In 2007, my employers, General Electric Aviation Systems sent me to present a paper at the Health and Usage Monitoring conference, part of the Melbourne Air Show. We had the conference closing dinner at one of the most atmospheric, not to say spooky, places I've ever eaten, the old Melbourne Gaol. Above is our table set out for us on the ground floor. The cells were all off walkways on 3 or 4 floors above us, from where the photo is taken. Below are a cell and the execution gallery......
Like the most famous criminal in Australian History, Ned Kelly, the Man in the Iron Mask, who met his maker here on 1 November 1880.
Dinner by candlelight never had such a frisson!
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I hope it didn't feel like a "last meal."
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is a spooky place, even without having to sit down and eat. Hope you were given a good meal.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, that would be a bit spooky. Hope the meal was good.
ReplyDeleteCreepy! But fun.
ReplyDeleteNot so sure I'd dine there, without keeping an eye on everything! Great pictures of what it was like though! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteWow! That was a night to remember huh?
ReplyDeleteI wonder whose clever idea it was to have the dinner there; difficult to beat as a dinner venue.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo of the dinner table - seems it woud have been a great atmosphere
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a memorable dinner. I wonder if they have weddings there too.
ReplyDeleteWas there a lock-in?
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