Melbourne

Back in the big city after a flight from Cairns.  Rocking public transportation with my Myki card!

In Melbourne, we were lucky to have dinner with the cousin of a friend of Carlos.  The Smith's of Melbourne.  Alas, Cousin Susie is taking the picture, but Dad Brendan and Tommy the wombat are pictured.

During our first full day, we spent the morning and afternoon with our new friends Adam and his mother Judy.  They stayed in the same building as us.

Immigration....an issue everywhere!

Where we spent the morning.....ACMI in Federation Square.

There was an awesome Dreamworks exhibition.

The exhibition told of the process of creating an animated feature film.  Here's the story boarding process.

Here we have MATH, trigonometry to be precise, in action.  Using sine curves, and changing the amplitude and the period, we can create ocean wave motion! Look carefully at the settings on the bottom.

We also had an opportunity to use an animation board and create our own short film. I made the sun rise and set.  More math.....translations and rotation matrices!

Wandering through the streets of Melbourne, we found the reading room in the national library!

Of course we took a load off for an hour and logged into wifi!

Last stop, before dark, watching graffiti artists on Hosier lane.

That evening.....Guardians of the Galaxy!