It was a wet, cold and windy day in Canberra and we had a spare day after visiting family. We were wondering what to do. After a bit of a study of a map we decided on a lap of Lake Burley Griffin, formally the Molonglo River before they dammed it and turned the farming land into Australia's Capital City.Normally we would prefer to run, walk or ride around such a beautiful place but the weather was not the best so it was just a quick lap in the hire car hoping the weather would improve.First stop was the tourist information and Exhibition Centre that had this great three dimension model map, showing Black Mountain to the left, Mount Ainslie to the right and New Parliament house in the foreground.Captain Cook Memorial Jet Fountain at Commonwealth Park.It was still raining so we headed to the National Museum of Australia. It was free entry but they charge for parking.A great building but I was a bit underwhelmed with the displays though I have been spoiled by the quality and amount of museums in Washington DC.The rain had eased and as we drove into Western Park next to the suburb of Yarralumla and @consciouscat spotted a mob of Kangaroos.We got out and walked within about 10 metres, they appeared to be all free just roaming around feeding on the grass but a lot were tagged and marked as if in some sort of monitoring program.Since the weather was still holding we zipped up to the National Arboretum which also housed the National Bonsai Collection.Seeing all these Bonsai makes me want to start growing some.
