A week or so ago I went to the National War Memorial. I am attempting to get out and see places before I return to England. With only a day or two off I try to see places around Canberra. Hence, the previous couple of blogs with Parliament House and Square Rock. As it has been raining heaps I decided that an indoor place was on the cards for today. In fact it has been raining so much in Canberra that one of the ambulances got bogged at a pick up and had to call ...

Today in Australia we all choose between a Ranga and a Budgie Smuggler. We have had a Clock Collector, a Champion Beer Swiller, a Hotel Lobby(ist) with no pants, Tin Tin, a Lover of Queens....twice, a Swimming Russian Sub Chaser and now we choose again. Yes.... for those of you off the big island it is federal election time again. And this year we have less chance of getting it right than ever. The campaign to get our vote has been so dull our options are really...

Something I have been meaning to do since Pippa and I first came to Canberra was visit the New Parliament House. It is on the classic school trip itinerary, but it has been a few years since I was at school. As yesterday was a pleasant day and the weather was fine, if a little cool, I decided to fulfil this 'to do list' item. It was actually not a bad day. I parked under neither but made a point of coming up from the car park outside the building. You enter thr...

Dear lovers of the world game, I am pleased to announce that my plan for Germany to beat Netherlands in the World Cup is coming together nicely. Last night saw one of the last pieces of the puzzle with Germany obliterating Argentina 4 - 0. But Maradona (not sure of spelling, but not important) unable to use the 'Hand of God' technique, what chance did Argentina really have? In a slightly less bias way, I do think Netherlands and Germany have had a more difficul...

What to comment on first. This will be a general update as I have not blogged in a while. So in no particular order here is life in a nut shell: Went to Gosford for 2 days to see Dad and Mum and have the car serviced. I went out to North Entrance and saw 2 Humpbacked Whales swimming along the coast. It was great and they were only a few 100 metres off the shore. I watched them for about 30 min and right in front of me one jumped a bit and raise a fin out of the...