Open Air Series at District Docklands

Happy New Year 2023! May it be a good and happy year ahead for everyone, less wars and conflict, but peace and good spirit all around. 

To celebrate the second weekend of the new year, we went to District Docklands for some shopping, food and fun. We also enjoyed the free Open Air Series where performers sang and played instruments, DJ providing lots of great music for the crowd. During one of the performance, we saw an enthusiastic young man show off his dancing prowess while everyone else including us, watched him and enjoyed the music on the sidelines. He was so brave, he made me think about the saying 'Dance like it is your last day on earth' (or something like that). The man was just enjoying the music and was not afraid to let it show, which I found very inspiring. 

While we were there, we participated in the pub trivia quiz. There were 3 rounds of 8 questions on movies, general knowledge and music. We came in first by the second round but my dismal knowledge in music dragged us down to the fifth place by the end of the third round. Nevertheless, all participants won an hour's worth of arcade game play at Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq. 

Archie Brothers is located in the District shopping centre. The arcade has so many exciting games including dodgem cars (yes, bumper cars!) shooting games, motor racing game, air hockey, VR game, claw machines, even an antique Street Fighter game. It was seriously the most fun I have had in a long time. My favourite was a driving game which threw me up and down in the air with every bump in the road or every clash with another car in the game. It even came with a seatbelt, in fact the motion would not start without the seatbelt fastened. Each game costs around $2.50 so I would easily have spent $80 for an hour's play without the voucher we received for free. Thanks, Archie Brothers!

For food, there are a few pop up food stalls and a bar, but there are many permanent restaurants and cafes in the area as well. The entertainment is around the Hoyts end of the centre, where you can find Subway, Gold Leaf restaurant, KFC, Miss Ping's Thai, Krabby crab boil, Carl's Jnr, Urban Brewery etc. 

District Docklands Open Air Series will be on from 2-8pm for the next 3 Saturdays in Jan 23.