Sydney starts the year with a festival. Every January, Sydney Festival lightens up the city with cultural celebrations based on art, music and ideas. For three weeks, the city is treated to around 80 events which involves a thousand artists from here and abroad in the field of visual arts, dance, music, theatre, cross media and forums.
This year's major attraction is the Rubber Duck, a gigantic inflatable duck created by Florentijn Hofman. The giant rubber duck's purpose is to relieve everyday tensions, as well as define them. The rubber duck is there to create a new perspective in a public place and simply amaze people. It will continue to fascinate at Darling Harbour until 23rd January.
It's HUGE!!! But it's one of the cutest things I've ever seen in my entire life. I've seen photos of it a few days before we went to Darling Harbour but when I saw it in person, I was shocked at the enormity of it. I was in awe and can't get over how something as huge as this Rubber Duck can be as cute! I wanted to hug it!!!
Shared some of photos of this Rubber Duck in twitter, FB and instagram and I'm glad it made our family friends from around the world smile too. They were even reminded of Ernie and Bert's (of Sesame Street) Rubber Duckie song:
Rubber Duckie, you're the one,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
You make bathtime lots of fun,
Rubber Duckie, I'm awfully fond of you...
It's amazing how an experience such as seeing a giant rubber duck will bring cheer to anyone and even remind them of their childhood. To the organisers of Sydney Festival, thank you for bringing the Rubber Duck to our city.
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It was fortunate that we got to meet up a few friends after work on Friday. They too wanted to see and have a photo with the Rubber Duck so we met up at Lindt Cafe (located at Cockle Bay Wharf) for afternoon tea. It was a hot day so we all had a Iced Chocolates and a few pieces of Salted Caramel macarons. It was the perfect way to say hello to our weekend.
