Food Weekend in Canberra....

We decided to check out the opening weekend of Floriade in Canberra.  It's the annual flower festival in the nations capital, with this years theme being "Films that shaped our Nation".  It was a bit disappointing as the flower displays weren't that spectacular.  The displays were flat and so you couldn't really see the outline of the objects and it would have been better if you had an aerial view.  My aussie family reckons that it would be better in a few weeks time when more of the flowers are in full bloom.  Maybe?  

Nevertheless we had a fun afternoon at Commonwealth Park.  The kids liked the petting paddock and the display of painted Gnomes.

The piglets had a wicked suck!

After Floriade we went to Rubys for dinner.  The restaurant has had a makeover and was snazzy.  We ate WAY toooooo much as usual!

On Sunday, we took some time out from the restaurants to visit Questacon - the science and technology museum.  The kids had a ball!!   Fiona was so excited she shouted that she loved it and wanted to stay there FORever!!  It was good but not THAT good?!!

We had a yummo yum cha lunch at Noble Palace with Uncle Chris, Phil and Kaelly.

We headed over to A Bite To Eat in Chifley for afternoon tea with Dani (our girls know her as "the girl who made our wedding cake").  It was great to see her and I had the MOST delicious Friands!!  We left with a doggie bag full of meatloaf, salad, potatoes, pineapple and a bottle of red wine for our picnic dinner!!  Thanks Dani!!  The restaurant is a major success and the food is fantastic.  If you're ever in Canberra, go for a visit!!