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Sunday in the capital

Checked out some Belco art...

...and had a ride around Lake Burley Griffin.

 

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New stencils on the block

 

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Hello ACOUSTICS!

Had a wonderful night last night seeing Katie Noonan at The Abbey. What an amazing voice and she knows how to communicate with the crowd. The Abbey is also a great venue, fantastic acoustics and a fab looking pipe organ ( with an interesting history).

Last night was a prime example of when it's a joy to live in Canberra - where else can you park at the front door of your chosen venue, walk 5 minutes to a great restaurant for dinner prior to a gig and then turn up not long before the main act and still get a good view of the stage - and no line ups for the bar.

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the sun still shines

The sun shone and we had an extra hour - goodbye daylight saving - so we used the time wisely by experiencing the Canberra Disrict wine harvest festival.

We headed north to Lake George, aiming to start with Lerida Estate for lunch. Luckily we scored one of the few free outdoor tables, and enjoyed a tasting platter and rabbit, pistachio and cranberry terrine. Definitely saving room for dessert next time. Winewise, I quite liked the unwooded chardonnay I had with lunch, and we also purchased some merlot cabinet franc.

View at Lerida Estate

Pinot noir grapes

After lunch we took Marked Tree Road - gravel but top views - to travel back to Gundaroo to Capital Wines.

On the return journey to Canberra we tried Gun Dog and Tallagandra Estates.

Driving down the Federal Highway we noticed ...Stonehenge! We passed too quickly to take a pic but there are some here.

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Autumn is here

We've had a wonderful summer - and we're still getting blue skies. But there is a chill to the air now and the leaves are turning. Glad to see the end of daylight saving - getting up early to ride to work was a little too hard this week, with sunrise not happening until 7.20am.

Teeny weeny veggies - the fairies at the bottom of the garden are going to be so mad we stole their produce.

 

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Japanese photo style

Surfing.

Natsumi Hayashi's blog has groovy levitation and cat photos.

And this new Japanese craze really appeals to me.

Dickson stencil

 

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More things to see in Canberra

Australian National Botanic Gardens - bower bird bower

Nana's Pearls (vintage shopping), Tharwa General store - signage

Lanyon Homestead stables

 

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