Canberra Stories


Capital Letters

We spent a very enjoyable long weekend in Canberra, Australia's capital city. By the time Sarah got moving and we'd found our way out of Sydney (one missed exit meant a long detour through the suburbs) it was already lunchtime but as its only about a 3 hour run down to Canberra - not bad by Aussie standards - we arrived in daylight. The drive down was p...


Getting started

Gregory and Patsy arrived yesterday to spend about 2 weeks at our place looking after Mum. We have been flat out tying up all the loose ends and getting everything organised for G&P staying and also Jenny and Alex, later, Mum's respite, and of course our trip! Three weeks ago, our Bus Tour and Trek were both cancelled due to lack of numbers so we have...


Tiny Capital for a Giant Country!

We started the day early by visiting the Telstra Tower to check out the view of the city. It wasn't as high as the Eureka Skydeck in Melbourne but we got to look over the city which, as a capital, is very tiny and very quiet especially on a Sunday! We worked up an appetite wandering around the Botanic Gardens which are apparently the best in Australi...


War Museum.

I didn't really take too many pictures of the museum while we were in Canberra; but I decided I probably ought to show what I did take-- especially because Mom has an affinity for old war movies & the like. Also, Jeff, one of the American guys that I live with, said that the war museum in Canberra is supposed to be one of the world's two best. I w...