Catching up

This post covers the last day in Canberra and our return to Mallacoota.

Frances noticed 4 B&W birds on the deck.  The male Magpie-lark seemed a bit toey.

Later than morning we were in Dawes St, Kingston where there was some falliage.  A bit better than the yellow or brown that seems common in Canberra this year.

As we look down on City Walk we have been intrigued by an array of blue lights in the trees at the intersection with Ainslie Avenue.  So, needing to return a library book before we headed to Mallacoota we wandered through there on Tuesday evening.  There are a lot of lights in the trees, which make the place look very attractive.

A pity that there weren't more people around to appreciate it.  But if there were they'd probably be playing unpleasantly loud music so I reckon we're in front of the game.

The next morning I glanced at the rooftop level of the Target car park  It was completely full except for the 4 bays next to the lifts.  Yep, those tags on the wall indicate disabled spots: I must do a Survey one day to see what proportion of the time these spots are occupied!

So we headed off for Mallacoota.  As the weather seemed ungood in Canberra (cold, windy and damp) I tipped a temperature of 8C for Nimmitabel when we get there.  In fact it only dipped to 12C, and that briefly in the main the main street.

On, on to a comfort stop in Bombala and to Imlay Rd.  A log Truck was climbing up from Bondi Creek ...

... but that was soon passed.  There was quite a lot of other traffic on the Imlay (4 cars crossed with us in the 57km) and I passed another log truck about half way.

A small excitement occurred in spotting 3 Cattle Egrets - with cattle - at Genoa.  The trip in total took about 4 hours and 10 minutes which was quite satisfactory.  After unpacking the car and organising ourselves we sat down to enjoy a glass on red and look at the sunset.