Harry Potter Exhibition & some good news.

Last sunday saw us all up at the crack of dawn to head into the city for the Harry Potter Exhibition.

It was a damp,dark morning but that didn’t put a dampener on our enthusiasm.

The tickets were bought back in July I think, so we had plenty of time to plan.

We spent nearly 2 hrs on the train.

The girls listened to music and read,I knitted and DH read and did sudoku puzzles.

On our arrival at Central station it was bucketing down so we decided to get a cab to the PowerHouse Museum.

We spotted these huge posters and I knew we HAD to take some pics as I knew no photography was allowed inside the Exhibition.

We were early so managed a swift coffee before lining up.

I thought No 2 would pop with sheer excitement!!

As you went in,you could have photos taken against a blue screen.

Finally we went in……

There was the Sorting Hat and then we went through so see some shorts from the movies and then ……….out of the mist

The Hogwarts Express train appeared.

FABULOUS!!!

Then onto lots and lots of displays.

I loved all the wizards robes and wands.

The girls loved Hermione’s Yule Ball dress.

Dobie was great and I loved seeing Fawkes up close.

Buckbeak was amazing.

Hagrid’s house was HUGE and so was his chair.

But best of all,was the girls’ reactions to it all.

So much attention to details and so many things to look at!!

 I think we spent about 90 mins in total looking around……………..

it was wonderful and well worth the ticket price.

However…..the gift shop……….OMG

the girls were horrified at the prices…………..

$40 for a t-shirt $50 for a toy Hedwig,$50 for a Marauders Map and a simple piece of paper to be used as a book mark with *Harry Potter Exhibition* printed on it…………….was $8.

Needless to say we didn’t get anything.

we took lots of food and DH and I had a coffee.

we caught the Light Rail back to Central station and had some hot chips

Then we hopped on our train for our trip home.

we were all exhausted by the time we got home about 4.30pm

but it was a wonderful day and we all loved it!!!!

*****

The good news:

The weird,numb,dry thingy on my lip is NOT cancer.

Dr thinks it may be a damaged nerve.

So a large sigh of relief from me after being worried for weeks about it.

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