So the morning started out quite grey and dull, though luckily it didn't rain and once the cloud/fog burnt off it was a nice sunny afternoon, as you can see by the pictures below. Started out trying to get hold of some bolts to put through the rear bumper brackets that I actually thought were missing so dropped into Bunnings hardware to see what I could get. Once I got back to the car and managed to get everything out of the boot i discovered at some stage in the past i have actually put the bolts back in there and thus it is obvious that is not where the water is getting into the bottom of the boot from. Though I also discovered that I have forgotten to install the grommets around the wires for the rear lights, so chances are that is where the water is coming from. Quick liberal application with the silicone around the areas and hopefully that will be a good quick fix to any further rain getting through there, mind it should not rain any more because later in the afternoon my friend Simon very kindly sorted out "mastic-ing" the back window seal so that hopefully there will be no further leaks through there either.
After that I drove over to the Parliamentary Triangle area to have a look around and to get some pictures of the Count in the area, so heaps more of them below, which have the cloudy and sunny aspects as per above, bit circular but there you go. Anyway I managed to get the car into some reasonable areas and was able to stop and take pictures as there was actually very little traffic about, fantastic not to be at work on a weekday for doing things like this.Was then off to the Yacht Club for lunch, sounds flash, and a spot of lunch with Simon closely followed by some more pictures of the car on the lake shore behind the club.
The Australian War Memorial rounded out the afternoon plans and to be honest it was over run with some exceptionally noisy school excursions, so a quick look at a few exhibits and then a hasty retreat out of there. It really is an impressive place and there is just so much to see, always worth visiting as quite often things change in the public galleries, there new things to see all the time.
From there it was over to Simon's place where he expertly sealed up the rear windscreen for me and then off to dinner at Jamie's Italian with Goran, good dinner, great conversation, really good evening. Isn't it amazing how it's possible to not call someone or send a message one day and then suddenly it is so many years later and you just can't figure how that happened.
Looking across the lake to the Australian War Memorial and Mt Anslie
The National Carillon and the Australian-American Memorial Eagle Statue
Old Parilament House, with the new House Flag Pole visible
Waiting for the sun by Yarralumla Bay
Australian Merchant Seamen's Memorial
This massive bronze sculpture used to be inside the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial before it had to be relocated when the Unknown Australian Soldier was entombed there 11 November 1993
Guarding the Tomb and the Eternal Flame
Members of the Federation Guard at the entrance to the Hall of Memory
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