The House(s) of Fran_mart

I have needed to get a few medical tests done so we have been in Canberra for a few days in late February/ early March.  I'll report on the tests as and when they happen.   The Enlighten Festival will be happening as from Friday 1 March.  Part of this is a dinosaur event in the square between the Legislative Assembly and the Library.  They have been setting up, and I have marked 4 specimens in each of the next two images.  Which ones are dinosaurs? 4 is not a dinosaur.  2 and 1 are very well-known species of dinosaur.  3 is the location of the Legislative Assembly and I don't wish to be rude to dinosaurs. 2 is a thistle, and 3 is a Sabre-toothed tiger: neither of these are dinosaurs.  4 is again a dinosaur and 1 is again the location of the Legislative Assembly and I don't wish to be rude to dinosaurs. In the evening of the 27th we went for the cardiology tests.  They seemed pretty comprehensive and we received a very detailed briefing f...

 This is random photos taken in our visit to Canberra.  They begin with daybreak on 28 April.  The first image looks more or less ENE towards Mount Ainslie. The next two are WNW towards Black Mountain. A little later, showing the coloured leaves of Reid (to the SE) with Mount Pleasant in the mid- background and Defence at its foot including the column for Bugs Bunny visible.  (I shall try for a snap of Bugs later)  Swinging a little more to the North here is the War Memorial and more leaves! After I plated a little croquet we called in at Kelly's Swamp where diversity was not great. Some Shovelers are visible in this image. Back in Civic a new Meriton hotel/apartment block is getting close to completion.  I had assumed that they took down scaffolding with a crane, but on 27th when I walked past they had the equivalent of a bucket brigade happening with the duckboards being passed down by hand.  Note the guys in hi-vis below the glass wall. In this imag...

 Begin with sunrise on 27 April, looking at Mount Ainslie. Then an evening image with cloud. A little later the sky had deepened in colour, but the lower light meant camera shake was a bit of an issue. One of my small delights is looking at the reflection of car lights in the apartments on Corranderk St. Your tax dollars 'at work' as the War Memorial gets enhanced (perhaps).