On The Road: Day 262 Canberra Sunday 24th February 2013

Hi there,

Iconic spiral at the National Museum

Simon spent the morning in fruitless pursuits, he dried of the canvas. Since the last coating with the waterproofing the water now beads and doesn’t run off so readily. We were no longer out the gate for our days exploring and it bucketed down.

We headed to the National Museum of Australia, thinking we would do half a day there an head on to another attraction, how wrong we were, we even need to go back again to see what we missed. Another impressive building in an arty sort of way, the spiral at the front catches the eye, but not the rain, it pours through, pity they didn’t have some way to make it a rainproof “walkway”.

We wandered about absorbed in the displays and by 2:00 realised we were hungry, and that we had only seen ¼ of the exhibits. We braved the rain to get our lunch from the car then treated ourselves to a latte at the cafe on site. I am getting used to coffee again (sans sugar).

Well fed travellers and great hostess

We were still absorbed in the information and had to be gently asked to leave at 5:00. A quick return to camp and another cuppa, then we headed to dinner with niece Sandy.

Ahhh it is so nice to catch up with family, nothing quite as good as a hug from a family member! We were treated to an excellent meal of Thai fish with rice and vegetables, after nibbles and wine. Finished off with berries and ice-cream delish! Time passed in a flash and we realised than some people have to live by timetables, so we took our leave.

A very enjoyable evening in good company - conversation, laughter and food :-)

Tomorrow pack up and southward travel.