Welcome to sunny Canberra

With a nighttime temperature approaching 2 degrees we arrived at our accommodation. The first words to greet us on arrival were, "we're hungry." After a run down to the vending machines and a few to many lollies before bedtime all the kids ended up in their dorms. I know Tim and I ended up going to sleep at close to midnight. We know that some of the kids were awake long into the night.

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