Canberra

So we left Katoomba..... Sorry to say goodbye to it... It was a lovely place to decompress after the flight and Sydney.
     It has been a few days since we have posted due to internet inaccessibility. The wifi in Canberra required a credit card number, but even then it was too dodgy to use, and the wifi in Albury only worked in the common area which closed at 8pm and we were too slow on the up take to get there before it closed. So it is catch up time.
     We/Mark drove the 300 km to Canberra from Katoomba without much difficulty. The park (South Canberra Motor Park) was huge! And full of full time residents, the city itself was a great big YAWN.....

      The city is a cold and distant government city, uninspiring and oddly devoid of life. It's hard to explain how unwelcoming this city seemed. No outdoor cafe/pub lunch feel at all. Not worth the cost of the cab fare downtown.

      We left at 7 am heading for Albury [Awl-brie], a trek over the great dividing range. Absolutely gorgeous country! Rolling hills and grasslands. Absolutely enchanting... It could be northern California or Idaho or Oregon.... But still no Kangaroos or any other wild life, lots of road kill though, unfortunately.

     Albury is a warm comfortable town (roughly 50,000 people) situated in the Murray River valley. One of the famous wine growing regions of Australia. We finally found some sunshine. It was hot and we treated ourselves to the pool, not once, but twice. It was very exotic and so delicious. It was all very much a part of the vacation we hoped to find in this land down under.

     We are in Melbourne now. Will post some pictures when we can get a better connection. The wifi is a struggle.  Thanks for reading along.