Next door to the Aquarium was the North Queensland Museum. The biggest feature here was the story of the wreck of the Pandora, which was the ship sent out to retrieve the mutineers from the Bounty. It sank on the reef near Cape York in 1789 after picking up Bounty crew in Tahiti.
Notice that Pandora on the bowsprit is holding a box. We knew the story of Prometheus and Pandora from our time in Gothenburg. The accused sailors were manacled into a wooden box on the deck and were only let out as the ship sank. The full size partial replica was very impressive.
As usual the model gave the best photo.
That took 7000 working hours to construct. A vast amount of money has been invested in gathering pieces from the underwater wreck and displaying them together with reenactments in this museum. A lot of donations have been given as this is one of the most historical shipwrecks in Australia.
We enjoyed the natural history displays, especially the tawny frogmouth. There was also a whole room of visual illusions based on drawings from the University of Kyoto, Japan. Here are some samples.
This one gives a very strong third dimensional effect.
This one starts to move as you watch it.
This one has two spirals that are both the same colour but the purple one has blue stripes across it and the orange one has yellow stripes across it. You wont believe they are the same colour until you make a small slot in a piece of paper and compare the colours without distracting blue or yellow crossings.
Notice that Pandora on the bowsprit is holding a box. We knew the story of Prometheus and Pandora from our time in Gothenburg. The accused sailors were manacled into a wooden box on the deck and were only let out as the ship sank. The full size partial replica was very impressive.
We enjoyed the natural history displays, especially the tawny frogmouth. There was also a whole room of visual illusions based on drawings from the University of Kyoto, Japan. Here are some samples.
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