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   I hurt all over...

My muscles are sore, and I'd love a massage, but my personal masseur is still in Sydney (four more days!!!).

Anyway, there was more sightseeing today, lots of photo-taking, and in case I forget to ask, James could you please bring your 'get things off the memory card doodad'. I've only got 30 or so shots left, and we might want more than that next weekend.

This morning I discovered that the chapel was locked and empty when I thought mass was going to be on, and so I went to the australian national botanical gardens an hour earlier than I was expecting to. I took lots of photos of pretty flowers, experimenting with the camera. And I got rained on, which was a lot nicer than yesterday's heat, especially since I was in the greenhouse when it happened. I waited until it settled down into mild showers, which was incredibly pleasant on my sunburnt skin.

I then went to the National Museum of Australia. It wasn't as much fun as I'd hoped for, the permanent exhibitions were somewhat schizophrenic, in that each display was a big jump from the others without much of an explanation of what lead from one to another. From the first fleet to the first lot of boat people, it just didn't quite work. Also, they were trying to be a cool science museum with gadgets and touchscreens, while being a history museum. They had a cool building, but no three or four paths through each exhibition, so I felt turned around most of the time. I had fun, but felt vaguely out of place the whole time.

By the way, I should mention that all of the places that I visited, with the exception of old Parliament House, were free to enter, and even then that one was only a small donation. So, yes, there is stuff to do in Canberra. I'm told (by Wendy) that there are even places where people go to dance at night (on weekends).

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