Canberra

Canberra is the capital of Australia. And just like our capital, there is a lot of cool things to see. Despite from having an amazing time at Judy's, we spent Wednesday touring the city.

We heard from multiple people (including online reviews) that the Memorial Museum is a must see. Sarah, the history bluff that she is was very excited to go. We spent the morning walking around the museum looking at exhibits and reading about World War 1 and 2. Grace and I appreciated the museum for the architectural side of it. It was beautifully built with gorgeous detail throughout. Grace and I also brought Victor around to show him a good time at the museum.. try to spot him in some photos.

Grace in front of the vet memorial

Sarah and I checking out an airforce exhibit

Victor hanging with the statue

well.. we always make our own fun...

Past and present news

Exhibit that looks so real we took a triple take

helicopter with lights and noises for the real effect

After the museum, we drove up the road a bit and went to the lookout. People can either drive or hike up the outlook and due to the exhausting temps, we drove. There was views that looked over all of the beautiful city of Canberra. We saw the airport, parliament offices, army/navy bases (Judy's in the Navy!), and much more! Absolutely gorgeous.

Of course the boys are more interested in the remote control flying helicopter..

Grace on the lookout tower

awesome view of Canberra

labels of what the view shows

We started to get hungry (shocker..) so we decided to grab some lunch and bring it to the Botanical Garden for a picnic. The garden had so many things to look at it was crazy. I liked it a lot, but it's something my dad would enjoy (I remember one time at Disney, he made me name every single plant Magic Kingdom had.... and that's a lot of friggin plants) At the botanical Garden we saw some waterfalls, native plants, flowers and HUGEEEE lizards. We were kind of creeped out by how large and gross looking they were. Gotta love Australia's wildlife.

While getting lunch we saw the paper stand that we were on... sold out!

waterfalls

On the way back to Judy's, we stopped at the bar to cool off. We played some pool (I've gotten much better thank god) and relaxed for a bit. When we got home, we made Judy a big dinner as a "thank you" for letting us stay with her. She was soo happy! We will definitely be heading back to Canberra again when we drive up the coast :)

Bop-it!! we have missed you since we were 7

dinner we made for Judy!