Why a blog?

I have decided that I am not very good at keeping in contact with all my friends around the world and I really would like to be better. I thought this could be a good place for posting pictures of the family and what we are getting up to, putting up stories and generally trying to show all my international friends what life in Canberra is like and hopefully intice some of you to come and visit us. Feel free to leave your comments or ask questions about some odd thing that Australian's do and I will try and answer as soon as I can (I promise to try anyway).

Canberra ballon festival March 2013