Democracy

Enormous amount here to comprehend and an entire building to explore, pity I was pretty pooped from the zoo and wandered around in a rather haphazard fashion. The display of political cartoons I enjoyed and the speakers rooms, the press gallery was fun but most of the rest I glossed over except for a few personal favourites.

The Zoo

Really enjoyed this, my first visit despite having been to Canberra over a score of times. Lots of big cats and a pleasant diversity of others. It rained at first, then cleared and became very steamy, then it teemed but after we had finished. Its quite small but a very interesting selection.

Watching the floods

In between sightseeing we watched the progressive submerging of Brisbane and surrounds. Amazing sights, surprising what can float down the river, cars, bins, sofas, restaurants, just everything.
The National Museum was its usual baffling self. It really should explain what it is on about not just throw non-traditional exhibitions at you and hope you will get whatever their point was supposed to be. Really wet too.

Canberra in January

Traditionally, well a couple of times, we have travelled to canberra in Jan. Richard wanted to check a couple of things for the yr 10 excursion in May and hell we all like to get away. This time I got a suite which is pleasantly spacious, larger than our flat I suspect. We looked at the War Memorial, the National Museum, the Museum of Democracy and the Zoo.
First the war memorial. Saw the revamped Hall of Valour which was good but might get a bit packed in the peak periods and enjoyed some of the rearranged exhibitions.Saw a memorial outside to Dads mob, water transport. The red anchor on a purple background is something I grew up with as Dad used his army greatcoat for years. The cafe has been rebuilt as well and looks good.