With the morning to ourselves before we could catch them, we headed for the National Museum of Australia, where there was a special exhibition on: Songlines tracking the Seven Sisters. It is on till the 25th of February.
I'm a bit interested in songlines, so I was keen to see this one. The weaving between the country and the stories that exists here is something that I find fascinating.
The exhibition is very well put together and follows the epic saga of the Seven Sisters' journey across the central and western deserts as told by various groups in various stories, which all have a similarity.
It was really interesting to see the "maps" of the countryside drawn up with the explanations of what was where, and then see it put into a painting or weaving without the explanation. It helped to show how the stories are woven into the landscape and the artwork reflects the same.
We ate lunch at the National Museum and spent some time looking at the rest of the exhibitions which show significant items and times in Australian History. A very interesting place to visit and free except for the special exhibition (and the food).
We headed across town to see the Abbertons in their new-for-them apartment (renting at the moment) before heading across the road to see the F45 gym which Eliza and Luke run and to eat tea at the local Thai (very good) . As always it is too hard to say goodbye to these guys, but it must happen.
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