Today was all about wine tasting, good for T&J, not so good for Kids. We started off at Pieter Van Gent wines, which was great as the wine tasting was in the cask room. Unfortunately there was a huge rain storm came just as we left, so I had to get… more »

Today we decided to visit the local markets at Rylstone, and the lolly shop there. We found the markets were OK, but very small, we were expecting a much larger market with 50 or so stalls, where as found 15-20 stalls. Anyway did find some yummy Lemon b… more »

Today we travelled to Mudgee, but first we went to check out the Memorial to Banjo Patterson. There was a memorial park near the tourist info office in town, which had a small amout of info and recordings of parts of his poem. Then we went to check out… more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 g… 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 »