Day 89-93 - Canberra
The ride into Canberra was beautiful, the morning fog settled over the valley as I rolled into it, the telstra tower stuck out of the fog. Over the next few days I enjoyed seeing it from different vantage points, it reminded me of old soviet architecture.
I met up with my friend Ross again and noted it had taken him 3.5 hours to drive Sydney to Canberra and on the bike it had taken me 3.5 days.
Ross was living in a share house with 4 other people. I was to join as the 6th person for for weekend. It was a lovely retro house and had a lot of character. His housemates were all lovely people, as usual that was some drama, it was nice to be in a big share house again it had been a while.
I noticed I was spending a lot of time outside and had been warned that a big trip like this can change you like that.
I explored the galleries and Canberra by public transport and foot and soon realised Canberra is a city where you really need a car.
It's a designed city and has that charm of being laid out well and has that feeling of everywhere has its place. On the flip side it did feel a bit artificial.
We went to see a drag show in Civic and then went to a few bars on Friday night and met the locals. I had timed it well as Canberra had just come out of lockdown and the place felt alive.
I met up with another old room mate, Sunny, and went for a lovely walk around south Canberra.
I also got my third COVID dose and shaved my beard off.
Once again by the end of the weekend I was itching to get out and I had been given a route to take back to the coast.