Griffin Apartment Canberra

Didn't have a very good night - Ethan threw up at 1am in the morning and woke again at 5am not feeling well. Thankfully after changing all the sheets at 1 that was all that was needed. Got away about 9.30 after saying goodbye to the Nicholls family. Thanks again guys - was great seeing you all again and for your awesome hospitality. The drive to Canberra was relatively ueventful although rather slow at times going up large hills that were very windy again. After setting up we set ...

... Quenbyen was actaully still in NSW. So we are not staying in ACT only doing day visits. We finally found the hotel & got upgraded to a two bedroom unit..woo hoo..we also have our own beds..and the beds have electric blankets another woo hoo. We had pizza for tea & I am now typing this while watching NCIS mmmmmmmmmmmmmTony :) Anyway tomorrow we are going to the science centre, war memorial & Australian mint. So will update tomorrow See ya later people Sheree

... was worse then the Star Hotel Macksville - another words, it was very dodgey. I felt for sure i was going to get a smack in the mouth :) Ive attached the link so you can check it out - the website is much better than it actually is - at this point in time we are back in the kombi with someones loud music blasting into the kombi - i can hear it over our tv so this will be interesting :) Thats it for tonight - take a look at the ...

... die nächsten 9 Monate mein zu Hause sein wird. Als **stes war **stmal eine ausgiebige Dusche angesagt. Den **sehnten Schlaf habe ich mir all**dings nicht gegönnt, um mich gleich an den neuen Tag- Nachtrhythmus zu gewöhnen. Stattdessen, habe ich mich zum Int**national Office aufgemacht um auch hi** meine Ankunft zu melden. Von den dortigen Mitarbeit**n wurde ich als d** all****ste Int**nationale Student für dieses Jahr begrüßt und mit all**lei nützlichen ...

... Therefore, two hours later, a bit disappointed by this museum, we headed to our next destination: watching the Q&A session at the Australian Parliament. It might not sound like much fun watching politicians quarrelling with each other, but boy, this sits up there at the top of our favorite things to do in Canberra! The Australian Parliament has a structure very similar to the British Parliament, both physically and politically. The House of Commons is a large ...

... hotellet og en velfortjent lur resten af eftermiddagen. Da vi vågnede begyndte sulten at melde sig. Lysten var støst til at få en gang Dim Sum, så vi tog en taxa til Chinatown. Men da der nu kom et tropisk regnskyl, måtte vi søge ind i den første og bedste restaurant på vor vej. Maden var for så vidt god nok, men det havde nu også været sjovt, hvis vi havde vist, hvad vi spiste. Alt foregik på kinesisk, "dialogen" med tjeneren, menukortet og regningen. Og heldigt ...

... for directions (who had to contact the park ranger) we finally found the camping ground - hooray it had a toilet and BBQ but not much else (no wonder it was cheap)! After a freezing (literally) night in the van (I don't think we realised how high up Canberra is!) we defrosted over a cup of tea and headed into the 'capital'. Canberra is about the size of Southampton with about the same sized population! You definitely wouldn't think it was the capital ...

The National Folk Festival in Canberra, Australia... sweet. My cousin Hilary(ous) told me that I'd love it so I signed up as a volunteer (because paying for entry would suck). The festival brought together a random assortment of 'took too much acid in th 70's' hippies, poets, wanna be hippies, me, amazing musicians and a billion other different people. I wound up as a venue manager running one of the medium sized stages. The venue was ...

After getting on our way we stop at the first services and try my card where thankfully it works. Relieved we drive to Canberra. We walk around the city center which for a capital city is small, driving onto Lake Burley Griffin and see the geyser and then move onto Parliament House which is impressive but should be at $1.1 billion and we find the old Parliament house nicer with it looking like a mini White House. We go inside and go to the top which offers impressive ...

... Even little Lani and Jeremiah. So nine gifts later I felt so guilty. I didn't even think they knew I was coming. How could they all have gotten me something? I got lots of chocolate, body wash, books, hankies, candles, an Aussie hat, a stuffed koala, a stubby beer cooler and calendars. I was in shock. The next day we spent Christmas lunch with Ali's dad and yet again I went empty handed and received more gifts! Where am I going to put all this stuff! I am backpacking ...