So, Canberra. I’ve spent a week here, and now I am a bit worried that has been too long and it might stop me from seeing other more exciting places. Oh well, I have kept busy at least.
For those who might not know, Canberra is a planned city, so has an air of Milton Keynes to it. It was planned in the early 1900s, and is a city of big buildings… National this and National that… and big empty spaces between them. (I do have photos, will load some soon) It’s a bit weird when you go out at 9:30am on Saturday and there is just nobody else around… then the buildings take on a foreboding atmosphere. A lot of the streets are concentric too… you could circle round and round for ages, completely lost.
What else? The bus service sucks! Invariably, when you want to get somewhere or get home you find that there is one bus an hour which you have just missed, or that the buses stop long before you are planning to leave.
But I have kept busy. Here’s a rundown of some of the things I have done in the past week. Visited the botanical gardens. Went to Summernats Street Machines Car Festival. Visited Parliament House. Went to see the John Butler Trio in concert. Saw The French Kissers at the cinema. Visited CSIRO and seen loads of pretty moths. Visited Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and seen wallabies, kangaroos, pukekos, cockatiels, reptiles, loads of butterflies and no koalas. Visited the National Australian Mint, where they weren’t making money (it was tea break). Visited the National Library of Australia. Visited the National Museum of Australia. Visited the National Zoo and Aquarium for a ZooVenture tour. And all in >30C!! The mercury hit 38C yesterday…. pheweeeeeee!
ZooVenture was fantastic. It started with a bear licking some fruity goo off my hand, passed through handfeeding cougars, lions, tigers, giraffes, had a bit of snake holding, reptile handling, and dingo stroking! Quite an amazing couple of hours 
To Melbourne!
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