I had a trip to Canberra with 32 yr 5-6 kids in May.
It is such a beautiful place to visit.
 

View of city from Mt Ainsley

The War Memorial : one of my favourite places.
Wall of Remembrance: This was really good and we were able to locate the  Great Grandfathers of a couple of the kids.


On the home from some good Autumn/Winter colour.
A few weeks ago we lost the white rabbit Allejandro (featured in an earlier post) that hung out in our back garden. We were barely over the mourning period when lo and behold his legacy lives on! I guess He and Consuela bred like ... well.. rabbits! Introducing Fernando and Chiquitita!

Boris has been busy at work they have built this sculpture "The Halo!" for a new complex /park/city place : Fras(z)er Park coming to Sydney. 13 Metres high, 12 Metre diameter ring weighing 700 Kilos. Not painted yet in this photo but impressive, photo doesn't do it justice. It spins in the wind.

Had a great Google+ moment with Pat,Michelle, Barb and... where were you Greg?

Went up to Jo's place in the Highlands this weekend, brr....
Had a lovely   no, bloody beautiful bacon Turkish roll breakfasty thing at the cafe where she helps out. It is at a winery: Eling Forest Winery. It was an absolutely beautiful place with a great feel to it. Here are some photos,starting  with an incriminating one of Jo performing as a.. wait for it......

Barrista!



The Cafe
Tory & Kaiya
The Winery
 and a few of the grounds:





Looking forward to going at some point when the winery is open.









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