Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Day 20: Tue 30 Dec - Canberra

8-32 deg C
Walk G: 8km; total: 102km
Walk W: 8km; total: 83km

After breakfast Greg went to IKEA with Dale to get two cube shelving units for next to Mum and Dad's bed. While he was doing that, Wendy got stuck into helping Mum sort out her office. There was A LOT to sort as she has been busy looking after Dad lately. They eventually got a system going and Mum soon had many different piles each with its own subject on the dining table. Wendy had replaced the file holders in the cupboard so that Mum could easily find the one she need to file all the different subjects in. Whilst they didn't get to filing all the papers, they now have a system in place that should work into the future. 

Greg arrived back with the two cubes, assembled them and attached both units to the wall above their bedside tables. The charging cords for all their devices were channelled through the back of the shelves so they now won't trip over cords or get them tangled up. Mum and Dad were very pleased with the result. 

Dinner was going to be Indian takeaways but the restaurant was closed. We then tried Olive at Hawker and that was also closed. On our drive home, we noticed the pub at the Belconnen Way Motel. Upon checking we found that the bistro (Meet-point House) was open. We were the only paying patrons the whole time we dined. The ladies had Creamy chicken carbonara (the chicken went AWOL!) while the boys had one slow cooked lamb shank with mash and veg. The shanks were very decent in size. They did warn us that the meals would take a little longer than usual to arrive but everything was delicious. So, it was a later night than usual, but most enjoyable; and very quiet. 

Us at Meet-point House

The remnants of Greg's meal in front, with Dad's still being eaten

About 3/4 of the way through Wendy's pasta

Discovered a new Shiraz, it was a bit sweet, but nice





Wrap-up

Wrap-up We are so pleased we stayed with Mum and Dad, instead of taking the van, as it turned out to be lovely, quality time. It also mean...