The last couple of hundred kilometres driving south towards
Canberra the parched brown landscape we had been travelling through over the
last three months started to turn green. It had been winter in the area we were
presently travelling through. Normally accompanied by good rains over this
period of time. It wasn’t a vibrant lush green but was still heartening to see.
Stock was still quite sparse and what few crops we did see looked thin and
barely established.
Our eyes had also started to monitor the outside temperature
shown on the tow tugs display screen. The temperature was on a downward spiral.
We arrived at our destination around midday with an outside temperature of 13
C. A noticeable change from daily temperatures in the mid to high 20’s we had
been basking in over the last few months.
Once we had established setting the caravan in our kids’
front yard (a narrow street with the need to remove the caravan from the street
asap, so not to block the flow of traffic,) it was straight onto family time.
It was the last four days of Canberra’s Floriade Festival
with many activities run over the duration of a month, with a primary focus on
tulip flowers. It was located in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park where we spent a
morning walking around, viewing fabulous flower displays, predominately many
different types of tulips.
The below fella was poking his camera lens into people’s
faces. We would always like a better camera lens irrelevant of what we have.
Not sure about this lens?
A group of people made 5000 poppies in honour of the men and
women who have served our nation. “Honour Their Spirit.”
Whilst staying at a location which can provide most of our
immediate needs we obtained a new watch battery, new walking shoes for both of
us and several other necessities within our radar.
There was the daily family time, so busy with a 3-month-old,
not so little baby, expecting lots of attention. Pippa providing a good work
out for our bodies with her weight approaching the 7-kilogram mark. She was a
happy grand-child except when she deemed it to be feed time.
On the same day back in Adelaide our other grand-daughter
was enjoying beach time.
We thoroughly enjoyed a week in the company of our family.
Good family time providing a delightful self-sense, of positivity settling over
our souls.
Leaving Canberra, we headed north.
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