Enlighten - Canberra 2021

There hasn't been much travel to write about or illustrate this past year, but here in Canberra, the crowds (well-behaved) were out to see some of the best free exhibits in town, the annual Enlighten Illuminations. Here is a small selection from the show.

A crowd gathered to see the video projection on the Australian National Gallery walls

Looking along past the National Portrait Gallery wall to Questacon and National Library

The distinctive cube angles of Questacon

Questacon is the science education centre - hence the theme for their show

Birds on a wire, ever changing colours

The National Library always portray images from their vast collection. In this case advertisements for Australian fruit products

And an old photograph of an orchard

The Old Parliament House stands low but proud above the lawns

An open display of archival correspondence

Up at the top of the hill is New Parliament House - fewer people reach this venue. 

It is a nice quiet place to end the evening

Famous and less well known faces spread over the walls

Time to reflect on parliament

And a possum looks out from its nest box, wondering why the night is so busy