One day at a time

CHICAGO THE MUSICAL I went to see the australian touring performance of Chicago (the musical) and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It was a hot and humid night in Melbourne and that describes this show too - hot and humid! With tight fitting costumes, hot bodies and high kicking routines (and that was just the guys!)

One of the most interesting museums that I have visited. This one is dedicated to the history of Australia and has a really interesting introducing using a rotating theatre. Was surprisingly quiet, but I think that made it more enjoyable.

The national parliament building in Canberra. It has very lavish interiors, with marble staircases and lots of wood panelling. Neither house was sitting so we could wandered around and on to the roof.

One the first full day in Canberra, we went to the War Memorial which also houses a museum covering Australia's involvement in the major conflicts around the world. My travelling companion found the name of his grand father on the memorial.

After breakfast, we went out to the Telecom Tower on the Black Mountain to take in the views over the Territory. The view was nice but there wasn’t much up there for entertain us both between buses, didn’t realise that they were 1 ½ hours apart. We waited under the footbridge out of the sun, until the next bus arrived. Stopped off at the Botanical Gardens and had lunch there. Pleasant gardens, but nothing special. Caught the next bus into the city and then talked Campbell into getting a USB wireless modem for his Apple Macbook. It’s sad that the most interesting thing that we could find to do in Canberra is to find another way to connect to the internet. It took a while to get the USB modem going, but after downloading some software from Vodafone in the UK. Made a trip into the centre of Canberra, rather than spending the rest of the afternoon in the hotel room. There wasn’t much open at the time we went out, apart from the major stores. Went to the supermarket to collect some foo...

Slept even better this time and had a lighter breakfast than yesterday. Yet another warm and sunny day in Canberra, but this time there are people in the streets, going to work in the many government departments around the city. Took the bus to the Parliament of Australia up on Capital Hill. it’s a very impressive building although we didn’t climb up the outside lawns, but did walk over the top of democracy on the roof of the parliament building. The inside is just as impressive as the outside with lots of marble and wood, I wonder how much that all costed. Took the bus then down to Questacon, the national science museum, which was frankly a bit of a disappointment. The exhibitions were very much aimed at children and one of the main ones was out of action. There were some clever things and we both enjoyed the rollercoaster simulator, but they need to spend more money and update the exhibits. Had a quick stop at the National Library, which just appears to be a large library, no...