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I had fun at White Night Melbourne!<\/span><\/b>
Not normally known as <\/span><\/b>
all night Party Wren,<\/i><\/span><\/b>
It was great to be in the city <\/span><\/b>
watching dawn break over the Yarra River!<\/span><\/b>

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Our <\/span>18 and 21 year old kids<\/span>
 looked at me with an incredulous:<\/span>
“I’ve got better things to do with my life, <\/i><\/span>
like sleep”<\/i> <\/span>look… <\/span>
when I suggested they came with me.<\/span>

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Or maybe it was the <\/span>
“You’ve got to be kidding! <\/span>It’s going to be 36 degrees C on Sunday<\/span><\/i>
and we’re playing soccer in the extreme heat, <\/i><\/span>
I’m having a lie-in” look.<\/i><\/span>

<\/i><\/span>Fortunately our overseas students<\/span>
thought my crazy suggestion was a good one.<\/span><\/div>\n


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Today photo credits go to these <\/span>
three gorgeous Japanese students<\/span>
who were happy to join me <\/span>
and get up at 5am <\/span>to enjoy White Night Melbourne.<\/span>
Thank you!<\/span><\/div>\n
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White Night is a music, food, film, art and light festival<\/span>
which runs from 7pm to 7am<\/span><\/div>\n
with over 80 free events in nine precincts across the city.<\/span>
City buildings were transformed by spectacular light shows.<\/span>
The Forum and many Flinders Street buildings<\/span>
became Alice In Wonderland.<\/span>
Off with her head!<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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Many buildings were open all night.<\/span>
Here we are in St Pauls Cathedral.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a wonderful way to show our overseas visitors <\/span>
inside many of our iconic Melbourne buildings.<\/span>
The beauty of going at 5am <\/span>
was to enjoyed the sights without the crowds!<\/span><\/div>\n


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At the Arts Centre we sat in air conditioned comfort<\/span><\/div>\n
in one of the theatres<\/span><\/div>\n
to watch the wonderful Ghostly Machines,<\/span><\/div>\n
a kind of mechanical ballet <\/span>show set to music.<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/div>\n
When we came out it was just getting light<\/span><\/div>\n
and these luminous skeletons dancers were having a final dance<\/span><\/div>\n
at the National Gallery of Victoria.<\/span><\/div>\n
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We wandered back along the Yarra River <\/span><\/div>\n
amidst many people looking rather rough<\/span><\/div>\n
(like <\/span>the morning after the night before!)<\/span><\/div>\n
we watched large illuminated lotus flowers <\/span><\/div>\n
floating on the the river.<\/span><\/div>\n

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<\/a><\/div>\n

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The crack of dawn was breaking on another <\/span><\/div>\n
wonderful <\/span>Melbourne Day.<\/span><\/div>\n
Next year we’re so going to do an all nighter!<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
Linking with Blue Monday<\/a>, Thank you Sally<\/div>\n
Mosaic Monday <\/a>Thank you Judith<\/div>\n
#PoCoLo <\/a> Thank you Victoria<\/div>\n
Our World Tuesday<\/a> <\/div>\n
Thank you to all the hosts<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Please visit and enjoy the other posts!<\/div>\n


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