University House Canberra

... Eiffel Tower, full-bodied reds al fresco in picturesque villages on the Amalfi coast, sangria on the streets of Barcelona, steins at Oktoberfest, schnapps in Austria, ouzo in Greece.....mmmm, my shout. We plan to do them all - and more. [May have to consider naming this blog "a world of booze"!]

After covering your A-Z of universal beverages, we returned to reflect upon the present surroundings. We realised: As much as we're looking forward to sloshing ...

We have driven up the east coast, scince our last blog, visiting little towns and beaches. We have enclosed a picture of Camel rock at Bermagui, having spent lunch at the beach.

It was then a 3 hour drive from Batemans Bay to the capital Canberra. We spent a few hours looking around the city, which is based around the lake that has a massive ...

... for dinner. She had invited me over for dinner and, to celebrate my arrival, decided to cook some kangaroo steaks… AMAZING! It’s a red meat, but has very barely any fat and is quite tasty! I’ll definitely be buying some more while I’m here! On my way to her house, I saw my first (live) kangaroo.. I was sooo excited!! It was about 5-6 foot tall and was about 5 feet away from the car. I got back home around 11pm and proceeded to pass out for the next 10 hours!

... from us so we could unpack it - where all the stuff was I don't know but we made 3 trips back home just to unload the car and van! Washed and polished it, had a new power point fitted and had visitors also. Annette and Charlotte came for a lovely visit in the morning, and Helen and Eddy Kuit and their grandson Isaac came to share a bottle of champers with us to christen the van. Isaac didn't have any, of course, we wouldn't ...

... of grass some of it is incorporated into the building's roof as it sits on a hill with a view that stretches all the way done past the old parliament building which in true Canberran feel is directly as the crow flies in front of it further down the hill and you can see the lake below. The building itself was informative and a lot of it was open to the public as well. We sat in the public gallery of the government chamber but no one was there at ...

... s only about 10 varieties of flowers and they all grow in Ireland too like Tulips, primroses, daisies etc. There was a naff CW band playing and they had face painting & clowns & what have you and a mini photography exhibition and best of all a garden knome painting competition, I particularly liked the 'over 22 yrs of age category' and the theme of the show was Australian movies so each flower patch was named after a movie but really there was no connection at all! But ...

... som lå på øverste etage. Her var store panoramavinduer, så der var en flot udsigt ind over Melbourne. Vi andre tog sporvognen ind for at se på byen, og bl.a.at tage en tur med den gratis turistbus rundt til de forskellige seværdigheder i Melbourne. Vi stod dog af på halvvejen, ved det store gamle Victoria Market. Der er et kæmpe omraade med boder under halvtag og i mindre udstrækning i egentlige salgshaller. Vi rringede derfra til Mia, som stadig var på hotellet ...

... the now bright sunshine and at first there were thick forests for miles before they slowly opened out into rolling farmlands, with miles of fields and just a few woods here and there. It was quite an impressive change of scenery. From this high plain we could see Canberra in the distance and particularly at about ten miles away there was a fountain visible in the city centre shooting high into the sky. Mid afternoon and we were ...

... take a few pics of Canberra, but things came to a head when the most exciting photo was one of Laurie in a car park! If you like buildings, trees, buildings with trees etc then you will love Canberra! Seen one building, seen them all, we say! We skipped & jumped to the bus station to catch the overnighter bus to Melbourne!! Wahey we are out of here Baby! Saying that...we had a 10 hour bus journey ahead of us!! And as we thought ...

... they too are heading back to the uk soon - and we welcome them as new blog members- good luck with planning your next trip guys! Chris and Katie recommend a visit to the war memorial museum so we head there next... all arvo is spent admiring this excellent thought provoking tribute to all the wars anzac troops and their families have been involved in, very worthwhile and a must for all to see in Canberra. With just a little time left in the day we finish our sightseeing at the ...