The Chifley On Northbourne Canberra

... has immediately kicked in. My most since thanks to our wonderful house sitter Mark - our house was spotless and the dogs were contented and fat. They were overjoyed to see us after a moment when you could see them thinking - hmm is it really them? We have some food in the house after shopping his morning and I am working my way through a ton of washing while Graham starts on the gardens. <br><br>So some ...

... alone! I think its going to be an amazing experience travelling alone, but i just don't know what to expect or how to handle hurdles...<br><br>Anyways here we go 21 days to go and counting...... <br><br>WATCH THIS SPACE...<br><br>OVER AND OUT<br><br>DI<br>XOXO<br><br>then at 2am i get hungry.... so i go make food, and get myself a kettle burn, i burt my left hand ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

... I went to the Royal Australian Mint to try to see how coins are made, but the whole place was being refurbished so there was no tour available, and nothing to see besides a few coins. Then I went to a glass workshop which was interesting, but only for about 10 minutes. And I ended up waiting an hour for the bus, which made me too late to get to the other two things I wanted to do, so I basically ended up ...

... accumulate 130 points (our choice of which checkpoints) before going to TA2. Although we seemed to do pretty well with the orienteering, we were definitely one of the last to grab our bikes and start the single track, winding our way through the pink ribboned lined pine tree tracks.<br><br>At TA3 the team swapped their bikes for another topo map for the next rogaine leg. This involved visiting nine ...

... drin...lecker! Sind dann noch ein wenig durch die "City" gegangen (bestehend aus 3 Strassen) und dann in Supermarkt. Und nun die beste Story ever (kurze Anmerkung: Carinas Gastmom hat eine Nichte, die in Canberra wohnt. Die beiden haben auch nummern ausgetauscht, nur Carina hat ihr Handy in der Bahn verloren und konnte sie deswegen nicht anrufen, sie haette uns ja sonst rumfuehren koennen!). Wir wollten die ganze Zeit Jugendliche anquatschen und fragen, was man ...

... halve time kører fra toppen af hovedløjpen, Blue Cow, ned i dalen igennem et rør, og det var virkelig et rør uden plads til siderne. Fra Perisher Blue, hvor vi stod på, kørte vi 4 km i røret og ca 2 km i åbent landskab inden vi nåede endestationen. Som var det mest gudforladte sted man kunne forestille sig, kun omgivet af fyldte parkeringspladser. Men vi havde fået at vide at der gik en shuttlebus ned til Jindabyne, som lå ca. 20 km. vaek. Det havde den eneste dame ...

... anzuschauen. Wir sind beide so ausgehungert nach Kultur, dass uns drei Stunden Autofahrt fuer eine Ausstellung fast normal erscheinen. Im Juli gibt es ein wunderbares Konzert hier, aber der Preis von AUD 300 fuer eine Karte hat mich doch abgeschreckt. Alle billigeren Karten sind praktisch fuer Plaetze hinter dem Orchester. Schade ...

... adorns giant metal plaques that cover the beautiful white sandstone blocks that make up the walls and columns of the memorial with the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier at the head of the area. Housed within the museum, which forms the back end of the complex, are fully restored, full-size submarines, fighter planes, tanks, helicopters and countless other war craft... and I'd be here all day trying to describe the individual war artefacts on display ...

... day, but worth it to see all that amazing countryside. Got in late, had a great Italian meal and then slept like logs. In Melbourne we explored the Victoria Market and bought supplies for a champagne picnic at the Zoo. In the St. Hilda's area we discovered a unique wine shop where they have nice wine, discounted because it bottles are only labeled with the type of wine and the region it is from. The tram ...