Despite being well behind in my fitness, Phil (my lovely boyfriend) and I thought we might attempt the Centenary Trail. Starting today with section 1*: Parliament House to the War Memorial. In hindsight, it probably wasn’t the best day to do it, being a controversial public holiday.
By the time we returned to Parliament House for my car there were at least 70 AFP all around the carpark entrance and lined up outside. Possibly a little overkill…
Nevertheless, we dutifully followed the signs down past Old Parliament House, where people were clearly preparing for some action/activity, and then on to the lake via the High Court forecourt.
We were distracted for a bit while we stopped for a coffee (with a 30 minute wait!!) and saw the spectacle of the fly past and the 21 gun salute, which sent hundreds of fruit bats circling into the air in fright. Poor fellas.
After our (pretty average) coffee, we proceeded east around the lake and over the very busy Kings Avenue bridge. Then around more of the lake until branching off at Blundell’s Cottage and up through Reid until we met ANZAC Parade.
The last kilometre is up the lovely avenue that is ANZAC Parade. What a beautiful street with many powerful memorial sculptures and beautiful big eucalypts.
All in all, it was a very doable 5.5km. I have terrible feet at the moment, so will have to tackle the trail in small sections, but I am hoping we can do the whole thing this year (in order!).
