1 February 2012

See Questacon in a different light!

1 February 2012 | Advertising Feature

As part of the ENLIGHTEN festival over four nights Questacon — The National Science and Technology is offering exclusive after hours performances and talks. Tickets are priced from $10-$15 and are available for purchase through Ticketek.

Friday 2 March
8-10 pm
Music Today – How do you play it that way?
Top Australian DJ/Producer Tom Piper Ministry of Sound DJ will let you in on the secrets of how technology is influencing music today in this music production master class.
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Friday 2 March
6-10 pm
Big Night Out For Adults
There’s plenty for adults to see and do at Questacon. For one night only inspire your inner scientist at this night out for adults and enjoy 50% off admission prices.
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Saturday 3 March
7-9 pm
Red, White and Ale
Join the delicious event that reveals the science behind artisan beer and wine making. Enjoy tastings and learn from Brett Gray from Zierholz Brewery and Nick Spencer from Eden Road Wines as they discuss the science, techniques and stories behind their well known local products.
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Friday 9 March and Saturday 10 March
6.30 – 7.30 pm and 8 – 9pm
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer by Tim Watts
In a highly imaginative fusion of animation, mime, puppetry, projections, live and recorded music master story teller Tim Watts tells the tale of Alvin Sputnik, deep sea explorer, and the search for his long lost love in the seemingly endless depths of the ocean.
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deye4:11 pm 01 Feb 12

Skyring said :

I love it that once again we light up our grand public buildings in brilliant, blazing floodlights for several nights, and then turn the lights off for Earth Hour. Sort of yin and yang, except the Light totally beats the Dark.

There are lights on those buildings everynight, having different lights on for a few hours on a few nights won’t make much of a difference.

Harrym2:37 pm 01 Feb 12

42% overall – not just from the LEDs. The difference is one is a symbolic gesture and the other is a real energy saving. I would say that this is a pretty good example actually.

Skyring2:10 pm 01 Feb 12

Harrym said :

Actually Questacon use energy efficient LED lighting to light the building and according to their blurb have reduced the buildings energy usage by 42% over the last 10 years.

Actually, Questacon says the lighting has only saved 10%, but my point remains: how does four nights of blazing brilliance counter an hour of turning the lights off? What sort of an example does this set?

Harrym1:44 pm 01 Feb 12

Actually Questacon use energy efficient LED lighting to light the building and according to their blurb have reduced the buildings energy usage by 42% over the last 10 years.

Skyring12:16 pm 01 Feb 12

I love it that once again we light up our grand public buildings in brilliant, blazing floodlights for several nights, and then turn the lights off for Earth Hour. Sort of yin and yang, except the Light totally beats the Dark.

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