Today we are off to the Australian Mint where the make Australian money. I initially thought they made all money here but, they just do coinage and special coins, metals etc. Very interesting place to go and you are able to view the production floor… more »

This morning off to the National Museum for a look. They had some good displays and a kids zone where the kids got to design a future house or car and then got to view a 3d video with their (and some others) creations included as part of the video, The… more »

Today we thought we would be adventurous and bike around Lake Burley Griffin, which is in the centre of Canberra. We thought no hills, my how wrong were we. There was not too many but I managed to get conned into towing Emily in a trailer, not so easy… more »

Up early this morning as we are getting the car serviced. Dropped the family into town at Parliment house and then dropped the car back to the service centre, and caught a taxi back. Got back in time for  the free tour they run around parliment house w… more »

Today we drove from Khancoban to Canberra, over some very pretty country. A few steeper bits to keep the driver on his toes with the van on the back but nothing too major. We did manage to stop at the Dog on the Tucker Box at Gundagi, for lunch and a p… more »

Today off to visit the Snowy mountains and Threadbo. Left the van at Khancoban, and drove up to the Murray 1 powerstation. here there was a nice cafe, coffee.. and a very good and interesting visitors centre. There was a large table 3d map of all the… more »

Today driving back to NSW to stay at a place called Khancoban, at the bottom of the Snowy Mountains. On the way we tried to visit the orginal Ettamogah Pub, which was a pub chain built in the style of a cartoon pub. Unfortunatley for us, the orginal one… more »

Today we drove to Rutherglen, another wine region. On the way we visited the Big Cherry (yes as another big thing), thankfully they also sold very yummy freshly picked cherries here too! Also we drove through and visited the Ned Kelly town of Glenrowan… more »