Jemma Canberra 3 - Saturday

Bacon and Egg breakfast
National Gallery
Carillon
Mint
Arboretum
Telstra Tower
Dinner with David and Tina

National Gallery

Art is like.....
Coffee, Religion,  Sport, Politics & soup.
My way is the right way and if you don't like it....

The older I have gotten the less judgemental I have become when it comes to art.  No longer do I say things like this is "good" or that is "bad".

This is a close up of part of the "blue poles" painting.  Very controversial when PM Gough Whitlam bought it in 1973.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_11,_1952_(painting)

A lobster phone - I want one of these!

A very enjoyable morning for me anyway.  I would like to go back.

We also manged a morning tea in the cafe.





Carillon
It's a bell tower.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Carillon
A beautiful sunny day.  I was exhausted from being a tourist at the National Gallary.  Lay down in the sun and had a power nap.  Great!

Mint
The mint is a place where they stamp out the coins.  It's amazingly popular with tourists.
Jemma paid $3 to push a button and stamp out a $1 coin.

Arboretum - Met with cousin Carolyn & daughter Sarah (19ish)& cousin Peter.  The Arboretum is a place where they grow plants and apparently have outdoor concerts where everyone freezes.  We did nothing other than sit in the cafeteria and chat over drinks until we were evicted.

 Telstra Tower
 After the Arboretum we drove the short distance to the Telstra tower.  The intent was to see Canberra while it was still light, then see the lights of Canberra as the sun set.  It was a cloudless sky and that does not make for really impressive sunsets.

Frank Henry & Jemma selfie on the Teksra tower.

Dinner with David and Tina
At Sammy's in civic.