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Saturday some culture, and qualifying

On Saturday Sam and I met up in front of Southern Cross Station. We were both late, so I had been worrying in my delayed train for nothing. We went for a walk and ended up at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image on Fed Square. Admittance was free and there were some interesting exhibitions.

After that little bit of culture we walked to the Queen Victoria Market, where Sam bought some mango's and I bought a couple of hats. You like?

That second one was pretty cheap, so…

After the market we ate a late lunch at a Chinese restaurant. My dish was very good, but a bit too much for a simple lunch. I ended up skipping dinner and settled for a large chocolate sundae later at McDonalds because of that.

After lunch we parted ways and I headed up to Albert Park for the Formula One Qualifying sessions. It was a nice experience to be there, but you're a lot better off following all the action from your comfortable sofa at home in front of the television. Not that I'd rather be there at the moment, though!

The F-18 display was pretty cool. I've actually managed to get some video footage that looks pretty good, so I hope to get that online somewhere soon.

The qualifying itself was as expected. Too bad Max Verstappen made a small error on his fast run, missing the top ten qualifying session. He starts from 12^th tomorrow. I'll be interested to see what his race pace is going to be.

Looks like the Mercedes dominance is still there this season, so let's hope the other teams quickly manage to catch up and make it a bit more interesting than last year. I doubt it, though. In which case I hope Rosberg gets his act together and beats Hamilton. Also not very likely.

Pictures of the F1 cars racing on the track are pretty hard to get. I might try my luck on Sunday. The cars on display next to the track are a bit easier to get on film.

And then, when the action ends, the exodus starts…

The crowd waiting to be transported to the city centre by tram was also big, and the trams that came from further up were constantly full with people from the other gates. Took a while to get back to Flinders Station. Sunday will probably be worse…