Saturday activities

Today I managed 15, 136 steps - not my record but a good effort.

I walked in Tidbinbilla National Park with two other Sole Sistaz. The first walk we did was the Birrigai Rocks walk, from the car park at the entrance.



This is the view back to the carpark and entrance from Birrigai rock shelter

The walk took us just on one hour and we enjoyed the sights of numerous kangaroos and the odd emu.

The walk is uphill and back, which is good for me - made me puff and sweat. There are lots of rocky outcrops in the park too.

Birrigai Aboriginal Shelter is one of the most significant Aboriginal locations in the area. The shelter is the oldest Aboriginal site known in the ACT region and is about 21, 000 years old.

Birrigai Rock Shelter

The second walk was supposed to be the Peppermint trail - a little shorter than the Birrigai walk, but interesting. However we got lost and ended up at the Sanctuary. This is a wonderful 30 hectares of wetland that is enclosed to protect the animals from foxes and other predators. It includes the vet hospital for the park, as well as great opportunities to see close up views of birds and lizards. The track is hard top and is therefore ideal for wheelchairs and prams.

In the afternoon I took both kids and Millie to a new dog park in Forde - about 30k on the other side of town. CJK and her kids and dogs joined in and kids dogs and adults all had a wonderful romp. The park has equipment for training dogs to jump and weave and so on. Millie was in heaven, and so were the kids as they liked the equipment just as much as the dogs (if not better).