun!
Damn! Why don't we have this in Melbourne.. boo!!
I had read about these nights in the Museum newsletter and wondered what they were like. Looks like a great way to spend a lazy Tuesday evening.
Oh my!! I wanna attack your ice cream now, my sore throat is killing me and that banana waffles icecream is screaming my name ;)
SO much fun squeezed into one post. I'm going to have sweet sweet dreams about giant nutella jars tonight... drooooool!
I really should have made an effort to go to Winterfest, looks so fun.
Jurassic Lounge has so many more activities now! The one earlier this year was mainly just light shows, silent disco, live band etc
Teehee I can teach you how to iceskate :)
Jurassic Lounge is awesome! I had so much fun the last time around, and I can see they added so much more things, worth a revisit. too bad I don't work 2 mins away from it anymore!! :(
Lol I totally had to just Wiki zine - never heard of it? Love burlesque though - will def check it out :) thanks lovely!
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You know what would make this festival just AWESOME?
MONSTER RIBS.
Just sayin'
You crammed a lot into what sounds like an awesome night! The silent disco cracked me up *awkward*. Kind of shows how we're becoming in everyday life (listening to ipods, mobiles etc and not really 'gelling' with surrounds). Craving that banana waffle!
@Rita: oh ew damp skates! at least you had fun though!
@Simon: whooh! Jenga is funnnnn
@Tina: ahaha! i thought so too then i looked closely and it was a horse.
@gastronomous a: you should! its fun :D
@Lorraine: i know! and its super heavy too
@Ramen Raff: hehe i want too!
@Msihua: winter festival is coming to melb!
@Sara: should go! since Josh is legal, he can tag along as well hehe :P
@Jackie: the waffles are awesomenessss! no stealing my icecream :(
@Ladybird: should go to Jurassic Lounge! its fun. mmm...nutella..
@Muppy: awee, it's now in melb though >-<
@Vivian: you are like...super woman to me now. ride a bike...ice skate...
@Minibites: yeah i heard it's much more fun than last time. should go again!
@Nic: dw, i had to google it as well :P
@Tammi: everything is better with monster ribs :D
@Keely: ahaha i edited out my crazy laugh when filming the silent disco. it was hilarious!
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