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Saw them on tv. Not artsy myself, but I did think they were cool. The way the handlers had the marionettes moving was impressive. Lot of people must have been impressed..

Our kids are over there at moment Barry and they have been telling "GIANT" stories of
certain 4wd activities so I forgive you Barry.

(At least I hope they are stories !)

I saw King Kong on stage in Melbourne which is sort of the same deal. They are certainly very clever.

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Certainly an outstanding effort on the part of the WA Arts mob and the French "artistes".
We drove into East Perth and parked, and then rode our bikes in, both yesterday and today.
The crowds were unbelieveable - something like 400,000 people in the streets each day!

Pity we can't get crowds like that at our Anzac marches!

Had to smile at the blokes with the band on the back of the tandem drive, centre-cab, steel-delivery truck - they had a genset strapped on a frame hanging off the back of the tray, that was powering the bands electronics and the speakers - and this genset would have been around 50 or 60Kva at least!!

Those French "Lilliputians" worked like dogs, swinging on those ropes, and swapping the marionettes clothing and accoutrements.
I reckon they'd have to be the fittest people around, after the Cirque Du Soliel acrobats!!

All in all, a great weekends entertainment, and certainly something like we have never seen before.

Cheers, Ron.

You Sandgropers seem to get some very good acts Barry. We were in London during the Olympics and were lucky enough to experience the fabulous Studios de Cirque acrobatic act Places des Anges in Piccadilly Circus one evening. A ton and a half of feathers dropped - like snow, absolutely magical. Googled them when we got home and was very surprised to find that they'd done a similar thing at the International Arts Festival in Perth earlier in 2012.

Perth video

London video

All very entertaining for some no doubt. But in our attempts to rush someone in to RPH, the road closures and hugely congested roads added an unwanted 30 minutes to the journey from when we were a mere 300 metres away from the hospital. I only hope ambulances did better.

We were not amused.