One week in

And the winner of the Gold Medal is.... Emma Miller

After spending a very relaxing day in Canberra yesterday, playing tennis in  the morning, five o'clock drinks at 3 pm, with a visit to the AIS in between, we thought it was time to get back on the road.

We all enjoyed our visit to the Institute of Sport yesterday but I have to admit that we were all a little underwhelmed by the facilities for our elite athletes.  Emma was so excited by the prospect of seeing where the gymnasts train and found it looked a lot like the Arena! She was also a little disappointed to find that she has probably missed her chance to become the next great gymnast as they start training at the AIS from the age of nine and this doesn't give her much time to be discovered.  Even Ben didn't leave there thinking that was where we wanted to spend his early adulthood - seemed like too much hard work..

We packed up this morning and after a lunch stop in Berrima we headed for Penrith, just outside the Blue Mountains NP.  We are very pleased that the evening is so pleasant that I have kept the beanie in the bag and won't even need the coat or thermals tonight.  Ben and Emma even had a dip in the pool earlier.  They lasted about 3 minutes so Paul and I were not remotely tempted.