Skyfire

Every year Canberra holds Skyfire, a huge Fireworks display over Lake Burley Griffin. By the looks of it, everyone in Canberra was there. Not joking, it seemed like everyone in the city was there.

A few friends and I went down to Commonwealth Park to watch the event. In the center (or centre!) of the lake there were five barges full of fireworks. This meant that this was going to be awesome.

At 8:30, a fighter jet (with afterburners on!) flew over head, to start of the festivites. It was quite the sight, one that I wish I had captured on camera. Being inspired, I pulled out my camera and started to take pictures.

20 minutes of fireworks, synced up with music from various movies. The playlist included Star Wars, Back to the Future, Superman, the matrix, and Afternoon Delight (the version from Anchorman, including the cast complimenting themselves on how good they sounded)

Afterwards, seeing how the entire city was there, it took us one hour to get out of the car park, and about an hour and a half to get back to Uni.

Then, we ate pancakes at a place with free wireless internet. All in all, a good night.

Alan

(pics when I can get to a computer with un dodgey Internet)

(update: here's some more pics!)