24th September – Thursday
No rain, no dust, cold wind and sun – the weather for today. The heater has been pulled out from under the bed and is now working flat out!
James and Maureen had invited us to join them for a game of bowls, so it was off to the Queanbeyan Women’s Bowls Club this morning – and what a lovely club! Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. All the ladies bring a plate (and the men wash up afterwards!), we started playing about 9.30 am and after the game, all players return to the clubhouse for a coffee/tea and the contents of the plates. Guess who won the lucky door prize??? Fortunately, this was a basket of fruit and not half a sheep!
This afternoon we decided to have a little drive and look at some of Canberra’s sights. As we drove past Duntroon Military College, we noticed a sign pointing towards a lookout. Never having been on the grounds of Duntroon before, and no guard posts visible, we decided to check out the lookout. After driving around, looking at lots of soldiers, the parade ground, rabbits and buildings, we decided we were rather geographically disorientated! Eventually found an exit from the grounds and realised we had driven in one side and out the other.
We continued on past the War Memorial and Parliament House to the Embassy circuit and drove slowly around looking at all the rather palatial buildings. The US Embassy looked to be quite secure and our photos have probably been stored forever in their archives.
TomTom was put to work to get us back to the caravan park – Canberra can be a little confusing to navigate.
No rain, no dust, cold wind and sun – the weather for today. The heater has been pulled out from under the bed and is now working flat out!
James and Maureen had invited us to join them for a game of bowls, so it was off to the Queanbeyan Women’s Bowls Club this morning – and what a lovely club! Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. All the ladies bring a plate (and the men wash up afterwards!), we started playing about 9.30 am and after the game, all players return to the clubhouse for a coffee/tea and the contents of the plates. Guess who won the lucky door prize??? Fortunately, this was a basket of fruit and not half a sheep!
This afternoon we decided to have a little drive and look at some of Canberra’s sights. As we drove past Duntroon Military College, we noticed a sign pointing towards a lookout. Never having been on the grounds of Duntroon before, and no guard posts visible, we decided to check out the lookout. After driving around, looking at lots of soldiers, the parade ground, rabbits and buildings, we decided we were rather geographically disorientated! Eventually found an exit from the grounds and realised we had driven in one side and out the other.
We continued on past the War Memorial and Parliament House to the Embassy circuit and drove slowly around looking at all the rather palatial buildings. The US Embassy looked to be quite secure and our photos have probably been stored forever in their archives.
TomTom was put to work to get us back to the caravan park – Canberra can be a little confusing to navigate.
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