Canberra

I arrived in Canberra last friday (12th) August. The journey was a 4 and a half hour train ride from Sydney, through  bush-land. I am staying with another cousin who goes to University here, so I'm currently staying in her small uni room. There are many tourist attractions here in Canberra which I have visited; such as the war memorial and the new Parliament house, which unknown to me, Alice and her brother George; the day we decided to explore the grounds there was a huge dramatic protest against the proposed law out here of carbon tax. I kept my mouth shut whilst we were there, as some protesters approached us complaining about some of the poms out here! It was my first experience of a protest and it was good to see that people can peacfully protest, unlike what is going on back home at the moment! Tomorrow night I am going out with the uni on a pub golf night, which should be interesting as I don't drink! and then I am heading back to Sydney friday morning, to begin work in a school the following monday.

Lots of love xxxxx