Floriade 2009

Snowboarding was a blast but something terrible happened and as it happens when one door shuts, another opened to something better.

On the last day of  our mini trip, being Spring it decided to bucket down with rain, then hail, then rain a little more. We decided to cut our losses & spend the day in Canberra instead. We drove around, ate at my favorite Canberrian Pancake place , found the Canberra church of Scientology (creepy!) visited the war memorial and finally when we were driving aimlessly in search of something else to do I noticed the sign for Floriade.

I have dreamed of going to Floriade for years, it is Australia’s biggest flower show  &  that’s pretty dang exiting to me. Somehow I had never quite made it before. We arrived pretty late in the afternoon so I didn’t get to stay as long as I’d have liked but I completely ditched the tacky carnival end of the show & went straight in for the flowers. There were tulips as far as the eye could see! We simply spent an hour admiring the gardens, walking, talking & smelling. I couldn’t name half of the flowers, obviously I have a lot to learn still but I am more exited than ever to start school on the 15Th of October.

Of course, I managed to forget the memory card for my camera! Luckily Mr Bake and Bloom was kind enough to at least take a few pictures for me on his iPhone.

So long for now Floriade, I hope I can see you again soon!