Canberra to Bendigo along the road to Gundagai

Canberra, as well as being where I lived for 9 months on my first stay in Australia, is also the home of my parent in-laws and Australia's capital.

It has a population of less than 500 000 people and is a completely “designed” city.  While having a reputation as a boring city, which may be deserved, it is also probably the only major Australian city where you will encounter authentic wildlife as you wander the parks (read: bush-land) in the city.  So, because of this I have always enjoyed going for walks here and being surprised by the reams of Kangaroo or the hope of being surprised by a Wallaby or Platypus near Lake Burley-Griffin (named after the “designer” of the city).

We only spent a few days in Canberra before driving south towards the state of Victoria and our new home.

Some observations I made during the road trip from Penni’s folks house to Bendigo.

·      Driving Time: A lot

·      Cities/Towns passed: A few

·      Dead Kangaroos: Over 50

·      Dead Echidnas: 1

·      Ambriya naps: 2

·      Penni naps: 1

·      Chad naps: 0

·      Cost of a bag of potato chips and a can of lemonade in Corop: $6

In all seriousness, after about 8 hours of driving we finally arrived in Bendigo, which appears to be a very pleasant town.  While we are only staying a night before heading down to Melbourne I am looking forward to returning in a week.