My Canberra Adventure

Contrary to popular belief, there is always something to do in Canberra. Granted, the choices aren't as wide, but neither are the distances, which makes it a lot easier to decide to be social during the week. The beginner improvisation classes have finished and I was looking for some Argentinean Tango but haven't yet been convinced by what I found. I need to keep looking. Maybe it's time I got my comedy act together! I must check when the next open mic is.  I have been to a couple of comedy shows lately. One was Dave Hughes. I decided to go for my birthday and Sally came with me. Ever since Julia B said that she had seen him and that he was funny, I have wanted to go. No worries purchasing tickets at the last minute. I am happy to report that he was indeed funny. I'm beginning to feel that comedians should let their COVID lockdown bits go as they are getting a bit old. I won't be doing one of those. I also joined a meetup group to see another really funny comedian (...

One of the things I love about Canberra, is that I can find all these different places to go and don't have to plan my day around them because everything is relatively close. It was a wet day when I visited the Royal Australian Mint and it was a good thing to do. I did a free 30 minute tour and it was very informative! I think it helped that there was a very curious 10 year old in attendance. Loved this staircase filled with 5c coins and blanks. Despite the blanks, there is enough money to bank! Tidbit: The blank coins come from South Korea. Because the details on the coins are so detailed, the artwork begins a lot bigger than the coins. All of the hanging discs were used for this purpose and somehow processed via the machine below. There used to be three Mints in Australia (Canberra, Melbourne and Perth) to make the pre-decimal coins but the Melbourne and Perth Mints were no longer allowed to operate once decimal currency came in. I looked at some of the old advertisments about th...