and tricky nest sculpture, before driving on to the Wide Brown Land Sculpture (in Dorothea McKellar's own handwriting) -did you know that the famous verse is actually verse two of the poem?
We even found a cache down in the Himalayan Cedar Forest.
We headed to the Telstra Tower to see even more spectacular views, reminisce on Telecom history, watch a very dated film about how the tower was built , and have some lunch.
Still raining, but we headed on to the National Library to see Peter Dobrovskis' photos of Tasmanian wilderness which were currently on display . These are wonderful and we were glad we stopped in to see them.. The stained glass windows in the library are also quite beautiful with the light coming through them.
 
With just a little time up our sleeve, Trevor weakened and we drove the short distance across to the National Art Gallery to see the Hyperreal exhibition. This offered some Patricia Piccinini sculptures, which I was keen to see, amongst some other lifelike and not so lifelike experiences.
The very lifelike nude man and pregnant lady who were at least twice normal size (!) were a little challenging, but others were very amusing. Imagine walking into a room full of old men in wheelchairs driving them around the place randomly!!
   
We also took part in a virtual reality experience with goggles and earphones , where you drift through space.
After a quick look at some of the other art in the gallery we headed to Andrew and Vic's place having exhausted our cultural sides well and truly. They were heading out to graduation dinner and disco with Kate, so we had one last chance to say goodbye before we headed out for Vietnamese at the local My's at Weston Creek. Great food.
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