25th September – Friday
Fine, cool and breezy today with a top temperature about 20 degrees.
We set out for Floriade this morning and were early enough to get a parking spot without any difficulty. Despite the dust, wind and rain this week, the flowers were in amazing condition, with the tulips and irises in full bloom. Last week’s Iceland poppies were history, as were the “ladies” in their flower dresses, unfortunately. The ferris wheel gave Cat and I a good view of the flowers, and it was much easier to see the chequerboard effect in one of the garden beds from a height. We spent most of our time wandering around the grounds, which looked magnificent, as well as spending some time (and not much money) in the market stalls. There really were some very nice things for sale (apart from glass bead jewellery) and one man spent quite some time attempting to sell us the most amazing machine which would take away all our aches and pains! It really was a lovely place to visit.
With a couple of hours to spare, we decided to visit the Australian Mint and once again, TomTom proved how useful she was! The Mint was very interesting with lots of static displays, a film featuring Andy Muirhead, which explained how coins were made and viewing windows so we could watch the process. It was remarkable to watch the robots at work, collecting the blanks from storage and then loading them into the hoppers to be imprinted. We were quite sure that samples would have been offered, but no such luck.
It really is astonishing that all these attractions in Canberra have no admission charges!!!
Fine, cool and breezy today with a top temperature about 20 degrees.
We set out for Floriade this morning and were early enough to get a parking spot without any difficulty. Despite the dust, wind and rain this week, the flowers were in amazing condition, with the tulips and irises in full bloom. Last week’s Iceland poppies were history, as were the “ladies” in their flower dresses, unfortunately. The ferris wheel gave Cat and I a good view of the flowers, and it was much easier to see the chequerboard effect in one of the garden beds from a height. We spent most of our time wandering around the grounds, which looked magnificent, as well as spending some time (and not much money) in the market stalls. There really were some very nice things for sale (apart from glass bead jewellery) and one man spent quite some time attempting to sell us the most amazing machine which would take away all our aches and pains! It really was a lovely place to visit.
With a couple of hours to spare, we decided to visit the Australian Mint and once again, TomTom proved how useful she was! The Mint was very interesting with lots of static displays, a film featuring Andy Muirhead, which explained how coins were made and viewing windows so we could watch the process. It was remarkable to watch the robots at work, collecting the blanks from storage and then loading them into the hoppers to be imprinted. We were quite sure that samples would have been offered, but no such luck.
It really is astonishing that all these attractions in Canberra have no admission charges!!!
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Is that a cardigan you are wearing? Get used to it - ha ha!
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