Look Out Julia - Morrisons have come to town

Well, here we are, in our Capital. We had to extend our stay as it was just impossible to see everything in the week we had allowed for it. 
For a city oozing with so much culture and so many grand buildings it seems to lack personality, not to say the people are not friendly or helpful, as they are, but just seems the city itself is bland, parking a nightmare, and no fish and chip or pizza shops.
So, what have we been up to in Canberra? Well, Les and Jessica went to question time in the house of Reps, the day after budget, and yes Jess will tell you Tony Abbott's ears are as big as they make them out to be.  Also, to my surprise, Les was not vacated from the gallery for out spoken comments.
While Jess and Les were in the House Of reps Grace and I met Her Royal Highness QEII



We spent a day at Questacon, which was interesting.  Grace had a great time on the gravity free fall and also had a go on the 360 swing, but didn't quite have the strength to get it all the way round.
On our way out of here we passed Wayne in the street, he didn't have time to chat as he was busy on the phone, probably discussing the budget with Julia.

 

 

One of the highlights has been our visit to the High Court. The girls were even allowed to have their pictures taken holding the book :"The Constitution of The Commonwealth of Australia"

 

Learning about the three different court rooms and their individual purpose, what cases have been tried there, it was quite amazing.

Another highlight would have to be the Museum of Democracy, which is housed in the Old Parliament House.  Here the girls were given a study book to work out puzzles around the building, which is like a rabbit warren, and Les and I took a tour of the rooms and wings of Parliament from not really that long ago, Bob Hawke was the last Prime Minister to use these chambers.

A visit to Canberra would not be complete without paying tribute to our Service Men and Women at the Australian War Memorial.   We were overwhelmed by all the information  here, there is just so much to see and take in. We spent three days here and still have not seen it all. 

Les found Kingsbury's display, Kingsbury is the suburb Les grew up in, named in honour of Bruce Kingsbury, a real estate agent from the area who became a VC Recipient through the Kokoda Campaign.

The closing ceremony was very moving, Every night a story of a fallen soldier is told, and the last post played outside the grave of the Unknown Soldier.