Canberra Nara Candle Festival

Lennox Gardens

Canberra Nara peace park, Yarralumla.

Celebration of Canberra's sister relationship

with Nara, Japan.

Japanese calligraphy

I wrote a wish and put it in the tree.....

Beautiful blossoms

Japanese pancake

2000 candles were arranged in the dry riverbed.

They had a lot of troubles lighting them.

The wind was too strong.

Claude and I wanted to stay to the big ceremony

at sunset but we were too cold.

the wind was coming from the lake,

and it was not very pleasant.

Next day Sunday, on our way home

we were confronted by

sheeps all over the road.

Sunday morning we went to visit the

National museum of Australia.

We only scratch the surface.

We took a guided tour, and our guide

explain the Australian Journey, and

how to go about the stories in the lay out

You need few visits to see it all.

(did not take any photos)

The National museum of Australia is the first

in the country devoted to telling

great stories about Australia

and Australian.

There is a part where you can record your

own story, but we did not have time to

go and do it. It was time to make track

for home.