Canberra Chapter run to Tulip Tops Garden

03 October 2013 / Words and Photos: Lia Battisson

We started the morning with a relaxed breakfast at the Terrace Restaurant at the Australian War Memorial.  Peter and Lia, Evan and Kerry, and Philip and Lauren were joined by Bricet and her grandson, Damian to enjoy a meal and a chat before we moved off to Sir Thomas Blamey Square in Russell to meet Jan and John.  

A short briefing and four MX5s and a family sedan drove south along the Monaro Highway to Old Cooma Road, then north east into Queanbeyan via the back roads.  From there we drove through Oaks Estate to Sutton Road and crossed the Federal Highway, drove through Sutton and turned right onto Shingle Hill Way, then right onto the Old Federal Highway to approach the Tulip Tops Garden from the North. 

It was a pleasant drive and warm enough to enjoy the tops down. Some participants chose to meet us at the Gardens, instead of going on the run.  We met Mike and Helen, and Robyn and Inger, Liz Burr’s mother, there and we had our lunch together. We enjoyed a relaxed stroll around the gardens. The soft classical music playing in the background and birds chirping all around us added to the very pleasant ambiance.  Afterwards we all went our separate ways home. 

What a lovely thing to do on a Sunday! As one of the members remarked, that’s the great thing about being an active member of the Club, you get to do things which you have been meaning to do for a long time, with nice people!