Blogs from Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 16

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The weather, in Canberra is just getting better and better, the weather forecast for this weekend, was 27 and warm and we were off to Tumut where our friends have got 240 acre’s and a little week end hide away. We were leaving straight from work, the swag was in the truck, along with our cooking stuff and our dinner for Friday evening, we would only be away for one night, as we had a dinner appointment in Kingston on Saturday and needed to be home. As soon as we could we bolted from the office, loads of us where meeting on the edge of the Brindabella mountains as John and Cheryl lived “ in the middle of nowhere,( I kid you not), and they said it would be better to follow them in as ... read more
The Swag
Poking the Fire
Camping spots


Tuesday 25th October – and the morning did not dawn well – it was spitting with rain and more rain was forecast during the day. Worse still it was still very chilly – so much so that I got out the electric fan heater and put it on. I was so cold my fingers had gone numb!! We planned to spend the day in Canberra so after breakfast we loaded up our rain gear, put on our fleeces and set off at about 9:15am. We were aware that The Queen would be in Australia for the CHOSM (Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting) which was taking place soon in Perth and then gradually we learned that she would be staying in Canberra for a few days. We never imagined that we would get a chance to see ... read more
Us among the crowds
Suitably armed, I joined the flag wavers
Last chat about security (but where's his horse?)


Hey Bloggers, How about this "Kangaroojack's" blog has just had 100,000 hits. We have been in Australia nearly 3 years, (all bar 3 weeks) we have produced, 613 Blogs, 832+000 words and 6032 Photo's posted, I really did think we would be at a million words by now, what th ehell have we been messing around at. We would love the time to read them all again, but don't have the time. Next milestone a million words. Keep reading. Kangaroojack ... read more


As we got two extra days in Australia we decided to go down to Canberra and visit Tim and Alison and their son Toby. We met Mr and Mrs Aust in London through ice-hockey, and we haven’t seen them for 6 years. We started our stay in Australia by losing Per’s wallet… and it is still lost . Anyway we drove straight down from Sydney to Canberra and arrived just after lunch time and had a great lunch. After a shower and washing some cloths we went out for dinner at a sailing club. We had dinner looking out over one of Canberra’s man-made lakes. I have always wondered why Canberra is the capital of Australia and not Sydney or Melbourne. Alison explained that in the 1920s Canberra became Australia’s capital city and the reason for ... read more
Dinner at the sailing club
Alison
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Hi everyone Haven't had the chance to do more uploading the last few days so will try and get a few more uploaded today and over the weekend. Hope you enjoy. Ged and Michelle... read more
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Out for a bike ride
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Day one, can't promise any degree of regularity but if intentions count then start counting. House is locked up, all the power switched off, no gas to remember to switch off and on the occssion of my friend Nonee's brthday the journey begins by fleeing Toy Town for points South. Flight about to be called so more from Bleak City and the splendor of the Q lounge, with the possibility of some of the twilight wine of Scotland. ... read more


OOppps missed the photos on this, try again Hi everyone Some more photos today. Just letting you know also that these photos are only a snippet of what we actually took from my small camera as we also had the SLR camera that Ged was using most of the time and I haven't added any of those. I will probably collate them all together and pop them on a disc and send out if anyone is interested!! Ged and Michelle... read more
York Minster
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More photos of the Lake District... read more
A bit chilly
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The Lake Districk hills


Hi again I will be posting some photos over the next few days and will try to keep them in some sort of order, hope you enjoy. Ged and Michelle... read more
Do we need to pay?
Another Morrison!
Blackpook rollercoaster


Photos from around the Pennines, we only had 1 night in this area and the accommodation was a beautiful pub in the country in a village called Romaldkirk. Ged & Michelle... read more
Sheep with brains!  Keeping out of the cold
Rose & Crown, our accommodation
Saxon church across the road




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