After a fantastic week in Port Stephens we packed the car and headed further South to the nations capital. Yep from sunny tropical Weipa to the Autumn in Canberra, only god knows why.. Not true the days were lovely and the nights were crisp, well the grass was the next morning anyway.
We arrived in Canberra mid afternoon, checked into our dog box, sorry motel and went around to visit Nan. I don't know who was more excited about the visit but we spent a lovely couple of hours catching up. I have put two photos here as I wanted Nan to see them both.
That evening we headed off to Dinner with Alan and Carolyn at the Kingston Hotel, where we got to cook our own food, Michael managed to eat the second biggest set of spare ribs I've ever seen, the ones I ate were bigger!!!!
After dinner we headed off to a nice little cosy restaurant/cafe for some decent coffee. Alan & Carolyn the decided to spoil us all and ordered ice creams for the kids and a lovely cheese platter for the big kids. Thank you both for the dessert it was lovely and great to catch up again.
The ext day we headed off to old Parliament House for a quick tour before heading across the lake to the War Memorial. We spent about 4 hours walking around taking in the history and even the kids understood what it was all about. Though we did have one little mishap when one of them said "that guy only got one medal", not quite understanding the heroics and bravery of the Victorian Cross. Despite this they were able to try on some of the clothes from the Vietnam war and touch some of the interactive exhibits.
After the War Memorial we headed back over to Nans place and watched the footy and talked some more about the good old days. Unfortunately then it was time to go, and a few tears were shed by some and a few more by others. Big Nan the kids say you give the best bear hug ever, the rest of the family will relate to that.
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