Ah home town lovin’, there is nothing quite like it. This
Christmas and New Years I was once again at home with the family, the dog and
the sunshine. As someone who has a pretty hard time switching off I found all
the rest time slightly overwhelming and placed a few calls to friends in
Melbourne declaring life dull when in actually fact I should have just read
more and probably taken Ellie for a walk. My last weekend in Canberra was a
little out of the ordinary though, and meant playing tour guide for a little
while, making sure that after all my unnecessary whining Max actually liked
Canberra and enjoyed all of my favorite Canberra places.
Day one saw us hitting the National Portrait Gallery – one
of the best in the world. The modern stuff is great, Princess Mary was looking
fab as per usual and the older style stuff was brought to life by some very
classic devere/pfeifer gags which we found hysterically funny but gained some
raised eye brows from the guards. We then turned our attention to the sculpture
garden at the National Gallery – the egg out front still as oddly peaceful as I
remember and the ones out back are still taking pride of place in the game ‘yes
but is it art.’ The sculpture garden though is on the banks of Lake Burley
Griffin and the shady grass is just picture perfect for some lazy cloud
watching.
Questacon was next on the hit list. However once we made it
to the lobby we realized that a Saturday afternoon in the middle of the summer
holidays probably wasn’t the best time to visit and we bailed quite quickly,
leaving the mass of screaming kiddies behind us.
Apart from some driving around and giving Max a taste of
“Matilda – the early years” the only other notable place we visited was the National
Arboretum – the best place on earth.
Another successful Canberra visit and now it’s back to
Melbourne, back to work and back for another year.
WOOHOO!
5/5 REST DAYS
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