A capital time in Canberra

On By Lauralouiseegerton
Mount Ainslie Lookout, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

It was in the glorious world of facebook that Kimmy, a friend from Dubai had said – oi aren’t you coming to our nation’s capital??! So we really felt we should and are very glad we did! It was fantastic staying with Kimmy, Canner and meeting their daughter Rose.

With Kimmy, Canner, Rose, Molly and Mia, Canberra.

Kimmy took the time to tour us around the major sights, a highlight being the National Gallery of Art and a viewpoint to see the whole city below us. It was easy to be quickly out of the city and into the countryside. The girls enjoyed picking Rose up from nursery and taking their dogs Molly (!) and Mia for a walk to the park.

The Aboriginal Memorial, Ramingining artists’, 1987-88, 200 hollow log coffins from central Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. Foyer, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
The Spirits of the Pumpkin Descended into the Heavens, Yayoi Kusama, 2015, NGA, Canberra.
A painting the guide pointed out to us at the National Gallery of Art – made to look like a jigsaw puzzle but actually two-dimensional, hinting at what lies beneath…

Tom did the Canberra run in the morning catching a great sunrise and enjoying a peaceful explore of the wildlife reserve that skirted the city.

Mullion Park, Harrison, Canberra.

The drive to Canberra from Sydney and then onto Melbourne is long and boring (despite a bizarre Dog on a Tucker Box statue, Gundagai) so it was important to break it up and even more so to catch up with friends.

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