WA Art Gallery and Cultural Precinct

​Our visit to the WA Art Gallery and cultural precinct was another record-breaking outing, earning the title of the longest photography event in history. We met at 10.30am and finished at around 4ish. It really is true that time flies when you’re having fun. I got to Northbridge early and took some photographs of the surrounding area, including a car which was set up for the Christmas lights.

Inside the gallery

We met at the coffee shop before entering the Art Gallery. Thankfully it was quiet and very welcoming. In comparison, the nearby museum had an enormous line of people queueing outside. The museum line was just like mad shoppers waiting for the doors to open at the Boxing Day sales.

Once we were inside the Art Gallery we took our time to appreciate the diverse mix of art. Some of it was incredibly weird but very creative. Overall, it was a very relaxing and enjoyable experience.

After we left the Gallery, we wandered towards the city, wondering where to go first. We stopped briefly outside the train station and encountered a few interesting characters, before heading to the Murray Street Mall. At the Mall there were some pop-up stalls. I was distracted by a sign that said, “free donuts,” before someone pointed out that it said G-free donuts. Gee! I didn’t see the G! Whoops! It’s a good thing that I didn’t want donuts anyway.

Further down the Mall, we stopped to photograph a busker who was actually very good. Meanwhile I was distracted by a KFC advertisement on one of the buildings. It had a very interesting message to “look on the fried side of life.”

Speaking of fried, we decided to look for a coffee place, wandering around the city like headless chickens ready to become KFC. Fortunately, we weren’t real chickens as there would presumably have been a KFC store around the corner. We must have walked about three kilometres before stopping at Bocelli’s, a place that is not connected to Andrea Bocelli, the Italian singer. We didn’t mind though, because we had already encountered a lot of blind singers in the city.
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After our long coffee break, we headed towards Yagan Square, in pursuit of a “fun fair.” We discovered that the fair was not really fun because it was closed. As a matter of fact, it wasn’t even fair! Fortunately, it all worked out well because we got to explore the empty food hall at Yagan Square before making ourselves comfortable at “The Shoe Bar.” We had some fun conversation before we literally had to shoo. ​

Free donuts!

Christmas decorations