A Trip to Canberra.
As Sydney was pummeled by record breaking rain on Wednesday, we postponed our trip to Canberra, until Thursday. So a two night stay became a one night stay and Thursday was very busy. Heading down the Hume Highway, we made our usual stop at Goulburn Bakery. Good food and drinks and clean loos (always a plus) and Trapper's wonderful daily sayings. Thursday's was no exception. Our first stop was the National Library of Australia, https://www.nla.gov.au/ for the exhibition Cook and the Pacific. To see Cook's actual log of the HMS Endeavour, when he discovered our continent, was wonderful. Instruments he and others used on the three voyages, drawings made of our fauna. maps, that are so detailed. It was very poignant to read Elizabeth Cook's letter asking for assistance, after he was killed. On until the 10 February 2019, it is well worth a visit. Next stop was the National Museum of Australia, http://www.nma.gov.au/ for the exhibi...