Outdoor Cinema at Centennial Park

We had booked to see the film Two Nights in Paris at the outdoor cinema in Centennial Park. The weather has been so awful and we feared the film may be cancelled. But after a few miserable showers in the morning the sun came out and it was a stunning afternoon. We bused it down to the park, passing waist coated boys holding chocolates and flowers. Gacks. Anyway the outdoor cinema was gorgeous with the sunset.


Everyone brought so much food and drink and blankets and pillows. We regretted only bringing a bottle of wine and a packet of crisps. We were laying back on our comfy beanbags, looking around at our surroundings and sipping wine when Dave remarked “This is perfect”. BIG MISTAKE. A few seconds later Dave spotted a dark cloud which seemed to creep up on us. The next thing we knew the rain had us soaked! We dashed under the trees but the damage was done. We were soaked and the film had not even begun! The organisers said that they checked with the meteorologists and said there would be no more rain and they would show the film anyway. (Which means we would not get our money back if we left).


We and stacks of other people decided to leave anyway because we would have got a cold sitting down on wet beanbags and it would not have been comfortable. We were laughing in the que to get our beanbag deposit back when this couple in front gave us their beanbag token and said they did not want to wait. We got $20 for free! Lurd. It paid for most of our taxi home so we decided to treat ourselves with a kebab. The outdoor cinema experience was cool despite not seeing a film. We only hope that it does not rain for Jaws in Bondi in 2 weeks. So excited!


Moonlight Cinema Gallery