#997 Vivid Sydney Festival

#997 Vivid Sydney Festival


Australia is know for our B -E- A - UTIFUL weather.

For a very short part of the year in Autumn/Winter the weather turns ...well... crap.


Just for a little bit. (never fear) 


So to confuse locals and tourists to distract us from it, Sydney puts on THE VIVID SYDNEY FESTIVAL! 

http://www.vividsydney.com

Its held in late May / June in Sydney on the EAST coast and  ITS FREE BABY, FREEEEEEEEEE

Light and sound installations are incorporated into famous buildings, like the Opera House, Customs House , MCA building and random items like these AWESOME Deep sea fishy taxis.
Yes thats right, this is a Taxi. WOOOOO! 
Take me to the vivid festival, Oh Fishy chariot! 

So if you feel like listening to quirky music with the psychedelic images flashing before you wherever you look, then the Vivid festival is for you!





VIVID FESTIVAL SYDNEY = AWESOME!!

# 988 Pink Lake

# 988 Pink Lake 

What colour is a lake? Blue ? Bluey Brown ? 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WRONG!
In Australia, we have a lake that is PINK!

Connect with your inner Barbie and visit the PINK LAKE on Australia's WEST coast.

 ACTUAL IMAGE - No photoshop here.
   


Fast Wikipaedia facts
Pink Lake is a salt lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
It lies about 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Esperance and is bounded to the East by the South Coast Highway.

The lake is not always pink in colour but the distinctive colour of the water when the lake is pink is a result of the green alga Dunaliella salina and the halobacterium Halobacteria cutirubrum. (otherwise known as candy pink icky algae)

Once the lake water reaches a salinity level greater than that of sea water, the temperature is high enough and adequate light conditions are provided, the alga begins to accumulate the red pigment beta carotene. In otherwise, summertime people!

 blah blah blah who cares its a super fluffy pinky lakey!!!

 Tour It http://www.crikey-adventure-tours.com/pink-lake.html

 Visit the area http://www.pinklakepark.com.au/index.html


 PINK LAKE = AWESOME!!!

# 989 EPIC NOMS

# 989 EPIC NOMS

Australia is 100% FAIR DINKUM a land of foodies.
FOOD?? We love to eat it, blog about it, have festivals full of it, display an expo of it and sit on our couch at home and watch others battle it out to make it (AKA Masterchef, Junior Masterchef, My Kitchen Rules etc) or crown every chef in the town a celebrity chef.

We love our food oooooh so much and we have ooooh so much to choose from!
When the question is "what do you want to eat", you have to go through hundreds of cuisine options! Chinese Yum Cha, Burgers, Spanish tapas , Malaysian satays, Italian pizza pastas and antipasto, Sushi, Vegetarian, Indian curry's , Fruits, Thai every things, Seafood , tasty tasty Pies , Banger Sangas, Schnitzels and other German delights, dumplings , French pastries and cheeses, cupcakes, kebabs , Mexican fajitas and burritos , lovely lamb , Moroccan and many many many more.

Mentioned earlier in number "#995 Pub Grub & A Chinese Restaurant" yes we have some bare basic staples in every town. But thats just the tip of the iceberg. Nay, the icicle on the tip of the tip of the iceberg. if you live in a big metro city, the world is your oyster. Or your burger, or whatever the tasty treat you want it to be.

Taking a walk through Sydney town, you want it, we got it. Whatever your raging craving is, you can find a wee little place that serves it somewhere in our city.
And we have it with swagger my friend...

Here's just a sample of some awesome venues I've either personally sampled or had someone rave to me about..

PREPARE TO DROOL, FOR AUSSIELAND HAS EPIC NOMS THAT ARE AWESOME!
THE DIP! - http://thedip.com.au



Head over to Chocolatesuze.com for an AMAZING food journey blog! No only does she go to some amazing food spots in Australia, she takes beautiful photos of it too! These two pic's, courtesy of her blog.
mmmmmmm MACARONS!! DAAAMN!


Donuts with Bacon? Couldn't you just die! (also from chocolatesuze.com)



The very creatively named "Bird Cow Fish". Where I had the BEST PERSIAN FETA EVER!.

mmmmmm South Cape Persian Feta. How I love thee.


South South Cape Persian Fetta with salad of roasted pumpkin and baby spinach leaves, dressed with some of the oil and balsamic vinegar..... heaven...

# 990 Summer Festivals



Summer festivals are Awesome in Australia!

No matter what your music or entertainment genre, we have a festival for it in Australia. Growing at huge speed in popularity and variety, music festivals in January are a plenty and there's way too many to choose from now!

Sun + Booze + Music + Summertime = YAY MUSIC FESTIVAL!

Here's Just a few we have in Sydney in Summertime!

Big Day Out
Future Music festival
Laneway Festival
Falls festival
Pyramid Rock
Stereosonic
East Coast Blues & roots
SummaDayze
Field Day
Good Vibrations
Homebake
Groove in the Moo
Park Life
Soundwave


See the full list and their music genre's (Thanks Wikipedia!) at
MUSIC FESTIVALS IN OZ Link.