Follow the Unicorn

Last Saturday night was Melbourne's second annual White Night. Contrary to how its name sounds, it has nothing to do with Caucasians. It's simply to represent the lights being on all night, as the city, or at least most of it, stays open all night until 7am Sunday morning. My new friend Halla, one of the interns at City on a Hill and hardcore nursing student, invited me out with her to join Rehab Radio's Decentralized Dance Party - "Generating complete awesomeness, street by street and block by block with Australia's baddest collection of vintage boomboxes." How could I say no?

Me. and Halla. :D

So she met me at my apt, and then we headed from there to where the dance party was starting in front of the State Library at 8pm. We didn't really know what to expect, but we had a great time.

Joining the group

Halla and "our" boombox

Inside Melbourne Central (mall)

The Mustache Man! XD

Halla..and a dancing tutu

The stick figure man!

Heading through Chinatown

Disco ball!

The Unicorn (center) and friends :)

Danced and wandered the streets (following the Unicorn with the "follow me" sign) for about two and a half hours, at which time we decided we were hungry and left the group to go get pizza. After pizza Halla's flatmates joined us, and we wandered around some more, looking at the lights and some of the exhibits along the river, but by about 2..we were tired. So, like the old and boring adults that we were, we parted ways and all headed home.

Beautiful Flinders Street Train Station all lit up with colors and pictures