An exciting week of getting burnt on Manly beach, watching Tangled outdoors at Sydney Olympic park, drinking shots out of a tea pot, and launching the Chinese New year festival could only get better with a girly road trip to Canberra.
I finally took advantage of the 3 day camper van rental that I won and my flat mate and I hit the road. 5 hours, a picnic in a car park, and a lot of snacks later we rolled into the Capital of Australia. Luckily Australians drive on the left so all I had to worry about was the transition from driving a tiny manual car with a sat nav to driving an automatic beast of a machine being directed by Holly and a map that was too small! We only got lost once, or twice... truthfully I lost count how many times :-/ but it was an amazing trip. Canberra is stunning! In the centre of the city the Parliament house rises up and facing away from it you look out across the river to the stunning War Memorial. Our excitement was evident to anyone watching us roll down Parliament hill and chasing the birds. Then later we calmed down and just took in the breath taking view over the lake where we set up for the night.
Sadly Holly had to get back for work so after exploring the remainder of Canberra we hit the road again (ABBA CD at the ready) and back in Sydney I swapped flat mates and took off for Palm Beach (yes it is where Home and Away is filmed and no I don't care so I didn't bother doing any sightseeing). We simply pulled up to the beach, ran along the water front, stared at the stars, and chilled out in the van with chocolate and a dvd. It was another awesome night followed by a day visiting as many beaches as possible on the way back down the coast.
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