Some cats, some giant jandals and a gin tasting session

A couple of weekends ago Ash had to take some street photos for her course, so we went over to the other side of town to see what we could find. We took a look at Old St Paul's cathedral, which is made out of native timber.

We stopped off at the parliament building, more popularly known as the ‘beehive’.

We booked in for a gin tasting session, where we received 8 half-shot samples of gin. Some of them were better than others, but the hosts were very informative.

Last weekend we checked out the Great War exhibit, which was split into two parts. The first was a sort of chronological tour of World War 1, taking you through various set pieces including this Belgian village and a cavalry charge.

There were also some excellent model dioramas.

The second part was all about the experience of Australian and New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli in Turkey. This included some really interesting colourised photos and an ‘immersive trench experience’. I usually think these kinds of things can be a bit cheesy but this one was really interesting – we couldn’t take pictures in there though!

A collection of random things:

There seems to be a lot of stray cats around where we live.



Here’s a nice view of the sea from a little park near our house.



And finally, a pair of giant jandals [that’s what they call flip flops here].