Canberra

Canberra was quite an experience-- or more to the point Canberra with a 10 and a half month baby was quite an experience. Sort of our first holiday as 'a family' and boy oh boy, it ain't how it used to be! Don't get me wrong, Little e is a great kid most of the time, and takes a lot in her stride, but we probably had about three or four hours sleep each night, and were basically wrecked the whole time, trying to sight see as well as juggling a whingy kid..

But not to whinge too much, it was fun too. Canberra is a weird place-- like a big university campus, and the layout is bizarre. Driving around was like being stuck on a merry-go-round-- always missing exits and ending up further and further from where you want to be. Bloody town planners.

A quick run-down: Drove down Friday morning, morning tea at Mittagong, lunch in Manuca, checked in to motel, had room service for first time ever, went to bed, sat and watched tv with little e at 2am, Saturday-complimentary buffet brekky--awesome, went to Turner to Monet exhibition, lunch at old parliament house cafe, arvo rest, swim and sauna in motel pool, dinner and bed, watched football replays with little e at 3am, Sunday- another big brekky, packed up and checked out, went to old bus depot markets, stopped at a winery for lunch near Lake George, drove home, crashed.