Country Comfort Canberra

... silly in the methods described above, we're really going to miss having a quiet drink in our own home, well, probably just as much. There's something about being at your own place, + a few tunes + trackie-daks + quaff of choice = pure bliss. <br><br>Maybe this realisation came because our trip is no longer a fantasy but a<br><br>reality, maybe because we're getting closer to D-day every day,<br>maybe because it's only just sinking in what we're really ...

... dedicated to Captain Cook, that you can see from anywhere in the city. We went around the Floriade which is a spring festival with a fair, craft tents and flowers. Then we drove to the Parliament House and the Australian War Memorial, which are the main sights of the city.<br><br>We are now heading east again to the coast, before going to Sydney.

Hey Ho Whats up party people :)<br><br>First of all how good was last night...I know QLD won the series but you didn't get your precious cleansweep....BTW Hodges is all talk &amp; no action<br><br>Anyway back to our trip<br><br>We got up &amp; went to Cockington Greens. Its a place full of minutures houses &amp; people. It was really nice, a bit on the chilly side cause it was outside but you wonder how people can do those minutures all the time...<br><br>We also had morning tea ...

... a lot to do - heaps of fun (see the photos!) Then we headed to Old Parliament House - another interesting afternoon. John became fascinated with the Aboriginal Embassy outside on the grounds of Old Parliament House. We are now inside the camper at our dodgey accomodation keeping warm. Its beautiful. We had an excellent homecooked meal (well John-cooked).

So da sind wir wieder. Na seit ihr schon alle gespannt, ob unser Bruno den langen Weg durch australiens Pampa bei 45 Grad Hitze geschafft hat?? Hier kommt die Antwort: Bis kurz über Albury hat er es geschafft und dann mochte er nicht mehr.In einem kleinen Dörfchen blieben wir stehen und fanden gleich sehr hilfsbereite,liebe Menschen die uns gleich erste Hilfe geleistet haben.Dann ging die Fahrt weiter nach Canberra, wo wir Dan besuchten. Nächsten Tag haben wir gleich ...

... about 5km away. Very nice, planned cities good. After operation breakfast I would rather starve than eat at the hotel, mind you something tells me they wouldn't exactly cater for the likes of weirdeo veggie me, so we taxied into the CBD to an Italian Tosolini's, then ended up getting rat-***** in a micro brewery 'The wig and pen' where they served pints, am out of the habit! And of course we had to finish off in 'King O'Malleys' Irish bar named after a 1913 ...

... til et andet shopping center som hed "Southwest" for at mødes med nogle af hendes venner og veninder. Vi gik rundt der inde sammen med nogle andre piger og snakkede. Da det begyndte at blive sent tog vi bussen tilbage til Chadstone og at købe et par bukser jeg havde kigget paa. Hendes mor kom og hentede os og vi kørte hjem til Chiara igen. Der hjemme skiftede vi tøj og lagde make-up for vi skulle nemmelig ud og spise , bare os to. Vi tog hen paa en italiensk ...

... detour to the coast to see 'Malua Bay' and a quick walk on the beach at 'Tomakin', where there were fabulous folded rocks on the cliff sides. Passing through the seaside town there were more of the coloured parrots and a big flock of crested cockatoos. The bell birds we had heard in most of the forests on the way. After lunch at 'Batemans Bay', we turned north west on Hwy 52 to 'Canberra', Australia's capital city. We climbed steadily ...

... March We were glad to get up &amp; check out at 10am - only 8 hrs to pass in Crapberra! Again we went for a walk around the city hoping that maybe yesterday was just a 'tired day' and maybe, oh maybe, we would stumble upon something that might slightly excite or tantilise us........but nope!! Hence, we reverted to what we always do when we are bored...grabbed a book &amp; settled ourselves in Starbucks with a large coffee! Tried ...

... her way to show us round the house of representatives and the senate - trying to explain the oz politics system as we went!). still stunned by what is happening for us today we are strolling through the corridors of power when we come across some people we met back in perth at the start of our trip - chris and Katie from somerset- dan emma and ryan will remember these guys with the land rover shipped out from the uk! We spend a very entertaining hour catching up with this couple's trip ...