Canberra

Tourists at the Nations Capital. The pic shows us at the War Memorial with Anzac Parade leading to the Houses of Parliament in the background. The first white building is the old Parliament House, with the new one behind it. Click on the picture to get a bigger view.
After Warrnambool, we went to Albury via Ararat for their trials, where Tiffy got a Jumping Masters pass. We stayed in Albury for a few extra days then went to Canberra for the dog trials. Very Busy weekend judging, with no success for Kathy running both dogs.
Currently in Cooma for a few days before heading for Bega and more dog trials next weekend.
The Easter traffic was amazing on the drive to Cooma. Fortunately, it was all going the opposite direction to us. We took the Cooma turn just outside Canberra and were met with a constant stream of traffic heading for Canberra, and that was at 10:30 am. We can see the road from the caravan park, and the traffic did not reduce until about 3:00pm. There will be a lot of tired travelers by tonight.

The Black Stump

Have you ever heard of the saying "Beyond the Black Stump" when someone is referring to going out in the Bush? Well, we have been to where the Black Stump was. It has rotted away years ago, but it was at Timboon.
Timboon was the end of the railway system that was in Victoria, and the Black Stump became the symbol of the end of civilisation for Melbournians,
The town is now a tourist destination with many things to see, but the most interesting for me was the Railway Shed Distillery. We sampled some of their wares and bought some of their single malt whisky and a coffee liquor. Took the dogs for a walk along the Railway Trail, but not all of the 32 km track, then had a drive around the town.
We were at Warrnambool for the dog trials, not very successful, but we had a good time with friends. There was a surfing carnival on too and the park was full of screaming kids going berserk all night little cherubs playing in the evenings.
We stayed on an extra night and were close to the last to leave the caravan park this morning after a quiet night with just the sound of waves crashing on the beach to lull us off to sleep.
We are in Ararat tonight (yes a whole 150 km in one day) making our way to Albury for the weekend.

PS it seems there are several Black Stumps, Queensland and NSW have them too.