Canberra Rex Hotel

... superstitious and there is a long tradition of folk magic that survives even to today. I'd always thought this was just quaint, but having experienced the non-time in winter, it seems to be much more real, to make sense.

Anyway, on to the title of the blog. Fur hats are not as common as I had thought. The beanie, amongst men anyway, is king. I tried a fur hat on yesterday, but it just made my head look inordinately large (think "So I Married an Axe Murderer" - 'That boy ...

... to become a CSI here.

All work towards aspects of the Diploma already mentioned with additional modules from Canberra Institute of Technology. Training is comprehensive and takes place over a period of time. Additional specialistmodules can be taken to develop professional practice after initial trainign is compelted. No CSI can attend incidents where they have not been signed off against standards.

AFP as well as ...

... female travel agent
'Excellent shopping' - female active military
'Hot' - local
'It's like Vegas - it is in the desert and it is popular with the Arabic visitors for non-Arabic reasons.' - travel agent
That's all I know about Bahrain. What I really do need to find is a little more factual info and also some detailed experiences of people who have lived or are living in Bahrain right now...
Today I ...

... the Museum of Australia and also visited Parliament House. Got to go into the house while it was in session. Much like visiting the house in session in DC except much more raucous. The members of the minority party were actually yelling out as presentations were made by the majority party. Then headed on to the Blue Mountains just 75 miles west of Sydney. Rented a wonderful two bedroom townhouse so close to ...

... by corridors. It took 8 years to build, from 1980 to 1988 and cost 1.1 billion AUD! One of the reasons it was so expensive is because it is designed to be able to grow with the population for 200 years! That means there's a lot of extra space being hidden right now, but when it's needed it will be available to use for anything from offices to the parliament chambers. Very clever! I saw the chambers for ...

... morning, Mal sent us on our way with full bellies and excellent directions to the Great Ocean Road. We took the next few days to make our way west and then south, heading through Albury, Echuca, Bendigo and Ballarat. Our mornings were consumed with exploring and our afternoons were spent, well, wine tasting. We managed to stop in for tastings at Shaw Estate, Murrimbatemen, Clonakilla, Helm's, Cambells, Jones and Big ...

... Both World Wars are covered, and they hold nothing back in showing how horrendous they were for everyone involved. Korea and Vietnam are also covered really well, which I found interesting as normally most people assume wrongly they were American Wars, and tend to neglect that Australia was involved too. More recent conflicts are also covered, including various places I hadn't even heard of. A really interesting place, with a different ...

... Zoo and now there are lots in the wild. They are always grazing for food and make a right rackett!!! Anyway i guess we should go and get some tea, we are starting our final journey to Melbourne tommorrow, so only 2 more days of driving ( well half days)...i think we will miss our little cold tin can when we have to leave her...oh and the packing will be extremely hard...how will we get a fan heater through the airport?? any ideas?

When we got to Canberra we booked into a hostel for a night and met up with Henrik and Stine from Denmark that evening for pizza. Sarah from work in Melbourne was flying down the following day and we were spending 3 days at her parents place with Sarah giving us the ultimate guided tour of Canberra city! We were sceptical at first about going to Canberra as people had told us there wasn't much to it but we found a very different ...

Yesterday we took the ferry across Sydney Harbor to Manly, an oceanside suburb. It was about 1/2 hr. with stunning views of the Sydney Opera House & the Sydney harbor bridge. We loved Manly . Alot less crowded than Sydney, beautiful beaches & lots of stores to browse thru on streets with no thru traffic. Again, the ferry back with beautiful views. A lovely day. This morning we started out early t6 go to Blue Mountains. The gorgeous Blue Mountains region is said to be Sydney's favorite ...