Archives for: January 2012, 14

12th January - To Orange

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Milthorpe main street
Milthorpe main street
Woke up this morning and it was damn cool, most likely the coldest we had been in the whole trip. Think it got down to about 5 or 6 degrees, which I think is cold as this is supposed to be summer. On speaking to the locals, while this is not normal for… more »

11th January - Jenolan Caves

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Jenolan Main Street
Jenolan Main Street
Up fairly early to get to Jenolan Caves for a 10 am start. We had spent last night studing up the very complex timetable they had, and various ticketing options, and though we were sorted. Of course got there and found it was not the same as we expected… more »

To Oberon - 10th January

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Today we packed up and left our campsite at Canberra to head to Oberon. On the way out of town we visited the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), making it in time for their 10am tour. Interesting tour around the facility, including the Arena, Pool, G… more »

Canberra - 9th January

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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 whe… more »

8th January

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Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial
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 »

Canberra - 7th January

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Cycling Around the lake
Cycling Around the lake
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 g… more »

Canberra - 6th January

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Parliament House
Parliament House
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 »