More recent Travel

 We have been pretty much constantly on the move for a week so were keen to get home to Mallacoota on the 20th.  As Commonwealth Park is effectively unusable until mid October we reverted to a morning walk around Reid.  The first few images are flowers seen in the gardens of that suburb and Glebe Park. Flowering quince A Magnolia about to hit its straps. Plum blossom and a camellia. An unusually tall Hellebore in Glebe Park. A Camellia in Glebe Park. So the car was packed (see below) and we headed off at close to 1000 hrs.  The driving was quite easy although the performance of some of our fellow motorists drew adverse comments at times: if you are going to overtake in a passing lane don't sit in the outer lane doing 2kph faster than the car you are overtaking!   However the sun was shining and on we went. Once past Bombala the weather deteriorated a little with a few showers (when they got to Mallacoota a few hours later they amounted to a surprising 8.8mm).  However we progresse

So we made it to Canberra.  There were many things to do today of which the first was to take the Mazda to get the sensor examined.  The guys at Rolfe were able to drop the bumper and reposition the sensor: they said it wasn't a perfect job but it worked so we should monitor it and if necessary they'll get the part in and do a permanent fix.  Excellent service by them. While in the Belconnen area I visited the Access Canberra shopfront to see what could be done about re-invigorating our bus pass (in case we had to rely on public transport while the car was being fixed).  I had a tantrum lined up and ready to go, but got excellent service that solved the problem.  (I'm sure I will find use for the tantrum at some stage in the future.) It wasn't needed on my visit to Westpac Belconnen to sort out a daftness about credit cards.  Very pleasant service and a way forward was seen.  The way forward was implemented by a visit with Frances to Westpac in Civic: again very pleasan

A good nights sleep, which was unusual for our visits to Lake Cargelligo where the dogs are usually very noisy most of the night.  But they were quiet, and our fellow guests - tradies - silent as they left for work around 6am. The beginning of the day was again foggy, this time at Lake Cargelligo.  Strange bird calls were being made which turned out to be a gang of bolshie Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters.  An early contender for Bird of the Day (BAD). They were very stroppy: here is one giving a steely gaze to a Black-faced Cuckooshrike. We packed up and headed off in heavy fog towards Condoblin, en route to Gum Swamp at Forbes.  This was not really a problem although it did draw attention to the amount of standing water in paddocks and the creeks all running full  Just after Condoblin they were several dead Galahs in the middle of the road: the number of corpses then rose by 1 as a bird flew in to the top of our windscreen.  A second Galah then whacked the front bumper, presumably also a fa