Today started off with the sun shining and not as much wind which was good. We all packed our lunch and headed out for the morning. We arrived at the National War Memorial with great anticipation. It was so majestic and beautiful. Tried to explain to Boo what the significance of the War Memorial was, and her understanding, although not detailed, was "were the soldiers where killed and remembered". Not too bad for a five year old. Martin and l thor...

Got up and got going around 10am, made a packed lunch and snacks and headed out for our day of fun. First we went to Cockington Green Gardens which is a place were there are miniature buildings replicated from different countries ie. majestic buildings and landmarks. Was pretty cool, the girls loved it. They went on a mini train ride around the place which was freezing but good. We then headed to the Black Mountain Telstra Tower. Really cool look-out of all o...

Well that was a bloody cold night, gail forced winds and rained all night. Forgot how dependent we are on ducted heating, thank god for the electric blankets!!! Anyhow, overall the mattress went well, no crook back yet!!!! The girls were eager to get up and get going so we confronted the showers, which were better than expected and didnt freeze too much! We then got ready and headed into Canberra and had a look round. Ended up at Questacon, which is like the ...

Well we have arrived!!!!! The trip was good, the girls were great. We left Tocumwal at 8:45am and arrived in Canberra at 3:30pm. Not bad we thought. The caravan was fully set up at our caravan park in an hour or so, will hopefully get a bit quicker as we go along. So far it seems good, but OMG its cold!!!! Temperature when we got here was 10oC and windy. Heaters and electric blackets will be used. Bell, Marty, Boo & Meg XXXX