We'd already booked two nights at the YHA in Canberra so, when we got off the Greyhound at just after 7am this morning, we knew exactly where we were going. The hostel wouldn't let us check in straight away - because some lucky buggers were still asleep in their beds... our beds! Instead, we just hung around the hostel and took advantage of the facilities. After a while, Nikki and Steve went for a walk around town... to look for something for my birthday (which is in 7 days) - so I stayed at the YHA.
My Mum and Keith had pre-warned us that there wasn't much in Canberra. Now, I have to be honest - I wanted to judge for myself first because - i'm not sure if they've been to the same Australia as us (They told us they couldn't imagine what we'd find to do for 6 months in Australia - we could probably see it in a month (the wallies... they've been here for two and haven't seen it all) and that we don't need to see both Kakadu National Park and Katherine Gorge - they're both the same... even though one has a MASSIVE gorge, and the other doesn't (ha ha)). So, this afternoon me and Nikki went for a walk around the shops. The centre isn't very big - but it's quite nice and there's a pretty big shopping centre, with some nice cafés.
This evening we came back to the hostel and chilled out. We got chatting to another guy in our room, called Adam, and he's from Bristol - and then we spoke to another girl in the kitchen and she's from Bath - it's brilliant, the South West of England is taking over! We had some more noodles for our tea and then just relaxed - it's quite surprising how not getting much sleep on those lovely Greyhound buses can take it out of you. We got in bed and had an early night... well, Nikki did - I sat up reading until about midnight!
Canberra... are you sure this should be the Capital?
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