Easter 2024

Seven Years Ago we were in Austria and we Climbed a Mountain.

There were many others on the Path that day.  It was not an easy climb and sometimes the path was not obvious. Once I was called back by another traveller as I had strayed onto an unsafe route.  

There were places to Rest or to go off to see other things, each one distracting us from our goal of reaching The Cross on the Summit.

I wondered how many of those travellers knew the Story of Pilgrims Progress.

The Spiritual Significance of Placing our Backpacks (Burdens) at the Foot of the Cross and Resting there was not lost on us that day.

Neither was the fact that the Journey Home was going to be easy.  (We did see someone slip and fall on the way back).

But IF we place our Hand into the Hand of God

It will be Better than a Light and Safer than a Known Way.

So as we Celebrate a Time with Chocolate and Hot Cross Buns, 

Let us not loose Sight of that "Old Rugged Cross"

Leonardo da Vinci - 500 years of Genius

The Leonardo Da Vinci Machines: 

an Exhibition of Genius began in 2006* as a small exhibit of 64 models in the Spiegeltent at Docklands Melbourne.

AND We were there!

Since then it has expanded, touring the world.  

Returning to Melbourne to the purpose built 3,000m² multi-sensory gallery  THE LUME 

(The worlds largest digital Art and Cultural Venue).

From the Display of full scale Flying Machines in the Foyer

(Hangliding anyone?)

Past Facsimiles of Note books with such precise documentation of every idea.

Including comments like:

"..and if the above effect is not obtained, 

waste no more time on it."

Once inside the Exhibition space we headed to The Caffè Medici where we dined on tastes of Florence, Milan & Venice.

As we sat we watched the Artwork come alive while listening to the Music of Puccini, Verdi, Vivaldi .....

We were in awe of the extent of the exhibits which included Four Original Pages from the Codex Atlanticus, of which no pages have been seen before in Australia.

This section had extra security but Photography was allowed as long as there were No Flash used.

Upstairs, as well as full scale Models of da Vinci's War Machines, 

were the working - fully playable models because the prime reason for this exhibit is to engage the Children, bringing Art and History out of the Museums into Their World.

There was so much more to see that I won't include - 

Have to leave you something to discover - IF and when the exhibit returns 

- Go, It is an amazing experience.

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*The Journey began in 2006, when I introduced an exhibition of Leonardo's machine Inventions into Australia for the first time, displayed within a temporary pavilion at Waterfront City (Docklands). 

The success and overwhelming public reception of this exhibition ignited a personal desire to create a more comprehensive experience....

Bruce Peterson 

Founder & Chairman