Give a Canberran a chance to do something interesting, and they seize it like starving wolves. We should have packed a picnic, found a shady spot, put a picnic rug down and watched the concerts - but we didn't even take a water bottle. I thought we'd just wander around, buy some food and drink, and see what was there. Bad decision - too many people and the queues for sustenance were extraordinary.
So we weren't there for very long, maybe a couple of hours. Some things were cool - enormous inflatable letters spelled "welcome". The boys were being stalked by a giant "w".
Eventually we got an ice-cream, and listened to some music, and saw some strange buskers. But the most fun was taking off our shoes, having a paddle to cool our toasted feet, and skipping stones into the water. Which is a Canberra kind of thing to enjoy...
sounds like you had a great time! i like those kinds of parties. our little town has it's homecoming celebration the third weekend of june and we really enjoy the festivities each year. there's a parade, carnival, and a party in the park with lots of ethnic food and music. just a good old time.
ReplyDeleteI'm not one for heat (fortunately, living as I do in Scotland) but I would admit that your blue sky and blue sea and sunshine look a teeeeny bit nicer than our remains-of-snow. It's been sunny here, though.
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