We went to the Australian National Portrait Gallery while in Canberra in March. There were two two exhibitions on show. The first was of finalists in the inaugural, 2020 Darling Portrait Prize sponsored by the Australian National Portrait Gallery. The prize is named after L. Gordon Darling, the Founding Patron of the Gallery and the [...]

We were lucky enough to get to this exhibition which was on at the National Gallery of Australia from 13 December 2019 to 13 April 2020. It’s been unlucky; first with bushfires forcing closure and now Covid-19. So, we count ourselves lucky. We went to pre-book tickets on the 10th of March thinking we might [...]

Serendipitously rather than pre-planned we were in Canberra for the Canberra Balloon Spectacular. They’ve been doing this every March for thirty years now and this year ran from the 7th to 15th. People can take rides for over $300. I wouldn’t! Others take to kayaks on the lake to get a closer look. They take [...]

So, we managed to get to Canberra before the country shut down for Covid-19. We stayed in New Acton, at an Airbnb within the Ovolo Nishi hotel complex. It looked a bit like a mega city apartment block outside our front door. But we had great views from our balcony; here’s the lake and National [...]

I found the vegetation on our walks in Tassie very interesting and lots of the flowers very pretty. Some of them had information boards close by although sometimes it was difficult to match up trees and names. Like a lot of native Australian plants you have to look closely to really appreciate the beauty of [...]