The plan was to meet Peter at my hotel, but as I was walking around taking the photos of Fenner Hall, Peter popped out with some of his loot from the party, so from there Peter drove me to our lunch rendezvous, providing a guided tour of parts of ANU and Canberra along the way.
In the city we met Sarah, Callum and Colleen and wandered around a little looking for a place to eat, eventually settling on an "Irish" pub, with some incredible Irish treasures, including the "Book of Kells", which would probably come as a surprise to Trinity College in Dublin who seem to think of it as a national treasure kept under tight security. Lunch was a very pleasant affair, with excellent company.
Rather than heading directly back to my hotel, Peter with Callum took me to Canberra Avenue, where there is an interesting combintion view of a spire, a flag pole and a tower.
Canberra Avenue is a divided road, so I was brave enough to wait for a gap in the traffic (well, it was early Sunday afternoon) and snap this photo of the three structures - the cathedral spire, the Parliament House flag pole and the Telstra Tower.
The structures are more easily seen in this photo, especially the Telstra Tower on Black Mountain - it's a little to the right of the centre of the Parliament House flag pole.
After my excitement here, Peter dropped me back at the hotel and then took Colleen to the airport for her flight to Adelaide.
Not feeling especially interested in visiting museums and galleries, I chose to go mountain/hill finding. And there are a few of those around Canberra!
A panorama of Canberra visible from Red Hill. Telstra Tower/Black Mountain is on the left, Parliament and Lake Burley Griffin in the middle, and Canberra Airport to the right.
Telstra Tower on Black Mountain - the next destination.
A view of Parliament House, and also a few of the higher parts of the old building are visible too.
A wider view, showing Parliament House, War Memorial and Mt. Ainslie behind it. Mt. Ainslie is the lighter coloured and tallest mountain.
The Captain Cook Fountain and part of downtown Canberra, which seems to be showing quite a bit of building activity.
From here it was back across the lake to Black Mountain and the Telstra Tower.
North Ainslie