With a week allocated for Canberra, we still had a fair bit of time left to explore the capital a little more. We headed back to the Art Gallery, but turned left instead of right and spent a lovely morning exploring the National Portrait Gallery. Lexie loved the interactive “Dress Up as a Portrait” section while Dunc and Angus took the opportunity to relax.
We also checked out the Australian War Memorial and spent the afternoon very moved by the exhibitions there. I loved the section on artists and was very enthralled with the exhibition of Ben Quilty’s portraits. I sat and watched the entire Australian Story episode on him (and his subjects) that was screening in the exhibition. Unfortunately we didn’t discover the children’s corner until right before the ceremony of the laying of the wreath, so we only had time to rush through that bit too quickly.
The next day we headed to the Royal Australian Mint, where we realized how much we had learnt at the previous mint! We still had lots to learn here though, and the interactive exhibits were enjoyed by all. I’m sure they were designed for kids, but Dunc still got his fun worth! It was truly fascinating watching the enormous robot named Titan move around and do ‘his’ job.
Lexie was getting excited about heading home to Melbourne and started counting down the days – yay!
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