9 posts tagged “canberra”

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Went to see Avenue Q again tonight. Definitely enjoyed it the second time around. It was interesting to compare tonight with the first time I saw it, as the performance in Melbourne was in the opening week with the Australian cast. Although the first time was really good, it was very much a copy of the American show. Tonight was so much better in that the actors were more comfortable with the characters and the puppets.

Now we just need to convince Canberra Theatre to install cocktail glass holders. :)

Gear Radio

I drove home from a meeting across town in quite a spectacular lightning storm tonight. Apart from the driving in heavy rain, this was rather nice as it had been stinking hot again today - and it's only November!

Front of Car

We also came across a burnt out car in the car park of a local oval where the kid has cricket practice. I just had to go back home and get the camera and take a few snaps. The fire must have been hot as the tree standing over it was scorched.

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"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire." -- Pamela Hansford Johnson
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Sunrise over Canberra

Today we took the Joey Scouts across to Springbank Island (which is in the middle of Lake Burley Griffin).

This was the first thing we saw after getting off the boat.

Call For Help

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If you read it closely, the second option is "Call for NRMA". NRMA is the local motoring association who come and get your keys out of your locked car and tell you your battery (or fuel pump) is dead. I don't know what good they would do on an island, unless they have a boating division.

The theme was Pirates and they did activities such as catapults, walking the plank and tug-of-war. They also made little pirate boats, which the cicadas seemed to like the look of.

Pirate Ship

There were heaps of cicadas on the island. Since joey scouts is still predominantly boys, several were badly smushed in pockets and had to be rescued.

cicada

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One of the last activities my mob went on was the canoes. This was run by the water activities team and had the sea scouts looking after the joeys. The joeys (naturally) got their revenge when they 'stormed the shore' and hit the scouts with foam noodles. 

Canoes

Here are some random photos of Canberra I took from the boat on the way back.

A fun day was had by all and I think no one got burnt, which is a minor miracle.

Canberra Skyfire 2007

Here is a little video from YouTube. Thanks to reality skin for making it :)

It is of the first few minutes of Skyfire - An annual Canberra event that basically opens the Canberra Festival. Note the dump and burn to kick it off.

Comet McNaught, January 21 2007

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Well I finally got to see Comet McNaught tonight. It is absolutely beautiful, and makes me wish I had a better camera, and a tripod.

So here is my very amateur attempt at photography. If you want to see the real pictures look on Rob McNaught's website.

Has everyone else see the comet yet? Who has taken pictures? Please share!

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