Heritage Hotel Canberra

... a little more. The artwork was also interesting as we haven't really seen much due to the kids and my fear of them destroying something expensive. Our sight seeing continued when we went to the Australian National Museum. The kids enjoyed the cubby houses that you had to work out which state they were from by several clues. A lot of the rest, although well presented, was a lot that we had seen before. Bed was calling again... hope I get a restful sleep tonight.<br><br><br>

... even more. we visited The hall of memory where the tomb of the unknown soldier is, the storys behind world war one and world war two. There is literally so much in this memorial museum that you need a least an entire day or parts of two days just to be able to take in the amount of history inside. After the war memorial we went to find some lunch and did some laps around parliment house and the embassys. again another full on day... stay tuned until tomorrow. Love you all renee!

... the 4th of June-ish. We'll be posting blogs from major destinations (ie, those with internet cafes) in Japan, Alaska, Canada and West Coast U.S.A. We will be using this bloggy thing to allow you to see where we are and see photos without having to open millions of attachments. We'll be meeting up with old friends, making new friends (grizzly bear anyone?) and showing the world that Mountford spirit! Bring it on!

... to Bank, Bank holidays here only the Banks are closed stupid eegits) Monday the train back to Sydders was at 12:05pm, there was no evening train (unlike helpful Iarnrod Eireann they do not move Sundays timetable to Monday on a 'public' holiday), so following operation breakfast & trying to check out without being ripped off all we had time for was a relax with papers in the tea room of the hyatt & lovely gardens & then we were back in an expensive taxi to the station ...

... fik en lang snak med sin sidemand, en ældre sygeplerske som var paa vej hjem fra sin nattevagt i Melbourne. Hun havde i sine unge år været en tur i Danmark. Klokken 16 naaede vi Yass Junction, hvor vi skiftede til bus til Canberra. Efter godt halvanden times buskørsel naaede vi frem til Canberra Raiwaystation, hvor vi blev modtaget af Karen. Da vi naaede frem til Ellens hus paa Glasgow Street blev vi modtaget af Ellen, Philip, Douglas og Harry. Her ventede en ...

... that Australia has been involved in, with memorabilia, archive film and photos plus many items of equipment such as a WW1 tank, a WW2 ex operational Lancaster bomber and a German M263 jet fighter being just a (very) small selection of the items on display. I ran out of time before I reached the modern warfare displays, but it was interesting for me to learn about the wars from Australia's perspective. I never knew that Sydney had ...

... here who just camp out in the courtyard all day long with a box of wine (called the Goon) and just booze it up. it's place we felt like staying for a while and not running around. After New Zealand, and our amazing road trip and our great exploration, we are ready for a little time to reflect personally and i definitely feel like we have slipped a little into the comfort of Us thing, and I'm not thinking for myself in a strong, decisive way. Easy to do when ...

Well, had a great weekend, it was a mates leavin do - Will from Canada on friday night, the plan was to have dinner at the flat - Jess made fahitas for me Will, Jason and Charlie, (they were so yummy!) then go over to the hostel for games of beer-pong (u throw pingpong balls into cups of beer and drink them.) Then get a decent nights sleep to be up at 8 to meet everyone at 9 am at central station to get the train to katoomba (blue mountains). This didnt really happen as we ...

... but it was not so cheap, considering my experiences there. There are two parliament houses, old and new ones, and they are the only attraction I got interested in. The main purpose of the buildings is not tourism, so as a matter of course, they were not so fun. The city itself was also boring. It reminded me of the super-boring Japanese city, Tsukuba ...