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From Canberra. I do like a couple of days there. There are nice things to do and nice restaurants and surroundings. We queued for 2 1/2hrs for the art gallery which was ridiculous but we had bought the tickets already and it was Canberra day, a public holiday in Canberra. The motel was relatively cheap, in Canberra prices seem all about whether parliament is sitting or there are big events on. So we were paid about $200 (the difference in hotel costs) to stand in the queue thought of like that not so bad. 

Oh husband just found the videos I bought for christmas presents and forgot. There is a horrible smell under the stairs ?dead lizard so he is checking taking out all the junk. 

The Paris paintings were quite amazing through it was kind of sad. The biggest crowds were around VanGogh. 

The next day we went to the Australia museum which was partly crazy sculpture mad but I liked the aboriginal stuff, particularly the way they linked past and present culture. So you can see that its still alive, especially the ladies in tasmania who make shell necklaces. There were stories of people