Canberra (pronounced Can-bruh)

Today was a huge day!

Woke up at 6:30...aaaaaaah. Then we left for Wesley at about 7:20. Then a paid driver drove a bunch of us in a bigger van on a 4 hour trip. We stopped once and I had a chocolate muffin and orange juice.

Slept some, iPod'd some, finally got to this vantage point. We saw tons and the guide pointed stuff out. Then we drove a little bit and got to the flower festival called "Floriade" that is put on every year. The theme was films and the only 2 I recognized were Babe and Moulin Rouge. We had lunch there and spent an hour in all at this place.

Then we left for the Australian Museum that was built really recently. We only had an hour there too so we ran through it pretty much. Crazy architecture!

Then we left for the Parliament building and I learned about what the flag stands for and a bit about their government from the guide. Their official animals on the seal are the emu and kangaroo because they can't walk backwards, only forwards. So Australia is progressive. Funny.

Then we left for the Australian War Memorial which is another museum based only on war. We only had 40 minutes so we ran through that. At the end before we left, we saw a ceremony where a guy played the bagpipes.

Then we went on our way home a little bit after 5pm. We stopped once at Hungry Jack's (Burger King) and got home at 8:45ish. Whew!

I took a TON of pictures and I will post them tomorrow! Cheers!