Novotel Canberra Hotel

... from boredom. I did however take a trip up to Sydney for one night to catchup and have a few last drinks with some work colleagues before they jetted off on their around the world trip.
Well Im about 1 week away from finishing all the schools around this area and now looking forward to heading up to Newcastle which is where the next bunch of schools are.
I make a quick stop in Melbourne for about 4 days and then straight back into it.

... 8217;ve seen it in London, and about the fourth or fifth altogether (not to mention Cathy’s memorable performances as Mrs Tenadier). Full marks – it was the best we’ve seen.

Our last night we caught up with Alexa Reid who kindly looked after us very well in a couple of the restaurants she manages on Leicester Square.

Well, that’s it for this trip folks ...

... New Zealand Army Corps. The two countries fought together most of the time, and also died together. So they celebrate ANZAC day on April 25, to commemorate those who died in war. The museum had information about all the wars Australia has been involved in, and I was sad to see that a lot of the time the word "disaster" was used to describe events. The museum also had several aircraft and subs which looked ...

... haben uns noch schnell von Vici verabschiedet, die noch in Sydney bleiben wollte, und sind in den Bus gestiegen. Ich habe mich hier schon nicht so richtig wohl gefuehlt und Irina war auch schon etwas angeschlagen. In Canberra angekommen gings mir schon schlechter und ich hab beschlossen, am naechsten Tag nicht mit Andi und Irina auf ihre Entdeckertour durch Canberra zu gehen. Wir haben im Hostel eingecheckt und den Rest de Tages mit Nichtstun verbracht ...

... relationship and, boy, there were some witty remarks exchanged across that central table! Since the Prime-Minister himself was traveling abroad, his place was kept by the Minister of Education, a very sharp and verbally-gifted lady. She really got our admiration as she stood her ground in this debate with admirable skill. Another hilarious moment was provided when we caught an opposition member of the parliament sticking his chewing gum under his bench. We could ...

... en god lang spadsertur gennem et hyggeligt parkomraade naaede vi frem til en gade som havde det rette navn. Mia var dog nu lidt skeptisk over for lokaliteten, som var en snæver villavej bebygget med mindre og særdeles gamle og forsømte huse. Men pludselig saa vi skiltet "St.Kilda RSL" udenfor en ældgammel og tilgroet trævilla, hvor det meste af taget var faldet sammen. Det eneste der mindede om fordums storhed var en kanon der stod og pegede ud mod vejen. Lokale ...

... we managed to get out of bed at a reasonable hour and went straight to the Sport's Institute which was brill and would have been even better if we had gotten to see some of the athlete's training. They except kids there into some of their programmes as young as 7 or 8! After hearing the training regime Jo and I both decided that a sporting career is not for us! we then took in the AFL game ...

... there as either a stopover on their long journey between Melbourne and Sydney, or as we were, to buy the postcard for the collection ha ha We didn't count on the suffocating 40c head when we did the customary tour of the town centre, and even though we were choking and walking at a snail's pace, the tour took 10 mins & then we headed to the pub to drown our sorrows & figure out how were going to amuse ourselves till 8pm ...

Needless to say its an early start - we get discharged - sorry checked out- of the butlins meets old park barracks compound by 9am- really early for us - we normally struggle to leave anywhere before the usual chuck out time of 10am! The city centre is only a 10 minute drive and with hardly any traffic on the roads (where is everyone?) we soon come across some famous landmarks - the mahoosive cook fountain on lake burley griffin , the carillion tower , and the parliament buildings on ...

... lasted 3 hours, got a bit chilly towards the end then we got a taxi to the after party (that was lucky because taxis here are really rude, they wont take you if they cant be ***** and some of them dont even know where they are going!) The after party was in a club -free pool to start with which was good because I won, heehee. So we had a few drinks there then headed back to Kings Cross for a few more in a new club that just ...