Jen: We arrived in Sydney airport and took the bus to Canberra. There we spent 3 days with my aunty, uncle and cousins. The first day we arrived was a scorcher and hibernating inside next to the air-con was the only thing to do. We took Brick on a tour of Canberra showing him the wonders of the city, including Parliament house, Black Mountain, Lake, War Memorial etc. Brick and I did a tour of parliament house, which was really interesting. Watched Tim play b'ball in a very close game. Did a walk around the lake with wee Zorro. We headed to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve on our last day and it was a shock for me to see the difference from when I was there in 2001. In 2003 huge fires took out the majority of
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