Australian Capital Territory
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 […]
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Canberra – A Day of Reminiscing
We spent our first day in Canberra visiting some places that have been significant to our family. In the morning, we drove over to the city of Queanbeyan, just across the ACT border into NSW. It was here that Jill’s grandfather was the Inspector of Police before he retired. He had originally lived in the […]
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On Our Way to Canberra
We are visiting the Nation’s capital, Canberra with Cathy and her girls. We spent two leisurely days driving here from Melbourne. We met up with Cathy at the roadhouse cafe near Wallan, north of Melbourne and then continued along the Hume Highway. Our first stop was just north of Seymour at Fowles Winery who make […]
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