We had travelled to Canberra so Sooz could see the autumn colours, and we weren't disappointed with the display! When we came out of the motel, Ravi's top was littered with leaves, as was the ground.
I had a vision of eating breakfast and sipping coffee, reading the paper, by the shores of Lake Burley Griffin - and we were able to find the On-Lake Cafe at Barton which served good coffee and great food - so tick, tick ... and while the smart phone isn't a newspaper, it does allow access to newspaper content - and ideas of what to do around and about Canberra.
Alas, it rained most of the day so we didn't do much in in the way of sightseeing. We did go for a drive to the top of Mt Ainsle, which gives a wonderful overview of the city, along Anzac Parade to show off The War Memorial and Parliament House ... but not today. I've posted a picture of what it looks like on a sunny day as well as ours of ... tree tops and fog.
On the way to breakfast, and to Mt Ainsle, we drove along Anzac Parade - which gives a magnificent view of Parliament House in one direction, and of the War Memorial in the other. Along either side of the Parade are Memorials to/for the various conflicts in which Australia has taken place. Our favourite was the Boer War - with horses and riders - and one day, when it's dry when we're in Canberra, we'll be able to stop the car and have a chance of getting an image. In the meantime - here's one we found on-line.
Sooz has wanted to go to an Autograph (the one in Orange has permanently closed) so we took a trip out to Westfield Belconnen to Autograph there - and the sales person was very pleased with our purchases, and we were very pleased with the discount she gave. Sooz is the happiest of all with her new jeggings and jeans, and puffy coat. Not to restrict the trade to Autograph, we both popped in to Lowes and Sooz left with a beanie and flannie coat (with detachable hood) and I finally found some yellow polos - and two of them have come home with me.
We didn't know what to do with it raining so much - 10% of Canberra's annual rainfall has falled since we arrived here! - so we went for a bit more of a drive - around ANU's campus - which Sooz says has changed a lot since she went there. It has grown bigger than she imagined and is now not as "pretty" as when she was studied there.
We headed back to Dickson for lunch, and ended up at the Pho Phu again - and had different dishes this time - just as yummy! Then, sated, we made our way back to the motel to listen to the rain fall, and to look out the window from time to time to see if the rain had stopped: it didn't.
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