Australia From Above

Yesterday was another Canberra day.  What does land look like between Canberra and Melbourne, you're wondering.  (No?)  Well, I had my camera with me, so I took some pictures of the Snowy Mountains, last seen up close and personal.

Snow!  In Australia!

The Mundane and the Hilarious

Into every Lady Traveller's life, some mundanity must fall.  What have I been doing since last Wednesday?

Working, sleeping, eating, working, yoga, working, running, sleeping, eating, working, working, working.

None of it the stuff of exciting blog posts.  I am working on a few, though, so keep your radios tuned to this station.

In the meantime, I leave you with these videos, which you may have seen before but are required viewing (especially coming up to Hallowe'en).  They remind me of this guy.

Sugar Rush

Happiness (on a Wednesday morning, anyway) is succumbing to the urge to drop into Babka bakery on your way to work and buy a rhubarb Danish.  And also a raspberry Danish, because those puppies are HUGE and it's nice to share baked goods with your workmates.

I would post a photo of this happy thing, but the crumbs are all that's left.

(Babka Bakery, 358 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Melbourne.)

Shoes, Sisters, Sulking

If you don't have sisters, you may want to skip down to the photos.

If you do have sisters, the fact that there have been many intra-family squabbles about who gets dibs on certain items of clothing may not come as a surprise.  (You know: two of you buy the same dress/top/shoes - questions of who bought it first, who's allowed to wear it when are the subject of heated negotiations.)

Recently, there have been some discussions among HTLT's nearest and dearest about who has rights over which colour of a popular brand of runners.  I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I couldn't buy a pair of grey Converse runners because my sister had got there first.

FINE.

[Sulk, sulk, sulk.]

[Time passes.]

[Discover Converse have done a collaboration with Marimekko.]

I feel better now.

Canberra Style Notes

Most of the people you see at Canberra airport are wearing suits: grey, navy or black.  Being the nation's capital, you also see the occasional uniform.  I was intrigued to note that for women of the Royal Australian Air Force, black patent shoes are de rigueur (or possibly military issue?)

"A zebra rug even a zebra would own"

I am more than a little obsessed with lady traveller Osa Johnson, she of the zebra riding, zebra-print cover to her autobiography and zebra print plane.

So if I had $1000 to spare, I would snap up this zebra print rug.  Made of wool, it's described as "a zebra rug even a zebra would own."

Love.  It.

Available in many colours (in case you do have $1000 to spare) at www.jonathanadler.com/Zebra-Rug

The Silo of Yumminess

I think I may have found the key to contentment in Canberra: spend lots of time at Silo Bakery.  The best brioche I have ever (EVER!) had.  Conservative estimate - a pound of butter (or half a kilo for the non-imperialists) in every one.

http://www.silobakery.com.au