Greens Lake revisited (again)

The usual scene of caravans lined up on the banks of the lake.


Lots of relaxing time at the lake.





John celebrated his 79th birthday over a morning tea. Brandt made pikelets. The big one on top was for John.





Mid morning our thermometer showed that we could expect a hot day (the temp reached 41)


So time was spent in the water. (I think I ventured out three times)


This dog, whose name is Pip, became known as Security after parading in his hat.


It was not all R&R. We got tired of struggling to plug into a power sauce under the table - especially when the table was folded out. Others had moved their power points, so Brandt did too. Not only did he relocate them but he doubled our 12v outlets inside the van.


While at Greens Lake we had an early celebration of Brandt's 70th birthday. The planned day for the celebration had been declared a total fire ban so the camp oven stew was cooked on the previous night (before the ban came into force).


Dave decided Brandt needed a wig!









So now it is home to New Zealand until March/April next year.

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Homeward bound

From Canbera we commenced our return to Melbourne.
We called in on friends at Nowra and Tathra. Our stay at Tathra was extended by a week as I had a severe nose bleed which resulted in a few trips to A&E. In the end I had a "balloon" up my nose for three days, after the one inserted overnight failed to stop the bleeding.


The second balloon was inflated with 8ml of air, double the amount of the first balloon (pictured above), which distorted my nose even more. My eye kept weeping and I couldn't stand wearing my glasses. On the 2nd day Brandt deflated the balloon. There was a lot of relief when the balloon was removed and there was no sign of any bleeding. I have hardly blown my nose since and have learned to sneeze with my mouth open.

We travelled south via Gippsland driving via Lakes Entrance.



The weather was quite wet, so we made a detour to Rye, stayed there 6 days,

One day we noticed a funnel web spider's home, but on investigation found that it was empty (evidently they can be quite vicious when disturbed so maybe it was just as well the home was vacant and I have to make do with online images of the funnel web spider)


We then went to visit a friend at Werribee. Finally, we made it to Greens Lake to catch up with Grey nomad friends who were waiting there for us. Greens Lake is a free camp with toilet facilities only and it is where a lot of our friends spend the summer months.


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Canberra

The main attraction for us in Canberra was the Australian War Memorial Museum.
The view from the main entrance is looking down Anzac Parade towards the Houses of Parliament.


Also near the main entrance is the statue of Anzacs with their trusty horse.


The tomb of the unknown Soldier is housed in its own section.


The main building houses many displays of what active service life was like






We were parked in a 4 hour park. Luckily no one seemed to check as we were there for about 5 hours.
Then we decided to drive down Anzac Parade and take a look at parliament.


The view looking back to the museum is not as well known and the museum looked a long long way off.


We were allowed to walk the halls of parliament. I could take photos of the senate, but only because there was no one there.
The House of Representatives was another matter. They were debating a bill currently before parliament. We had to "cloak " our cameras and phones before being permitted access to the public gallery.
It was very interesting to view.


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