Exploring More of Canberra

We started our fourth day in Canberra by doing a drive around Lake Burley Griffin which is the centre point of Canberra City’s master plan. We stopped at a number of points as we pottered on our way around most of the lake. Our first stop was at Telstra Tower on Black Mountain only to…

We Visited Two Outstanding Galleries

Our plan today was to visit two galleries – one renowned and the other spectacular (but away from the main bunch of the top Canberra attractions). Our first stop of the day was a visit to the renowned Australian National Gallery which houses a large collection of eclectic artworks by both by Australian and International…

Canberra Balloon Festival

While I have been out late at night visiting Canberra’s Enlighten attractions, I have also been getting up before dawn each morning to see the hot air balloons that are also operating here over this long weekend. On Saturday, out first morning here, I woke up late but quickly threw on some clothes and bolted…

Mr Squiggle

This weekend is a long weekend in Melbourne (and Canberra) and we have flown up to Canberra to do some photography. This weekend sees two large photo worthy events overlap. One is the Enlighten Festival in which a number of government buildings by the lake are illuminated with special effects lighting. The other is a…

There’s Always Something On in Canberra

Between now and Remembrance Day, The Australian War Memorial in Canberra has a display of 62,000 poppies. Each was hand knitted. We are here to see them and to have a look at some other attractions that are happening in the National Library. Every time that we have visited Canberra, there has been something new…

Travelling Home from Canberra

We have been travelling home over the last two days. The weather has been exceptionally hot but air conditioned cars have made it at least tolerable. We left Canberra on Sunday as early as we could manage and stopped at the little village of Cockington Green on our way out of Canberra. This is a…

It’s Hot in Canberra

It’s been 38 C degrees in Canberra (100.4 F) for the last two days and we are beginning to melt. We leave to come back  home tomorrow morning and both Canberra and Albury (our overnight stop will both be 38C again as well. We have been trying to focus on indoor activities that are cooler,…

Visiting Parliament House and the Mint

Today, we visited two veritable Australian institutions – Parliament House and the Royal Australian Mint. Both had fantastic tours that enabled the girls to understand their purpose and operations. I am always proud to visit our Parliament. We have a very stable democracy and parliament is the central institution that ensures this continues. There are…