A quiet day in Canberra

It was a pretty cloudy day with Black Mountain Tower barely visible.

The sunrise was quite impressive ...
... especially when zoomed in to Mount Ainslie.
Black Mountain Tower was even more hidden!
We did our walk through Reid this morning with lots of colourful leaves and several Camellia hedges.
King Parrots and Rock Doves feeding on fallen acorns.
Later in the morning we went to the Fyshwick Markets for some essential supplies.  This beer was an add-on, in memory of buying some of this at the brewery when we passed through Bury St Edmunds in about 2010.  I am fairly sure what we got on site was real IPA - on looking at the can it turns out this is 3.3% ABV so would barely have made it past Lands End let alone to India.  Love in a canoe!
This is what I went to Plonk to acquire.  Apparently Mr the Boatman is making another batch in view of Albo getting across the line.  A much more enjoyable drop.
We then went to the Jerrabomberra Wetlands which were very disappointing.  Few birds and it appears the reeds are about to completely block the view from Cygnus Hide.

In the late afternoon we went to a friend's house for chat and drinks.  Getting back home was interesting as it was our first attempt to drive the CX5 after dark.  The main problem was getting the interior lights to turn off which I managed when we we nearly home.


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