Day 101 - Canberra, 6th October 2025

Set the alarm this morning and headed into the city? We jumped on the tram that left from right outside the Showgrounds gates, and went straight to the city centre. We walked down to Commonwealth Park and headed off on the five kilometre bridge to bridge walk around Lake Burley Griffin. There are so many amazing landmarks to see.


The National Library looked very impressive.


The Captain Cook Memorial showed the routes of his three separate voyages and was surrounded by beautiful cherry blossoms.




Floriade, Canberra’s big Spring Fliwer festival is on at the moment so we went in and had a look around. The flowers were stunning.







We co tinier walking around the lake, stopping for coffee, to pat the hundreds of Cavoodles and to look at the memorials.





We had to stop at the High Court for some photos..



…and had to get a ‘Castle’ re-enactment.


There were fabulous views to Mount Ainslie right through to Parlianent House.




We continued on…



…to Questicon…




…and then up to Old Parliament House which is now the Museum of Democracy.



The buildings and gardens are just fabulous.




And then we went inside!!


We went into the Senate,



and then checked out the ladies toilets. When building Parliament House there was no thought that females would be in there, so there were no ladies toilets. When women were finally elected, they turned these men’s toilets into ladies. Rather than get rid of the urinal, they covered it with a box for women to put their handbags on!! And it is still there today!



We then headed into the House of Representatives.




There was lots of information about the Queen.



We saw the rooms that the she used on her royal visits.



And reproductions of some of her crowns.




We even got to dress up as the speaker! 


We headed back towards the city, passing the treasury building on the way. 

After a delicious Subway lunch, we decided to walk to the War Memorial. On the way, we gave Ainslie a call to wish her happy birthday.


The War Memorial is filled with lots of munuments, statues and memorials.






And lots of beautiful trees and gardens.



The view from the top down Anzac Parade towards Parliament House is amazing.




The War Memorial buildings are huge. We went inside the First World War Gallery. There is so much information and memorabilia, stories and letters from the fallen, it is just heartbreaking.




We went out to get a coffee and wandered around the courtyard.




Then we went inside for the Last Post. They do this every afternoon at 4.30pm, remembering a different person who lost their life. 




We then headed back to catch the tram back to Epic, after walking an epic 20 kilometres!!



Time for a bit of relaxing,


and a visit from a feathery friend,


before enjoying a simply magical sunset.



Dinner and a few drinks over a game of cards and a fairly early night. It was a big day! 🤣

































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