Growing up I remember the large train mural at Spencer Street , the reflecting pools and water wall at the NGV ( , Joan of Arc at the Museum and the Seahorse at the Port Philip Arcade.
Now I think I like many of the modernist bas reliefs scattered around the city better
We went to Hamilton Gardens yesterday, it was very interesting and beautiful too. I took some picks. There were fun gardens and historically themed gardens.
an Italian garden
a Chinese scholar's garden
a fantasy Tudor garden
also a different beach today where I found a few new to me types of shell
hugs, that was very worrying for everyone, is MIL even aware ?
and grr at the guard who let out an old lady who was dressed for bed, it would seem to me that she was exactly the kind of patient he should be alert about
Yes, we went into a house, not Bilbo's house but another. It was very beautifully made and furnished. It wasn't that small as I think it was made for tourists, not as a film set.
My favourite thing was the night walk with lanterns through the village.
Geek out? The biggest geek out was seeing how the paths of the location was designed to take good pictures .
And how props were just everyday things that were personalised for the movie. For example sets of kitchenware that were all different but painted to look like a set.
Banquet staff in casual.
Not tacky. I think the people who got most out of it were deep fans.
It was super crowded. We had four geeks in costume, I sat with them for drinks and they were so nice and so very very happy to be there.
I felt a little patronised but then I have to remember most people are not super geeks
the location itself is being slowly consumed by the New Zealand tropical environment
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for tomorrow 🤞