Wow! Questacon is amazing! Questacon is the National Science and Technology Centre. There are more than 200 exhibits to see, touch, experience, interact with, read about, explore and more. We spent an entire day at Questacon. Highlights included:
Robot hockey where you compete against a robot / mechanical arm in a game of air hockey. The robot outscored the humans ~8 to 1 the day we were visiting.
Here's a terrible pic of E vs the robot
The robot whomped human in almost every match
Free fall where you experience the thrill of weightlessness for a brief second. I'm not much of an adrenaline junkie but I really enjoyed pushing myself for this! No one else in our group tried it that day.
If you're thinking about going to Questacon but aren't sure if it's worthwhile, let me assure you -- it is. We spent the whole day there and probably could've done another half day. Wow!
The next day we learned it was a public holiday -- Family and Community Day (only observed on this day in Canberra; and 2017 was the last day it was observed in the spring) -- but were still able to visit the Royal Australian Mint, shop at Costco, see a movie and make Build-a-Bear stuffies.
Making coins at the RAM
The fruits of our labour
M is worth about $450AUD
Interesting fact from the RAM
The boys loved Costco, though they kept saying they'd been there before. We determined it felt just like Sam's Club in Bentonville!
Very thankful we didn't build one of THESE giant bears!
Final stop of day 2 was a shopping mall for Build-a-Bear Workshop. We also caught a movie (read: nap!) and had a nice dinner.
They love BABW!
Our final day was reserved for Floriade. Floriade is a month-long music / arts / floral festival. I wasn't sure what to expect and it did not disappoint!
We started with a train ride to take you through the event and gardens. There were food trucks, artists and crafters, activities for the kids, reptiles to see, live music, beautiful flowers, garden demonstrations and so much more! We didn't plan to, but ended up spending the whole day at Floriade.
A beautiful floral display, as seen from the ferris wheel
I tried far too many times to get a nice picture of these two!
Floriade, as photographed by E
Bubble bowling on water (E)
Bubble bowling on water (M)
They couldn't get enough of this potato sack slide!
Truth: this trip happened in September. It's now December. Lots has happened between now and then. I'm working on getting caught up!
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