Last Sunday we began our wanderings through the Gardens Point QUT campus where we came face to face with life size dinosaurs roaming through prehistoric scenes on the walls of the Cube. Dino Zoo was created by the Cube team in conjunction with renowned paleontologist Dr Scott Hocknull from the Queensland Museum. The recreation of the realistic reptiles and their environment, all backed by the latest research, includes digital activities, an archaeological dig simulator, and an interactive Earth timeline. It is just as easy to wile away time watching the dinosaurs moving about as it was to watch the Virtual Reef, the Cube's previous display.
Brisbane never ceases to surprise me. No matter how many times you visit there are always new places to explore. No matter how many times you revisit a familiar place there are new details to discover or changes to invite a re-exploration. Last Sunday we began our wanderings through the Gardens Point QUT campus where we came face to face with life size dinosaurs roaming through prehistoric scenes on the walls of the Cube. Dino Zoo was created by the Cube team in conjunction with renowned paleontologist Dr Scott Hocknull from the Queensland Museum. The recreation of the realistic reptiles and their environment, all backed by the latest research, includes digital activities, an archaeological dig simulator, and an interactive Earth timeline. It is just as easy to wile away time watching the dinosaurs moving about as it was to watch the Virtual Reef, the Cube's previous display. The Cube is one of the world's largest digital interactive learning and display spaces and consists of 48 multi-touch screens soaring across two storeys. It is housed in QUT's Science and Engineering Centre and is open free to the public. Other interactive screens include the Physics Playroom (objects are characterised by real-world properties, such as mass and friction, and the state of the room as a whole is governed by the laws of physics such as gravity and wind velocity) and the Data Wall (visitors can search through layers of Brisbane city, from local public transport routes to public art). Just a few paces away from the very modern and mesmerising Cube is an equally enthralling building that celebrates our city's history. Old Government House, completed in 1862, is a beautiful sandstone building that housed 11 Governors, then the University of Queensland and later, the National Trust of Queensland. The house is now freely open to the public as a museum from Sunday to Friday. Upstairs, the William Robinson Gallery displays many of Robinson's works. Robinson is an eminent Australian artist who has won the Archibald Prize for portraiture twice, but may be better known for his powerful landscape paintings. Couples were celebrating Valentine's Day with romantic picnics in lovely shady spots and markets stalls were set up near the rotunda. The Riverside Markets have now moved here on Sundays and, though not very big at the moment, hopefully they will grow. Lunch was hearty, the beer cold, and the view fantastic. Brisbane is a city that keeps on giving.
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